Taesung Harmms from Alpine Miniatures sent us news on his upcoming releases... a very welcomed Allied tank crew in 1/35 scale and a large scale German.

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Taesung Harmms from Alpine Miniatures sent us news on his upcoming releases... a very welcomed Allied tank crew in 1/35 scale and a large scale German.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

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THANKS for the GREAT REVIEW and "HEADS UP"!!! These are late WWII 1944/'45 figures- I'D PURELY LOVE to see what MR. HARMS' take would be on US GIs, Post Pearl Harbor, to roughly the End of September/Early October 1944 would typically look like? I'm talking about GIs with the "Parsons" jackets and M1938 Leggings. Maybe we could see have an entire US Rifle Squad in various poses, such as "At Rest"/"On Break", sitting cross-legged (yoga-style) cleaning their weapons, or reclining, taking a "cat nap", chewing on K-rations or D-rations, sitting and leaned up against a wall or a tree, writing or reading letters, digging fox-holes or latrines, etc- You get the idea... How about a Rifle Squad "On Patrol", standing in a "Chow Line", or doing what ANY Infantry in the WHOLE WORLD does most: Walking, as "On the March"...

So far, we've got enough GIs and Marines in "Action" poses, which actually took up just a small fraction of their time when compared to all the waiting, waiting and more waiting... A bunch of GIs and/or Marines sitting on the benches of a Deuce-nd-a-half, in semi-relaxed poses, NOT sitting "AT ATTENTION", like most passenger/soldiers are depicted by the model manufacturers, could open A LOT of possibilities...

I'd also REEEEALLY LOVE to see US Marines, Post Pearl Harbor, (Guadalcanal, etc) without the Camo Cloth Helmet Covers, in HBTs ("Dungarees"), M1938 Leggings, '03 Springfields AND M1 Garands, early M1928 Thompsons with the vertical Fore-grips, M1 Thompsons, Johnson Rifles and earlier-styles of webbed equipment. Perhaps a walking set of a Marine M1917 Water-cooled MG Team, as well. It would be REALLY GREAT to see US Marines WITH the Camo Cloth Helmet Covers, WITH and WITHOUT the M1938 Leggings, with M1 Garands and other light weapons, all along the same lines as the GI Rifle Squads that I described above... Here's also something that no-one has done yet- Pre-War/during and JUST AFTER the Pearl Harbor Attack US Infantry, both Army and Marines, outfitted in Light Summer Khaki Twill Shirts and Trousers, the obligatory M1938 Leggings and World War I-style "Dishpan" Helmets..? These would look GREAT next to M3 Lees, M3 Stuarts and "Early" M3 Armored Scout Cars, the full-resin COMMANDER Series M2A1 Light and M2A1 Medium tanks and of course, the MINIART "Early" Bantam Jeeps...

I mean, what's the big deal anyway? Why don't the manufacturers give the Pointing SS Officers, MG 42 teams in White Winter suits, and SS Tank Crews a rest..? ENOUGH, ALREADY!!!

US Tankers used Grease Guns M3

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Taesung Harmms from Alpine Miniatures sent us news on his upcoming releases... a very welcomed Allied tank crew in 1/35 scale and a large scale German.

Read the Full News Story

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

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THANKS for the GREAT REVIEW and "HEADS UP"!!! These are late WWII 1944/'45 figures- I'D PURELY LOVE to see what MR. HARMS' take would be on US GIs, Post Pearl Harbor, to roughly the End of September/Early October 1944 would typically look like? I'm talking about GIs with the "Parsons" jackets and M1938 Leggings. Maybe we could see have an entire US Rifle Squad in various poses, such as "At Rest"/"On Break", sitting cross-legged (yoga-style) cleaning their weapons, or reclining, taking a "cat nap", chewing on K-rations or D-rations, sitting and leaned up against a wall or a tree, writing or reading letters, digging fox-holes or latrines, etc- You get the idea... How about a Rifle Squad "On Patrol", standing in a "Chow Line", or doing what ANY Infantry in the WHOLE WORLD does most: Walking, as "On the March"...

So far, we've got enough GIs and Marines in "Action" poses, which actually took up just a small fraction of their time when compared to all the waiting, waiting and more waiting... A bunch of GIs and/or Marines sitting on the benches of a Deuce-nd-a-half, in semi-relaxed poses, NOT sitting "AT ATTENTION", like most passenger/soldiers are depicted by the model manufacturers, could open A LOT of possibilities...

I'd also REEEEALLY LOVE to see US Marines, Post Pearl Harbor, (Guadalcanal, etc) without the Camo Cloth Helmet Covers, in HBTs ("Dungarees"), M1938 Leggings, '03 Springfields AND M1 Garands, early M1928 Thompsons with the vertical Fore-grips, M1 Thompsons, Johnson Rifles and earlier-styles of webbed equipment. Perhaps a walking set of a Marine M1917 Water-cooled MG Team, as well. It would be REALLY GREAT to see US Marines WITH the Camo Cloth Helmet Covers, WITH and WITHOUT the M1938 Leggings, with M1 Garands and other light weapons, all along the same lines as the GI Rifle Squads that I described above... Here's also something that no-one has done yet- Pre-War/during and JUST AFTER the Pearl Harbor Attack US Infantry, both Army and Marines, outfitted in Light Summer Khaki Twill Shirts and Trousers, the obligatory M1938 Leggings and World War I-style "Dishpan" Helmets..? These would look GREAT next to M3 Lees, M3 Stuarts and "Early" M3 Armored Scout Cars, the full-resin COMMANDER Series M2A1 Light and M2A1 Medium tanks and of course, the MINIART "Early" Bantam Jeeps...

I mean, what's the big deal anyway? Why don't the manufacturers give the Pointing SS Officers, MG 42 teams in White Winter suits, and SS Tank Crews a rest..? ENOUGH, ALREADY!!!

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What HE said!
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Thank you all for the replies!

BTW, US Tankers did carry M1 carbine along with others like Thompson gun, M3 grease gun, etc. IMHO, M2 carbine was more common than M3 grease gun amongst the tankers through out the war.