Hi Guys
This intends to be a very simple homage to those six brave guys....
The kit is the classic Esci, reboxed by Italeri, and the scale is 1/72.
The figures are not that good, with a large ejection pin mark on their back, and some other minor problems and imperfections.
First of all I made a new flag pole with some evergreen rod, and put it in place.
Then I started adding the figures. The arms of some of them should be assembled with the figure in the final place, to put them in a more natural pose. Obviously some putty will be needed to fill some gaps.
Finally I made some rifle straps with tin foil glued with CA.
The first result was this (in a kind of romantic way):
With the figures glued in place, it was time to add some details to the terrain.
I added a coat of a mixture of plaster with very fine sand, and on top of that I added some small pieces of cork, to simulate rocks, and small pieces of wood (form a match stick), to simulate the debris that we can see in the original photo, and finally some copper wire atatched to a small pole, also to simulate a similar item found on the original photo.
And the result is this:
Now I will add some vegetation (minimal) and itis ready for painting.
I will worry about the flag and ist odd positioning only after having everything painted!!!