This is the 28mm Arctic Explorer set from Copplestone Castings. It has two arctic tents, four wooden crates and two sets of skis. Tents are one piece resin, and the other bits are soft metal. All are flash free and well designed and cast.
Matchbox cars have a set that comes with two figures and a sled, they are show here with the tents. While these figures a just a tad larger than 1/72nd scale, they seem to do well with these tents.
In the back I have added a couple of the igloos from the Nature Toob set to make a nice start on an arctic diorama. Adventure games often take place all over the world and this group of sets allows you to inexpensively and easily venture into the Arctic or Antarctic regions. These items are good for wargaming too. The Nazis landed troops in northern regions for weather forecasting and they sometimes had to make do with living in tents, at least for a while. They were operating in Greenland, northern Norway, and even talked about going to Canada. The work was important to allow proper military planning because the weather from Western Europe was formed in the Arctic. There were several times when both American and British units fought small battles with these German troops in this harsh environment.
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