Paracadutisti Britannici, 1942–1945

Recensione dei Figurini Airfix in Scala 1:32

I paracadutisti britannici in scala 1:32 di Airfix are a significant improvement over the earlier Airfix paracadutisti which were released in scala 1:76. Airfix did upgrade some of its early 1:76 scale figure sets, but unfortunately these superb soldatini were not released in the smaller wargaming scale. Somehow, ESCI picked up these miniatures e released them as a 1:72 scale model kit con 13 soldatini in eight poses, including a prone PIAT gunner. This sought-after kit has been unavailable for some time. If the moulds o master models of the superb paracadutisti britannici di Airfix are still around, some manufacturer ought to release them in scala 1:72.

Contenuto

14 soldatini in 7 Poses – 52 mm pari a 166 cm di altezza

• Ufficiale paracadutista con Sten SMG (1)
• Para NCO con Sten, throwing Grenade (2)
• Para Radio Operator (1)
• Para Bren Gunner (2)
• Para standing, tirante con Rifle (3)
• Para kneeling, tirante con fucile da tiratore scelto (2)
• Para advancing con Rifle e fixed Bayonet (3)

Valutazione

• Good choice of subject, these paracadutisti britannici are very attractive soldatini, but they are produced in the wrong scale. The smaller 1:76 o 1:72 scale soldatini are more popular con giocatori wargame e dioramisti who need so many of these troops.
• Superb sculpting ed anatomy. This is the industry standard against which other soldatini di paracadutisti britannici must be judged.
• There are enough poses in the set to recruit a Parachute fanteria Section britannico of 10 men. Only the 2" mortar will have to be scratchbuilt from sprue e plastic card. Tre boxes of these rare soldatini are required to raise a paratroop platoon.
• The variety of poses may be increased by swapping heads among the soldatini.
• The tiratore scelto may be converted to a rifleman simply by slicing the scope off his rifle.

• Cheap, but badly done copies of the Airfix paracadutisti occasionally turn up at toy stores. These soldatini have different heads con a plain elmetto para. If they were of a better production quality, these copies might actually be worth the effort to convert them back to paracadutisti britannici.

These vintage paracadutisti britannici in scala 1:32 di Airfix are sometimes sold individually at about the same price an entire box of them used to cost in the old days. It’s unfortunate that these wonderful soldatini have never been released as a 1:72 scale plastic figure set. One wonders why manufacturers like Heller o HaT Industrie do not downsize these soldatini now e release them again.

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– Pubblicato: 21.04.2005 – Aggiornato: 25.06.2008
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