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Tamiya British stretcher party

long_tom

Joined: March 18, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 09:54 AM UTC
Anyone know what era their uniforms and equipment represent? Thanks.

marcb

Joined: March 25, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:06 AM UTC
I think 1970's/ 80's, but I'm not sure.

jjumbo

Joined: August 27, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:14 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Anyone know what era their uniforms and equipment represent? Thanks.
Hey Tom,
The stretcher team also came with Tamiya's Land Rover Ambulance that was released in the 1970's:
http://www.dehobbysite.nl/british-ambulance-landrover-7-tamiya-no-35082-p-25490.html
The uniforms appear to be mid 1970's like these:
http://www.clash-of-steel.co.uk/gallery/pages/view_entry.php?image_number=253
Cheers



jjumbo


exer

Joined: November 27, 2004
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 11:12 AM UTC
Okay I'll say early 70s to at least the early 80s. They wear 58 pattern webbing which was still being worn at the time of the Falklands war.

captnenglish

Joined: May 20, 2008
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 11:54 AM UTC
70's it was the first figure kit I built in 1979.



Drader

Joined: July 20, 2004
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 09:50 PM UTC
Haircuts are a giveaway to their mid-70s origin
The equipment's a mix of '58 webbing and '44 waterbottles, while their packs look like '37 pattern.
David

David

ladder5

Joined: May 04, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 09:59 PM UTC
hi
i wore 58 webbing in the gulf 90-91 and still had SLR and LMG ( bren) which incidently had manufacture date of 1943 stamped on the side.
its the boots on the figures that give age away, they appear to have puttees on, high legs came in around 83-84
mark
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