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Tamiya British stretcher party
long_tom
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 09:54 AM UTC
Anyone know what era their uniforms and equipment represent? Thanks.
marcb
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Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:06 AM UTC
I think 1970's/ 80's, but I'm not sure.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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

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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
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