List of the latest

WWII French-3               
Dragons Portés
36   Officer running with pistol
37   Standing ready
38   Prone
39   Running, rifle across chest
40   LMG – FM24/29 & gunner moving
41   LMG loader walking w/ ammo box
42   Baled out tank crew, injured left arm & right leg
43   Baled out tank crew, helping 42
M/C Troops
44   Motorcycle & sidecar   
45   M/C driver   
46   Sidecar crew   
47   Crewman on foot, running w/ carbine   
Chasseurs à Cheval
48   Mounted
49   Dismounted, running w/ slung carbine

Wet your whistle, I'll chase Leon for pics

Dave

Hello Dave

do you mean they will be available soon ?

Not quite, just come in from the designer so they'll need master moulding.

Oh, these sound good.

Photos would be ace.

Hello Dave

I knew that there must be a reason that I hadn't organised my new order yet (apart from the risk of being buried in a lead-alanche)  .

Are the motorcycle and sidecar with or without crew? Can you gently prod Leon for pics.

If the Dragons Portés are the long awaited figures with Adrian, tunic and puttees I just might have to do a happy dance   .

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 14 June 2015, 10:30:06 PM
Hello Dave

I knew that there must be a reason that I hadn't organised my new order yet (apart from the risk of being buried in a lead-alanche)  .

Are the motorcycle and sidecar with or without crew? Can you gently prod Leon for pics.

If the Dragons Portés are the long awaited figures with Adrian, tunic and puttees I just might have to do a happy dance   .

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

Hi Grumpy

The motorcycle and sidecar are with crew

The Dragons Portés are with Adrian, tunic and trousers to ankles, the figures with Adrian, tunic and putteesare the chasseurs in vareuse


Dave

Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 14 June 2015, 10:30:06 PM
Can you gently prod Leon for pics.

Just prod him, we'll all be much happier with photos 

Quote from: fred    12df on 15 June 2015, 06:00:47 PM
Just prod him, we'll all be much happier with photos 

Leons photographed them

Good work. Both on the prodding and the photographing. 

Why hasn't he posted them yet 

Quote from: Dave on 15 June 2015, 04:57:38 PM
Hi Grumpy

The motorcycle and sidecar are with crew

The Dragons Portés are with Adrian, tunic and trousers to ankles, the figures with Adrian, tunic and puttees are the chasseurs in vareuse


Dave

Hello Dave

Well, that's disappointing, no happy dance then  . Still, I can use the FM24/29s to bulk out the WW1 Italians (pretending to be Thais at the moment  , the FM24/29 will have to pretend to be a Madsen) and the motorcycles. I would have thought the Chasseurs would have been in boots or long gaiters rather than puttees  .

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 15 June 2015, 11:49:05 PM
Hello Dave

Well, that's disappointing, no happy dance then  . Still, I can use the FM24/29s to bulk out the WW1 Italians (pretending to be Thais at the moment  , the FM24/29 will have to pretend to be a Madsen) and the motorcycles. I would have thought the Chasseurs would have been in boots or long gaiters rather than puttees  .

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

I have still more figures to do such as engineers, anybody pics of French engineers in action and equipment?  I can add extra figures in the Dragon portee style with puttees, did the french use a SMG at this stage in great numbers or was more a symbol of command?

ps I also have the masters of Laffly 6 wheel and the P107 converted to U304(f) light armoured personnel carrier.

Dave

Hello Dave

Haven't come across any pictures (apparently the lack of photos of this era is because the French weren't allowed cameras) but this post on Axishistory has oodles of information on engineers:-

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=84380

At least it gives you the nomenclature in French for further searching, ie bataillon de sapeurs-mineurs d'armée.

Going on Jouineau uniform is pretty standard with normal infantry/fortress styles.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

Hello

Still haven't come across any photos of engineers.

But I did come across some other stuff:-

Some French 75mm truck artillery from Morocco and Tunisia:-



which didn't seem to be very successful  . http://www.mvcgfrance.org/menu3/Dossiers/Dossiers1942Maroc.html

Maybe some new refugees are required:-


"A tandem bicycle carries a whole Belgian family of four with some of their belongings strapped to their backs, as they flee from the advancing Nazis into France, on June 14, 1940."

Or maybe some rural scenes:-


"The Royal Irish Fusiliers of the British expeditionary forces come to the aid of French farmers whose horses have been commandeered by the French Army. A tank is hitched to a plow to help with the spring tilling of the soil on March 27, 1940."

Both pics from here - http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/07/world-war-ii-axis-invasions-and-the-fall-of-france/100098/

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

Just asked the designer foir this month to do

3 poineer - two in tunic, one greatcoat - pick, shovel and laying mine

AA guns and crew x 2

Dave