Mars Sailors

 

Firing together, Mars German Naval Infantry, WWII plastic, 1/72nd scale.

I was hoping they would be in blue, but they can be painted.

Machine gun team with ammo carrier.

Rather awkward pose for the ammo bearer I think.

But acceptable.  Not a bad set, I will likely get a second, but no more than that.

German Fleet

Here are more of the World War Two era German ships.

These models are at about 70 years old.

 They are various German cruisers.

Together they make a nice little fleet.

The detail is pretty good I think for the size.

Here is a nice close up of one of them.

Here is a fleet.  I may have to get out my 1/2400 Soviet Navy and give them an adversary.

Perhaps they could attack a Murmansk convoy defended by British and Soviet ships.

 Or maybe evacuate an eastern coastal town before the Soviet land forces overrun them.

Sailing Ships

Here are the larger figures in a small diorama.  The grenadier throws a grenade as the enemy closes in.  The signals men call for more support as the mortar team tries to fire off a last few rounds.

Nice little Bf-109.  Missing one propeller.

It has markings engraved on the bottom and even the landing gear.  More, it has the little supports for the tail.

 It's a very nice sailing ship model, one piece.

The Germans made several of these ships, nearly 300 feet long.

This is another WHW token.

Many navies use sailing ships so that new junior officers can train and learn the winds, and the currents.  Nothing is better for that than a sailing ship.

The Germans built several of them and they survived World War Two.  The USA got the Horst Wessel as reparations and the US Coast Guard still uses the ship to train mid-shipmen.

Coelacanth and Pterodactyl

 Pterodactyl were pretty common as late as 1864 in the Southern States.

 Union solders often shot them and sometimes posed with the bodies for photos.

 Coelacanth was a staple of the diet for Pterodactyl.

The coelacanth model was included in the set with the Pterodactyl.

Coelacanth was a staple for U-Boat crews in World War Two operating off the coast of Southern Africa.

A five foot fish provides a lot of filets.