Making the canvas leggings into spiral wrap leggings was simplicity itself. Earlier I had gone so far as to actually wind the leg with paper and very thin sheet plastic. But it was a lot of work for too little effect. So here I just took a file and carved in the seams and grooves of the leggings.
The gasmasks were on the accessory sprue but required hollowing out of the inside to fit on the chest. The pack should conform to the chest not the chest to the pack. I still have to add the neck straps for holding them in ready position.
The figures are supposed to be advancing on a German trench so the poses had to be modified.
I wanted a variety of weapons so one guy has a shotgun and another a BAR. The 1917 figures in the box only have rifleman equipment layouts. I checked my references to get the gear layout right.
Here's a picture of the diorama layout. I'm only doing the figures. A far better builder than I is doing the tanks.
