I don't like to waste anything, so I gathered up a bunch of the dead guys from the Airfix WWI American Infantry set.
I took some pins from lego type bricks, a couple bits of wire and a some excess sheet plastic. It made a nice creeper for these figures to lay down on.
So here is the soldier working on a Roco 2 1/2 ton army truck.
Here are some of my WWI British Infantry that I am going to use for police. It was not unusual for American police to have machine guns in their inventory as far back as there have been machine guns!
I am using cheap styrene plastic civilian figures as police, I swap the heads with Airfix WWI British Infantry because their caps are similar to police hats that US police used for about 100 years.
My plan is to have .50 caliber US machine guns, M2, .30 caliber Colt, Marlin, and M1919 Colt machine guns. Also the Thompson, M1 carbine, and the M60 machine gun. I have confirmed that all of these, except the M60, have certainly been used by US police forces.
4 comments:
Nice conversions Mike.
I wonder what kind of law enforcement which requires a 0.50 cal. M2 (?)
Those are some creative conversions, Mike.
I have sometimes wondered why plastic figure manufacturers release figures in multiple colors. Some color choices make sense, some don't (like WWI Americans in dark blue plastic.)
A few months ago, I was glad to get a box of light tan (rather than khaki or brown) Italeri British WWII infantry. The color closely matches the light tan color of Axis & Allies game pieces. So my collection of British A&A pieces now has a little more character.
From as early as the mid-1800s there have been revolutionary, anarchist, communist and other radical forces who have waged guerilla warfare in the United States. So a 0.50 MG is useful when confronted by such people who have created a fortress or taken over a major building. In 2004 a man in an armored bulldozer went on a rampage in a small town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer
The US Army used the Montana Peak hat starting in 1911 but wore very similar hats for years before. The WWI Americans by Airfix would work well for troops at least 23 years prior to WWI, so having them in Blue plastic works for that. Many people, especially kids, don't paint figures so having the "right" color is helpful for them. Also there are adult collectors who get any set with new colors or even a new box art or logo.
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