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AA New WW2 British Figure

exer

Dublin, Ireland
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Posted: Monday, February 01, 2010 - 10:39 PM UTC

Accurate Armour have added a new WW2 British Figure to their 1/35 range.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

AlanL

England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 - 09:15 AM UTC

Hi Pat,

Thanks for the news. Might make another useful sailor too with the map pocket removed and a new head

. There goes another 16 quid!!

Al

marcb

Overijssel, Netherlands
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Posted: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 12:22 AM UTC

Nice looking figure,

were Tommies allowed to wear a mustache?

CMOT

Editor-in-Chief
ARMORAMA

England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 12:47 AM UTC

Mark the short answer is yes I believe. Take a look at some WW1 pictures and you see a tache quite often.

Gunner-steve

Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 11:35 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Nice looking figure,

were Tommies allowed to wear a mustache?

There were some regiments that actually engouraged the growth of a Mo. They believed that a hairy upper lip would put fear of God into the enemy.

alanmac

United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 11:50 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Nice looking figure,

were Tommies allowed to wear a mustache?

It acted as a filtration system for the Naafi tea.