Paracadutisti Britannici, 1942–1945

Recensione dei Figurini ESCI in Scala 1:72

Paracadutisti Britannici della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, 1:72 Soldatini ESCI 8034

ESCI 1:72 scale Paracadutisti Britannici from the same sculptor who produced the superb Airfix paracadutisti in scala 1:32. Some of the soldatini are identical to their Airfix comrades, others are posed differently, e some are unique to this kit. The PIAT gunner is a nice addition, e the charging para seems to be right out of an Arnhem photo. The advancing para con fixed bayonet is not included in this kit, even though this is one of the best poses of the old Airfix figure set. Perhaps the bayonet would have turned out too thin in this scale e the pose could not be included in this kit.

Contenuto

13 soldatini in 8 Poses – 24 mm pari a 173 cm di altezza

Para Officer con Sten SMG (1)
Para NCO con Sten, throwing Grenade (1)
Para operatore radio (1)
Para prone, tirante con PIAT (1)
Para Bren Gunner (1)
Para standing, tirante con Rifle (3)
Para kneeling, tirante con Rifle (3)
Para charging, tirante con Sten SMG (2)

Radio (1)
Rucksack (13)
Entrenching Tool (5)
Figure Bases (12)
Separate armi (10)

Valutazione

Excellent choice of subject, several of these ESCI soldatini are based on the superb Airfix Paracadutisti Britannici in scala 1:32.
The Bren gunner e NCO throwing a grenade are the same as the Airfix soldatini in scala 1:32, except that they have no camouflage on their elmetti. This is an unfortunate omission, the camouflaged elmetti look great on the Airfix paras. The other soldatini in the set seem to be from same sculptor, even if they are posed differently than their Airfix comrades.
The officer is sculpted in a more dynamic e less stoically inglese pose than his Airfix 1:32 scale counterpart. He also looks shorter e much stockier.
Compatibile con Airfix, e Revell.

The separate rifles e Sten SMGs are rather fragile, devono essere tolto from the sprue very prudentamente.
The Bren gun barrel thickens towards the muzzle, because it would otherwise turn out very thin e be liable to breakage in this small scale.
Given a choice, giocatori wargame e dioramisti probably would have preferred this figure set in scala 1:72 soft plastic, because polyethylene soldatini are much cheaper than polistirolo kits, e they require no assembly.

These paracadutisti britannici di ESCI in scala 1:72 are a welcome addition to the growing range of paracadutisti britannici della seconda guerra mondiale, ed it is unfortunate that they are no longer on the market.

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