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                        WW II Russian Soldiers?

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                        manray2
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        WW II Russian Soldiers?
                        Posted by manray2 on Friday, May 9, 2008 9:47 PM
                        Hello all.  I am planning on doing a diorama of a firefight during the Battle of Stalingrad.  However I am having a really hard time finding Russian soldiers.  Does anyone know where I could find a larg amount of them?  Thanks
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                        chris hall
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Weymouth, Dorset, UK
                        Posted by chris hall on Saturday, May 10, 2008 1:34 PM

                        You could do a lot worse than use the Tamiya 1/35 Russian Army Assault Infantry set (#35207) as a starting point. 12 well-sculpted figures in combat poses, with lots of suitable equipment and weapons. Good value at $US18.50 or less.

                        Cheers,

                        Chris.

                        Cute and cuddly, boys, cute and cuddly!
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                        smeagol the vile
                        • Member since
                          April 2008
                        • From: Philadelphia PA
                        Posted by smeagol the vile on Saturday, May 10, 2008 5:35 PM
                        You sort of have to make due with what you can find as far as Russians go, they really dont make many soldiers for them, same with the IJA.  If your going to have anything like close combat, I suggest looking up master box's russian vs german set, has 4 figures fighting hand to hand with things like entrenching tools bayonets, helmets as weapons, its a nice set

                         

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                        chris hall
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Weymouth, Dorset, UK
                        Posted by chris hall on Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:25 AM

                        There are actually quite a lot of Soviet figures from the Great Patriotic War, mostly from countries of the ex-Soviet Union. Here's a selection:

                         http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=ICM35541

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=ICM35051

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=ICM35351

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=ICM35181

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=MB3532

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=MB3535

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=MB3523

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=MB3524

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=ZVE35026

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=ZVE35097

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=ZVE35084

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=ZVE35004

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=ZVE35044

                        http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=ZVE35079

                        Cheers,

                        Chris.

                        Cute and cuddly, boys, cute and cuddly!
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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, May 11, 2008 2:19 PM
                        Master Box has some really good sets in 1/35 that might work nicely for your diorama. Zvezda has a few recent releases worth a look. Also check out Mini Art's line. And also check out Dragon's line up. Between all these and the previosly mentioned Tamiya set you should find what you need.

                         

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                        manray2
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                          April 2008
                        Posted by manray2 on Saturday, May 17, 2008 10:22 AM

                        Hey,

                        Thanks guys for the information.  I have another question.  Would it just be easier if I just tried to convert misc. figures into Russian soldiers?

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                        stikpusher
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, May 17, 2008 12:57 PM
                        My say would be no. Although pants and boots would be similar to German unforms, the tunics (gymnastroika) padded jackets (telegroika) and headgear are far different than most other countries unforms. If you look, there is quite a good availability of WWII 1/35 Soviet figures out there. At least as good as US and more than Italian or Japanese.

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        SMJmodeler
                        • Member since
                          April 2007
                        • From: Schroon Lake, NY
                        Posted by SMJmodeler on Saturday, May 17, 2008 2:14 PM
                         chris hall wrote:

                        You could do a lot worse than use the Tamiya 1/35 Russian Army Assault Infantry set (#35207) as a starting point. 12 well-sculpted figures in combat poses, with lots of suitable equipment and weapons. Good value at $US18.50 or less.

                        Here's the set he's talking about, I used them for this SU-122 dio':

                        I did have one "casualty", don't ask...Really nice set of figures overall, great poses!!!

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                        Leo
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                          September 2007
                        Posted by Leo on Sunday, May 18, 2008 2:03 PM
                        Wow great dio you have there SMJ! It's really nice! The figures are very nice indeed.
                        Best regards, Leo
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                        SMJmodeler
                        • Member since
                          April 2007
                        • From: Schroon Lake, NY
                        Posted by SMJmodeler on Sunday, May 18, 2008 2:07 PM
                        Leo:  Thanks!  The figures took me longer to assemble and paint than the tank... seriously!!!

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                        yoyokel
                        • Member since
                          February 2010
                        Posted by yoyokel on Monday, May 19, 2008 7:36 AM

                        time for figure converting!...a few boxes of the Tamiya #35207 and Dragon #6197 should do nicely!

                        SJ--dio looks great. figures need Dullcote though.clothes should be dead flat unless its leather 

                         

                         

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