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David: As Joe stated, your Prussian guardsman was an infantryman; definately not a dragoon. Unfortunately, the cuffs aren't visible to further identify which Garde Regt. zu Fuss or Garde Grenadier Regiment he belonged to. Not much can be gleened from the "Three Amigos" picture except they were Prussian infantrymen and the central figure with the EK2 is a junior NCO (Sergeant) with the collar lace. I noticed that all three have removed their shoulder boards, so identifying a particular regiment would be difficult. The Husar in the picture is from Husaren-Regt. Nr. 19 (Sachsen) after 1897 (both cockades). The last picture is a group of soldiers from Infanterie-Regt. Nr. 116 (Hessen) based on the Mutze cockades, the shoulderstraps and the cuffs. Regards Dave

Marcin: From left to right is: A Kanonier with Field Artillery Regt. Nr. 60 (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) based on the buckle and cuff An officer (hauptmann or below) with Fusilier Regt. Nr. 86 (Schleswig-Holstein) based on the plume and the cuff And a Musketier possibly with Infantry Regt. Nr. 81 (Kurhessen) based on the photograph from Frankfurt a.M., where this regiment was garrisoned. Regards Dave

Thanks, Glenn! I don't suppose he did anything interesting... Dave

Any information on a Major v. Luck with Dragoner-Regt. Konig (2. Wurttemberg) Nr. 26 would be appreciated. I believe he is shown as a Bhfs.Kdtr 5/XIII in the "Wiederverwendete Inactive Offizier" list in the 14-18 Honor Roll. Dave

I started out with the old 90mm Superior Willie II figure from the 70's and ended up keeping and using only portions of the torso and the helmet. The head was built from scratch, the body enongated and the curaiss was filled in and detailed (including the agiullette). Something different...

Chip: Pretty "top end" litzen for your debut!! How are you going to top those?.... Dave

Eduardo You have a junior NCO (sergeant) which appears to be with the field artillery. Can you show a close-up of the cuff (should be Swedish) and the shoulder strap to comfirm this? Regards Dave

Eduardo Try to show a close-up of the belt buckle to possibly identify which state's war cross/medal is on the tunic Dave

Eduardo Your soldier is an infantry lance corporal (gefreiter) from the state of Hesse. He is wearing a M-1907 feldgrau waffenrock. You would need to know the numbers or cypher on the shoulder straps to identify which specific regiment. Dave

Here is a 120mm WW1 german machinegunner by Verlinden. The helmet was reworked into a more accurate shape and the chinstrap, the mg strap, the mg flash reducer, the bayonette troddel, the central bread bag hook, the EK2 ribbon and the mg qualification sleeve insignia were added. The figure was painted to be a member of LGR 109.

Again, interesting results with indirect outdoor lighting w/o flash.

This is the 120mm WW2 machinegunner by Tamiya. The detail and fit of the figure is very well executed and only the "chicken-wire" netting and the MG strap was added.

I used a flash for the photos above and it tended to "bleach out" the images. I tried something different with indirect outside lighting with no flash for these pictures with different results.

This is a extensively modified WW1 120mm sturmpioneer from Euroscale.

Stephen I did a Goerth bust for a friend a while back, and still have the assembled busts for Udet and Rickenbacker. Some day I want to do a full fugure of Udet wearing his flight overalls. Dave

"Mo Litzen" time...Here is a M-1910 Wurttemberg Officer's ulanka for Ulanen-Regt. Konig Karl Nr. 19.

Les I sent you a PM Dave

This is a 120mm WW1 British light machinegunner by David Parkins that I modified the head (including the helmet strap and bales), arms and added the base. The battle insignia was added and represents a member of the 1st Royal Fusiliers, 24th Division. The divisional sign is painted onthe helmet. The red cross indicates the 2nd Batln of the senior brigade. The four point yellow design indicates Company D within that battallion. The light machinegunner qualification badge and a wound stripe are on the lower sleeve.

Hello all: I'm hoping this will be of interest. Here is an unnamed 1912 pattern usmc officer's service dress tunic. The tunic appears to have been tailored abroad (most likely France, based on construction), and the buttons are all marked J.R. Gaunt- London. The EGAs are pinback and are unmarked. The tunic has two 6 month overseas stripes on the left arm and one wound stripe on the right arm. Since there are no shoulder patches, I presume the tunic was worn prior to 1919. Regards Dave

Stephan Are all your planes and figures in 1/48 scale? I really like the Voss figure you made. I wish I could do one just like that, but in a larger scale. Again, it is very good. Regards Dave

Dan You are right. There are some odd things on your Friedensrock. It looks like the muted M-15 field boards were used on the tunic and all my flieger props don't look like yours. Does the Fechterabzeichen on the friedensrock have a green line in the center? I was able to find a couple of pictures of of another collector's M-1910 private purchase nco fleiger waffenrock as a contrast to yours. Dave

This is a 54mm WW1 german sturmtrupp figure by Warriors that I modified with arms and head. Regards Dave

Hey Paul; For the figures shown above, I started off with two-part Milliput for the basic form and then finished off details, like folds on the uniforms, with two-part Apoxie Sculpt. Both can be found at hobby stores. Here is the "out of production" 120mm Kirin Prussian dragoon figure by Derek Hansen. I only modified the helmet crest and the shoulder straps and then painted the figure to represent an officer of Dragoner-Regt. Nr. 19 (Oldenburgisches).

Here is some collar litzen and shoulder straps for flieger units: M-1910 insignia for Fliegerbataillon Nr. 1 (second piping of white over grey base) M-1915 insignia for a Prussian flieger unit OK Chip. "batter up"....

Dan and Chip: I only have a couple more pictures of tunics with litzen so ANY litzen on this thread would be appreciated!! (I can think of an enlisted flieger dunkelblau off hand...) Well, here is another M-1910 waffenrock for Grossherzogl. Artilleriekorps, 1. Grossherzogl. Hessisches Feldartillerie-Regt. Nr. 25. The collar tabs would also be used by the 2. Garde-Feldartillerie-Regt.