Scale75 presents a new WWII scene with three figures and background.

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Beautiful figurines; I especially like the background too! Sadly, they are undoubtedly going to be copied illegally and sold on sites like the ironically-named Alibaba...

Sorry Chaps, I don't mean to carp unnecessarily but a few observations:

The Puttees are shown on as back to front; The "pointed" bit of the puttee should be on the outside of the ankle facing the rear. The tape is wound around until it is fastened off by tucking in and forming a small "square", again on the outside of the ankle.

The 37 pat webbing needs a bit of attention too: the drinking figure is shown as having the "full" webbing holder (as opposed to the "frame" type) for the waterbottle; this was not uncommon but being made of fairly rigid webbing material would not quite sag to the extent shown.

The prismatic compass would normally be kept in its own pouch which also formed part of the web equipment for the officer concerned; I can't quite see if there is one included from the photos; however, that is not to say an individual would prefer to keep it in a pocket say, so I'll shut up about that.

It also appears that the drinking soldier is equipped with the entrenching tool and holder; I am not 100% sure but I don't think this was ever issued to soldiers in North Africa. As for the Italian campaign - for which in theory these figures could be suitable - I am also not sure.

If you wish to further study British Army web equipments you could do worse than to obtain the Histoire & Collections books about the British "Tommy" (although covering the NW Europe campaign) or the "British Infantry Equipments" books from Vanguard-Osprey.

Brian