The new Italeri 1/72nd World War Two Russian Infantry set is out in stores now. They are molded in tan plastic and totally flash free. You get three identical sprues which include a light machine gunner and a mortar.
The figures are mostly armed with PPSH submachine guns. The light machine gun has a gunner kneeling behind a wall with a number two gunner pointing and holding a spare disk magazine.
The small wall part can be twisted to make it appear as if he is firing from behind the wall. I don't really like this figure as the wall accessory is pretty lame. In the attack in a wargame the wall has to be moved along as the guy advances? The wall could be cut off, but I thing the pose will look funny without it.
The gray guy is the old Esci mortar man from their Russian set. I am not sure the new mortar man is any better. In fact the old mortar at least attempted a bipod while the new figure has a strange monopod. I am considering cutting the tan mortar off and using the man in the great coat as the number two for the Esci mortar man.
2 comments:
Mike,
These have been out for at least a year. It takes 8 boxes to get enough troops with the Tokarev semi-auto rifle to make one platoon. They are very nice figures and you will be seeing them in Berlin.
jim french
Mike,
I neglected to mention that cutting the mortar troop off the sprue often tends to break the monopod. You should cut the monopod base off the sprue last IIRC.
Jim
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