WW II Russian Soldiers?

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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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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Leo

Member since
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 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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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.

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manray2

Member since
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 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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U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

- Plankton

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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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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 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.