MasterBox has a new set of figures coming out in March or April that I have been looking forward too. This nine figure set offers US Paratroopers & British Tankman in France, 1944. A really nice touch female with a baby having had her head shaved for collaborating.

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Nice poses, but I think you mean Master Box, not MiniArt.

I do really like the women with the shaven head...perfect for a diorama.

Thank you for catching that, change made.

Who was the baby collaborating with But on a serious note, I've been looking forward to this set too. Thanks for the heads up!

Also been looking forward to this but wouldn't the Netherlands be more historically accurate than France? I know it makes no difference to the contents, just being slightly pedantic.

Wow! Nice looking set MB.

master box you hit a Home Run on this kit, nine figures .

I know it says France 1944. The set reminds me of the scene in BoB during Market Garden.

We had a announcement here about a year ago I wonder if it's really coming out this time.

There must be some instances where 101 st or 82 nd Abn. hitched rides on US tanks on, or during the week following, D-Day (when the armor caught up with the Abn.)

I have been waiting for this set. It looks great and a grim but interesting setting.

The producers of "Band of Brothers" should sue, haha. Seriously though, Darren and I were just wondering the other day what MB was up to. Nice set!

I am happy that there are more than 4 figures in the set. It makes for a nice diorama right away. FWIW, the Asuka M4 firefly is on sale at Lucky Model. It would look good with this set.

I've been waiting for this set for ages. I've already got a couple of British Shermans and marked up as Guards Armoured Div so they'll go on those. The scene is directly out of B of B as Bill stated. I won't bother using the woman though I'll use something else as a focal point for them to look at. I hope that they release this set soon as we seem to have been waiting years for it since they announced it on their site.

Undoubtedly, but the box says British*. I know they were scattered but not that much

*In the box art he does appear more American, though...

Actually in this kit are ten figures... don't forget the baby...

I would also question the use of the flag on the sleeve of 101st troopers in France.

Either way, a good set which I'll definitely get.

Mmmmm, that late uniform rears its head again. Would hope Masterbox will one day do the early M42 uniform which was pretty much worn through 1944.

The 82nd wore those US Flags on the Right Arm/Shoulder; I went back into my sources on the 101st- didn't see any US Flags on their Arm/Shoulders. Jason kindly corrected me on this, as I had stated that both the 82nd AND the 101st wore the US Flags before I went back to edit my statement- My hat's off to you, Jason!

Remember that these Paratroopers were dropped on the night of 5/6, June, and the Command of the 82nd didn't want the French Citizenry to mistake US Servicemen for German ones in the dark, or in the subsequent daylight.

I'm reminded of the HBO Mini-series, "Band of Brothers", specifically the episode where they were engaged in "Market Garden", where Troopers of the 101st hitched a ride on British Shermans and Cromwells, in the Niejmegen (SP?) area of Holland.

This MASTERBOX set features the US Paras in the Standard M1942 Parachute Jumper's Coat and Trousers, along with the "Corcoran" Jump Boots, as they would have been equipped with for the D-Day drop, with which US Airborne Troops were initially issued. By the time of "Market Garden", US paras were equipped in the M1943 Combat Jacket and Trousers, and the M1943 Combat shoes, in lieu of the "Corcoran" Jump Boots...

MASTERBOX, as well as quite a few other 1/35 Figure Manufacturers have already released numerous US WWII Paratrooper single figures and figure sets oiutfitted in the M1942-issue uniforms and kit, but who says we couldn't have more of them? Personally, I'd like to see more US WWII Infantry in pre-M1943 garb...

As an EXCELLENT reference book, I'd like to suggest:

"The WORLD WAR II GI"
US ARMY UNIFORMS
-- 1941-45--
IN COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS

by RICHARD WINDROW & TIM HAWKINS
Published by The Crowood Press

This book is everything that the title suggests, and I heartily recommend it. There are several other books in this series from Crowood, by Windrow & Hawkins, such as (I'm not 100% sure of their exact titles, but you should be able to find them without problems) "THE WORLD WAR II TOMMY", "WORLD WAR II US NAVY UNIFORMS", and "WORLD WAR II US MARINE UNIFORMS"...

I GOTTA HAVE THIS SET, US/Allied fan that I am!!!

No....the company is MASTERBOX and the box art shows M42 uniform with jump boots....! The rear colour plate and figure images show paras wearing M43 uniforms with buckle boots. 82nd Airborne jumped in with flags on shoulders on D-Day as 101st did not.....

You're RIGHT! I took a closer look and re-edited with the correct information. Been up all night and I'm seeing double-

THANKS!

PS- That British Tanker doesn't look like he's equipped in British garb, does he?

French woman with shaved head during the liberation.... collaborator?? And the G.I. is giving her food? Something is wrong here...

Nice!!! Always great to see more paras!! Whatever they are wearing,it is a very useful and welcome addition to the choices now available.
The young lady with the child is a stroke of genious,IMHO. Easily converted by adding some hair! She could be put in a hundred different scenarios then.
J

If you saw the BoB series,it was just depicting an act of human kindness,no great significance in the the movie.

TRUE- Agree about the Act of Kindness. How many Americans have opened their hearts to their enemies in time of need? We don't know the whole story of the woman with the shaved head. Yes, she might have slept with a German soldier, or she might have slept with one of her native Frenchmen, and her fellow townspeople just ASSUMED it was the German's child?

Assumptions do not beget truths...