Esci & Valiant Miniatures

I sometimes mix figures from different companies, because people come in different sizes.  However, the equipment is all the same size.

This is the Valiant Miniatures US Army soldier with the head from the Esci hard plastic figure.  Reminds me of Littlejohn from Combat! the old TV show.

I cut down the length of the M1 rifle barrel. 

I also trimmed down the end of the rifle butt.

That way his helmet and rifle would be the same size as the Esci soldier.

Here he is with a Plastic Soldier Company US Army soldier.  A large corn fed guy from the heartland of America.  Thanks to my friend COL Jim for providing the Valiant Miniatures soldier.

Hauneabu II

New from Pegasus Models!

This is the Luna from a 1960's Eastern Bloc sci-fi movie.

This is the Luna in two scales, the little one is the same scale as the Cosmos.

These are some pretty good rockets and being a rather generic shape they will work for a variety of scales.

Hauneabu II from Pegasus hobbies in 1/144th scale.

It's about 8 inches across and should work okay for 1/72nd scale.

You need a bunch of these for those WWWII scenarios. 
Photos from Steve Iverson, CultTVman.Com.  Check them out.

Russian Mortars

Man opening mortar bombs, passing a 120mm mortar bomb and a forward observer on the phone.  I like the phone guy, he can be used for forward observer, fire direction center or at the mortar site itself.

More troops from the Pegasus 1/72nd scale Russian Mortar Set.  More men handling ammo.

The mortars are nicely detailed.  They glue together with regular model glue, just like the troops.

The whole set is flash free.  This couple makes a good forward observer set.

81mm mortar team.

120mm mortar team in action.

I like having all these men for the mortars, it makes for a much more realistic set up.

Pegasus Soviet Mortars

Pegasus has released a bunch of WWII Soviet Union soldier sets in 1/72nd scale all at once.

This mortar set provides plenty of heavy firepower for your Communist hordes.

Each set gets two sprues just like this one.

Four 120mm mortars and two 81mm mortars.

The crews have separate arms and some can be used for either mortar, depending on which arm you select.

There are crewmen like the one on the left, actually servicing the mortars and others like the other two, who are doing other work.

The kneeling man has separate feet!