A resin figure of a member of an LRDG patrol at a twin Browning machine gun, 1:35 scale. A soldier captured in the firing position behind the mount, with the equipment of the desert patrols of the North African campaign.
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A pair of coupled machine guns was the thing on a desert patrol vehicle that decided survival in a sudden encounter with the enemy. The gunner stood upright behind the mount, braced himself against the frame of the cargo bed and had to handle the weapon even while driving over sand. The figure captures exactly this moment, the hands on the grips, the body turned to follow the direction of fire.
The Long Range Desert Group came into being in Egypt in 1940 out of men who knew the desert from prewar expeditions. Their vehicles covered thousands of kilometers behind the front, mapped routes, counted enemy columns and carried paratroopers to their objectives. The equipment of these men was a mixture of regulation and improvisation, which shows well on the figure: short trousers, a scarf around the neck and light footwear next to a military shirt were not an extravagance, but an answer to the heat and the sand.
Faded khaki, sandy dust on the trousers and tanned skin give the result the right touch. It pays off to work the face up with glazes layer by layer; with a figure in this scale the expression decides more than the technical details of the weapon. Leave the metal parts of the weapon matte rather than glossy. Neither a base nor paints are supplied.
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