Dinosaur Skeletons

My wife and I visited Kentucky Dinosaur World and I picked up a few dinosaur skeletons.

Shown here with a few Lybian figures from Caesar Miniatures in 1/72nd scale.

These skeletons could be used for displays in miniature museums.

I also sometimes bury them a little and use them as scientific discoveries in dioramas, 

or as an objective in a wargame.

https://dinosaurworld.com/kentucky/

Machine Gun and BAR

A US .30 caliber machine gun can be operated by one soldier.

But the normal crew is at least two, one to fire and one to load.

But with three men in the crew you have an observer who can scan for targets.  Machine gun with a three man crew can fire indirect fire with the machine gun in my ruleset.  It gives the player a reason for three crewmen.

I modified this figure by adding the pack, carbine, and ammo box to make him a member of the gun crew.

Regular machine gun, Esci hard plastic figure.

Set up to fire the gun alone, and he has a backpack.

Here the machine gunner has been modified by giving him a Fujimi BAR with a Roco bipod.

I have never seen a plastic BAR gunner before, so I made a couple of them.  The BAR was intended to be fired from the prone or from the walking advancing position.

New Heads for Old

Part of my project to provide music for the troops.  These two Esci Eight Army troops are being transferred to the American Army for World War One.  Many Americans are from Irish decent and so having a couple pipers for the Army is reasonable for WWI.

Head swap for the same figure to provide the Second World War Americans with bagpipe music.

Here is a cavalry soldier with Montana Peak Hat.

This guy is for the Interwar years.

The whole bagpipe band!

Roco made this guy and Aurora copied him.  I swapped out the head and made them for WWI, Cavalry, and Interwar time periods.  Gotta have phones. 

 Aurora copy of the Airfix US Marine figure, firing his .45.

He has transferred to the US Army Cavalry.

Accordions and Guitars

My rules increase morale if the troops have music available for them to listen too.

So here is a WWI American with an accordion.  Former motorcycle rider with new helmet and accordion.

Cavalry trooper with Montana Peak Hat and accordion. 

 Seated accordion player with service cap,seated on barrel.

Another motorcycle rider, this time with a guitar.

World War One guitar player.

Seated on a log with an M1 rifle and guitar.  M1 rifle means about 1937 or later.

Former Airfix figure with guitar.