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FJCabeza
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Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 11:33 PM UTC
Are there any platic kits of this subject?
I am willing to transform them into Spanish Republican soldiers and being "an experiment2 I don´t want to expend too much into a resin kit.
TIA
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 12:04 AM UTC
Tamiya:
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaUsn_qdhIEqeYW7-rjRpAJSjL33UvhGVWjJXRyw5S53CORzrm
Item 35288
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 12:17 AM UTC
I'm assuming you mean 1/35 scale? I stand under correction but I think Tamiya are the only firm currently producing early WWII French troops. French Armored Carrier UE (35284) contains 2 infantrymen as well as the 2 vehicle crew (half figures). And of course then is what is probably what you're looking for: French Infantry Set (35288)



Now... if you were really looking for French armoured vehicle personnel, Tamiya's French Battle Tank B1 bis contains a crewman. I was fairly certain Dragon Models' produced a figure set containing 2 captured French tankers, however I can't find them in the current catalogue (perhaps I've overlooked them).

HTH

Rudi

EDIT: Rafa beat me to it while I was searching the DML catalogue
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 01:50 AM UTC

Quoted Text

I was fairly certain Dragon Models' produced a figure set containing 2 captured French tankers, however I can't find them in the current catalogue (perhaps I've overlooked them).

Dragon “Blitzkrieg in France! 1940” (#6478). The figures here have hornet heads.







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alanmac
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 02:45 AM UTC
Hi

Depends on what you have planned and what you are prepared to spend but maybe these resin figures from Allarmi may be of use.

35014, 35015, 35016. Scroll down the page to view

http://www.italiankits.it/allarmi.html

Alan
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 05:15 AM UTC
Heller had some kits which may have been rereleased under the SK/heller brand try jadarmodel
Tarok
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 05:00 PM UTC
Frank: Thanks. That's the set I was thinking of but couldn't find it... 'twas late


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.....maybe these resin figures from Allarmi may be of use....


There are tonnes of resin figures available, but the OP specifically requested plastic... DesKit, MK35, Hornet, Wolf, Warriors USA, VP (off the top of my head, so I stand under correction) all do early WWII French figures in resin...
alanmac
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2011 - 03:48 AM UTC

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Frank: Thanks. That's the set I was thinking of but couldn't find it... 'twas late


Quoted Text

.....maybe these resin figures from Allarmi may be of use....


There are tonnes of resin figures available, but the OP specifically requested plastic... DesKit, MK35, Hornet, Wolf, Warriors USA, VP (off the top of my head, so I stand under correction) all do early WWII French figures in resin...


I must admit I missed the bit about not wanting resin, but my reason for pointing them towards the Allarmi ones, given that I speak or read no Italian, was that I thought the subjects I referred to were based on figures in the Spanish conflict, which was what the original poster was going to convert the figures to.

Maybe I'm wrong, or maybe I was wrong just trying to help
AlanL
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2011 - 07:59 AM UTC

Quoted Text


Quoted Text

I was fairly certain Dragon Models' produced a figure set containing 2 captured French tankers, however I can't find them in the current catalogue (perhaps I've overlooked them).

Dragon “Blitzkrieg in France! 1940” (#6478). The figures here have hornet heads.







See more images of these guys in this blog


Cool work Frank.

Al
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Posted: Friday, July 15, 2011 - 12:22 PM UTC
Thanks for ALL your answers, gentlemen. I was asking speciflicly for plastic figures because of price and because it is more than possible that I will waste some of them given that some will have to be havily modified.
I was aware of Tamiya´s set but I was looking for more relaxed poses. SK models looks a nice option but I can only see Moroccan troops (That can be also used for SCW but on Nationalist side).
Republican Armored Troops used Russian style clothing and headsets of pre WW2 models so French are not useful.
Thanks again to all of you.
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