Machinegun girls? What are they supposed to be?

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10170425

Hisham

What the hobby is all about......a bit of fun.
I like it.

Malcolm

I seem to recall them being sculpted for an Armour Modelling or Model Graphix article earlier this year and might have been featured at a Wonder Festival and then made it into production. The Japanese are funny that way... especially about women and guns..

I also like the way they look.. but I mean are they supposed to represent a real instance where women were being trained to help with the war? Or are they pure fantasy?

Hisham

Nice resistance dio or a s.o.e dio prehaps. ?

The Japanese like to do a lot of WWII 'fantasy/girl' type stuff. Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro) did a manga comic for Model Graphix back in the 90s that featured this kind of thing... a Panzer IV picks up some villagers on it's way west fleeing the Russians with a young girl in the cupola and grandma on the bow MG...

Here is a web page scan/translation to give you an idea:

http://www.mv.com/users/ctwilkes/Hans/Hans_trans.html

That's some weird stuff JDM. I may get a set of these to go on a future Sherman. Do the camo in pink and purple.

At least they have their clothes on which is a welcome change

Might they be AA gunners? There were a lot of women in the AA units in WW2, not sure they a attired quite for that tho'

Now that you mention it.....

Hisham

Oh for goodness sakes you blokes !

My first thought was Polish free army fighters,then I had a closer look well I wont elaborate Nuff said.

Free French, perhaps? Have them on preorder to review.

You mean French Resistance ? The Free French were the more conventional forces.

Ironically the French resistance, for all the myths, didn't really contain all that many women in particular in "combat" roles when compared to other partisan forces such as Italy, USSR and Yugoslavia.

héhé,

It looks like french women have a reputation abroad...
French resistance used women for tranmission mainly and for obtaining pillow confidence from the german.

Best,
Julien

You don't know the half of it Mon Amie !

After my travels to Russia, I would say something about the women. Americans are/were popular amongst them. 1, 2, 3, 2x2....

well...Maybe resitent women wore "slightly" different clothes...









@ julien

hoouhou too bad, censorship sanctionned my post... people will never understand why we all have laughed ...

Best,
Julien

Let's keep it a closed joke...and remember this site is viewed by youngsters enjoying the hobby too.

Any idea where I can find them in the US???
Tom

You could use them for French or Polish resistance. Cool!