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Tuesday 17 May 2016

20mm Cold War British Paras

These are some spare Falklands/Cold War British in berets that I received from RH Models, some left over after I finished my Royal Marines and some that were freebies from Rolf (thank you very much!) sent to my wife, who had ordered various bits of kit as a pressie for me (thank you too!).  I painted these the same way as my other Cold War Brits, but painted the berets a maroon colour by mixing a little bit of blue into flat red.

Kneeling/crouching radio operators.



Kneeling Carl Gustav launcher and assistant.



Troopers armed with Sterling SMGs.



Standing Carl Gustav team.


Various NCO/officer types.


A GPMG gunner and NCO type.



Not sure whether I'll do a full platoon in para berets or just mix these with guys in helmets to show they are a unit of paras.  Beret types would be more useful for Winter of 79 scenarios to show they aren't in full battle kit.

Anyway, thanks for looking.

2 comments:

  1. Nice work- I went with the mix a few in idea formy RMs and Paras.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  2. Thanks Pete. I've now got a company worth of troops in helmets, so mixing in some para or RM berets should give the right feel. I might still do some more paras in berets though, when the fancy takes me.

    Cheers, Andy

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