I was just wondering if there are any figures, or figure sets, of German soldiers doing engineer type work? I am mainly looking for soldiers using shovels, picks, bolt cutters, that type of thing.

I have seen the figures from Construction Battalion but I am not sure if they are supposed to represent soldiers or civilian workers.

Just curious.

Thanks,

HARV

Verlinden did a pair of them:

These are the two sets you want:



Or even this;



Or, with lots of potential:

Hi randy

There are a few figures sprinkled about within the resin figure sellers showing soldiers with shovels etc. but to get a few you'd be spending a lot of money.

Jim's showing figures that are striking the right poses but may not be dressed correctly for your needs in the case of the tankers. In which case a spot of conversation work would put that right I'm sure.

Masterbox do a set of Signals personnel which also have its uses Kit no 3540.

Alternatively if you are in no great hurry you could wait, because Miniart have a set 35065 "German Soldiers at Work" which their web sites says is "coming soon". See the black and white artwork on their web site. www.miniart-models.com under - catalogue -WWII Military Miniatures, scroll to the page bottom.

Alan

Harv,

Check also other Master Box and MiniArt figure kits - some may be interesting for you.

Andrzej

Curiously enough, it'll be easier to find figures of combat engineers than infantry involved in construction activities...

Don't get stuck with these....

http://www.track-link.net/reviews/k1910

David

David

I want to thank you for posting that link and the warning.

I've seen this set, including a glowing description of the contents on ebay at regular intervals and was tempted to buy them but as I knew nothing of their quality, read any reviews....and the seller wanted £5.95 + postage for two figures I gave it a miss.

Thanks

Alan

There should be several out there, Masterbox and MiniArt come to mind as do Italeri, Zvezda (SP?), Dragon, Royal Models, Hornet and I think Warriors all have German combat engineers

Hey Randy,
Jaguar Models used to do a set of German Engineers called "Digging In" #63024.
They're a nice pair of soldiers in shirt sleeves and jack boots wielding a pick axe and shovel.
I think they're OOP but they're probably still available somewhere.
As mentioned above, Miniart have a couple of sets, German Tank Crew at Work #35010 and German Tank Repair Crew #35011.
They're mostly in shirt sleeves and would do the job nicely with a wee bit of conversion.
Cheers

jjumbo

Thank you everyone.

I really appreciate all of the help and suggestions. I had done some searching but I wasn't having much luck. You have all helped me very much.

What I am planning is to have some German troops working around a bunker in the Siegfried Line for the Borders Of The Fatherland '44-'45 campaign. I want it to look like the men manning the bunker are doing some repair work to get it ready for the inevitable upcoming fighting.

Thanks again for all the help.

HARV

are you looking for 1:35, because if you are looking for 1:72 Revell has a nice one called 'german engineers' no. 02508.

this is a link of the review on plastic soldier review:

plastic soldier review

Thanks Henry.

I am building a 1/35 scale diorama.

Thank you for the help.

HARV