The Russo-Finnish war of 193-1940 (The Winter War) has been a topic of study for me for more than 40 years. As such whenever I find some related material I like to read and share.
From: https://allworldwars.com
An album of images and maps compiled by Soviet military intelligence in 1938
A few pictures from another source relating to the Mannerheim Line:
Way back in the old days. Long before I thought of casting miniatures for a side business. I purchased some molds for 15mm American Civil War miniatures. I’m sure I have the time wrong, but I’m going with late 1970s (early 80s at the latest for sure). I’m pretty sure these molds were advertised in The Courier and the sculptor’s name was Joel Haas…
Anyhow, way back when I remember casting I don’t know how many hundreds of figures for my ACW game. We didn’t play ACW very long, but the casting of the figures was a fun time. I don’t have any of my original castings; I gave those away sometime in the 90s.
Fast forward to yesterday… I was looking for something else and came upon the molds ticked away in a box of misc. projects. So, since I had hot metal I thought I’d cast a few figures just to see what I had found. Well, the figures are very basic and they still cast nicely (I think a lead alloy would be better, but I gotta use what I have on hand).
Here are a couple of pictures. The first is the set of molds with a casting inside. The second is a primed figure, in an attempt to show what they look like. As soon as I get this fellow painted I’ll be sure to post another picture.
With our last post concerning the 25mm WWII figures, interest in the 20mm figures has increased a wee bit. Some wanting to know how the two scales compare size-wise…
I’ve been meaning to write a bit about this same topic, and here is my first post on the topic. Not a lot of text, but the pictures should do most of the talking anyhow.
First lets show the difference in figure size:
25mm Scruby US Army and 20mm Eriksson German
25mm Scruby US Army and 20mm Eriksson German
Now lets see how the 20mm fit in with Roco Minitanks:
20mm German with Roco Minitank – Panzer IV
While on the subject of Roco Minitanks, lets take a quick look at the 25mm with a Roco Minitank. I know an American with a German tank; couldn’t get to my box of American armor…
25mm American with Roco Minitank – Panzer IV
I don’t mind using the Roco Minitanks with my 25mm infantry, the size difference is too bad. Not sure I like the 20mm with 1/72 armor – I’ll have to dig out my 1/72 tanks and get a few pictures…
And now back to some 25mm next to some 20mm…
25mm American with 20mm German HMG team
25mm American with 20mm prone German rifleman
25mm American with 20mm German anti-tank gun
Was fiddling with some 25mm WWII figures over the weekend…
Decided to re-mold the Scruby 25mm figures for use in my small WWII project. I’ll need to supplement with some plastic figures, but that should be ok-fine.
For pictures and a bit more info check the HistoriFigs website.
