Nice useful set



Hisham

Very nice!

These look nice, and very useful. Now how about a Commonwealth set???

Very nice indeed. Thanks for the heads up.

Jeff

This is an awesome set and a must have for me!

FINALLY- a great start on some NEW GIs!!!!! There are several of these sets in MY FUTURE!!! My GIs are ALL getting the Dismounted-style M 1938 Leggings! After some modifications and re-sculpting, of course!!! THANKS FOR THE HEADS-UP, Hisham!

I SECOND that!!!

This is an excellent set that I will buy. We do need equivalents for Britt and Soviets.

Someone has taken a page from Stalingrad's playbook, and I'm glad to see it. No more "heroes of Socialism" poses or crouching going into battle (I have only built one dio where the soldiers are heading into a fight, the rest are almost exclusively doing what soldiers do most of the time like resting or eating).

very welcome news, great to see!
Eric.

Thirded.

Nice!

This is probably the most interesting and useful set I've seen for years! Fantastic poses! Ideal for late 1944 onwards. Now I'd like to see similar sets of British and German infantry. Nothing fancy just ordinary infantry, not some obscure unit on a particular day like DML do LOL. I can imagine these flying off the shelves when they hit the shops. It'll encourage me to buy some US armour just to use these figures in a dio and I only build British or German AFV's as a rule. Just goes to show if you listen to consumers and release the right figures you'll not only sell a pile of this set but also sell vehicles to go with them I work backwards. I think of the scene with figures then think of vehicles to go in the dio. Odd I know. I'll probably get a couple of sets of these so I can chop and change so I end up with 10 different figures. Miniart really are proving to be THE figure manufacture these days. Leaving DML standing.

Hope for G.I. playing baseball..or playing piano.

A very useful looking set.

Al

Very nice, and modern soldiers at rest?

Dam, just when I thought I had all the figures I needed for a while. Well here I go again to the LHS. They will be happier than the wife.

MB Ltd has a set of boxing GI's, set 35150, for you.

HEAR, HEAR! That's EXACTLY RIGHT!!! I don't know HOW MANY WWII vets' stories I've read where the bulk of their time was spent on "Hurry Up and Wait"!!!

Very nice.

I'm no expert, but four of these figures (the ones with the low gaiters) would work for the Korean War as well, or am I wrong?

Just to add to the above: Don't feel alone! I do that a lot, too! Another thing- I hope that MINIART will continue in the same vein as regards to US WWII "Infantry At Rest"...

We should take note that up to the late autumn of 1944, US Army Infantry (EMs) wore the "1942"-style Combat Uniforms. Of course, Officers could and did vary this somewhat. This may shed some light, though I DO NOT want to infer that this is a COMPLETE LIST; this is just a "general" list of EM-issued clothing:

a. The "Parsons" Combat Jacket- Some collectors refer to this jacket as the "M1938 Jacket", which is erroneous; this Combat Jacket was NEVER officially assigned any alphanumerical designation by the US Army. In May, 1941, the second version OD field jacket was issued, which was designated "PQD No.20A", commonly referred to as the M1941 Field Jacket- this is the jacket seen in most photos of the "1942" Combat Uniform

b. Wool Melton OD Overcoat- no designation

c. Three separate patterns of HBT Work Suits; these are many times referred to as "coveralls". US WWII Tankers mainly wore the 2nd Pattern HBT suit

d. M1 Steel Helmet w/Liner, issued with or without Camo Netting

e. M1943 HBT Combat Trousers

f. M1938 Dismounted Leggings, which were distributed to ALL service arms and ranks of EMs and Officers (The M1943 Service Shoes were not issued until late Summer of 1944, and US Combat Troops didn't get them until late Autumn/early Winter of 1944, mainly because unscrupulous rear-area personnel scooped them up for themselves, along with the newly-issued felt Overboots, which our GIs so sorely needed in that miserable Autumn of 1944 and Winter 1944/45

g. M1943 Service Shoes- see above

h. M1937 OD Service Trousers, (Wool Serge, Shade 54, Shade33 for combat- Shade 5, from September 1943)

i. OD Coat Style Shirt (Flannel, Shade 33) sometimes referred to as "Mustard"

j. M1937 Waist Belt, Webbed

k. M1939 OD Service Coat (Wool Serge, Shade 54- Shade 5, from September, 1943

l. EM's Service Cap (Wool Serge, Shade 33 w/Russet Leather Visor) and EM's

m. EM's Garrison Cap (Wool Serge, Shade 33)

That's just most of the uniform items in Temperate Zones- Lightweight Khaki Uniforms were also issued for Summer and/or Tropical Zones...

Tankers were also issued some specialized articles such as the M1942 Armored Forces Helmet, two distinctly different styles of the "Tanker Jacket", bib-fronted Winter Combat Trousers (bib overalls) a variety of goggles, special "interphone" communications sets, specialized shoulder holsters to fit M1911 .45ACP Combat pistols in standard and "short-barrel" lengths, the Winter Cloth Combat Helmet and other items as well...

I've left out haversacks (Mostly the M1928 Haversack was in use) and webbed equipment simply because there were so many different variations of same...

There were two distinctly different Combat Uniforms issued to US Airborne Troops during WWII; the M1942 "Parachute Jumpers' Uniform", of Lightweight Khaki cotton Jacket and Trousers, which were used for the "OPERATION OVERLORD" jumps on the night of 5/6 June, 1944, and the M1943 Combat Jacket and Trousers, used for "Market Garden", 17 September 1944, and subsequent missions...

US Army Combat units were issued HBT Trousers & Jackets AND "1942" Combat Uniforms for the "TORCH" invasion of North Africa, and HBT Trousers & Jackets for use in the "island-hopping" campaigns in the Pacific Theatre. USMC troops were also issued HBT "Utility" Trousers & Jackets, but were of a different design than the Army's Combat Uniforms...