A member of the Black and Tans with a Lewis gun. A single figure made by three-dimensional printing, 1:35 scale.
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The nickname Black and Tans was carried by the men of the Special Reserve of the Royal Irish Constabulary, recruited from January 1920 mainly from veterans of the First World War, which had just ended. It arose from their mismatched clothing: army khaki trousers with dark police tunics and caps recalled the coloring of a renowned pack of hounds from County Limerick. During the Irish War of Independence the force earned an evil reputation for reprisals against civilians, and in Ireland that name still sounds like an insult today.
You can tell a Lewis at first glance by the cylindrical shroud around the barrel and the flat pan magazine fitted from above. It weighed about thirteen kilograms, a single man could work it, and that is exactly why it ended up in patrol cars as often as in the hands of groups on foot. For a unit that moved fast and in small knots of men it was a logical choice.
There is one figure in the package, made by three-dimensional printing. The technology shows itself in the fine rendering of cloth, straps and small metal parts that a mold would not manage. The surface carries faint layering, which light sanding with the finest paper and a filling primer in a spray can will level out.
Separate the supports with a scalpel, not by breaking them off, because the material is hard and cracks. Cyanoacrylate glue holds the joints. The figure suits a patrol car, an alley in a town street and an improvised barricade of sandbags alike.
Naši poradci a znalci sortimentu jsou připraveni odpovídat na Vaše dotazy (Po–Pá, 8–18 hod).
Zeptejte se na co potřebujete, odpovíme co nejdříve.
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