I did some research and decided that generally working parties in this war wore the sack coat, their everyday wear.
Taking a figure from the Dorset Soldiers Spaghetti range, which was in scale with Mignot figures (about 50mm), I refashioned the kepi to improve the crumpled ACW look. The trousers on the figure needed to be lengthened down to the boot and some straps filed off. I also took the opportunity to fatten the master figure up a little. The arms were adapted to give the ‘bend me where you want me’ position.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December - January 2021 من Toy Soldier Collector International.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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