Nemrod
N35004

This is another of Nemrod's earliest offerings. One paratrooper crouches with his folding stock M1 carbine, giving a hand signal. His partner is speaking on a "handy-talkie." He also is equipped with a carbine and a .45 Colt in a shoulder holster. Both soldiers wear the M1942 parachute uniform with the prominent reinforcement patches over the knees and elbows.

One of the soldier wears netting and camo strips over his M1C helmet, while the other's is bare. Unlike in later Nimrod paratrooper sets, there are no straps and chin cups included for the helmets. Most of the additional gear, like bandage pouches and fighting knives, is molded to the figures. The only extras are canteens and M1943 entrenching tools (you could also use the M1910 tools found in Tamiya equipment sets). There is only one musette bag, but since many of these guys lost their gear in the jump you really don't need to kit out the other figure.

These figures come in four pieces, the arms and head separate from the body piece. Parts are crisply sculpted and molded, with a minimal amount of flash and seams to clean up. There are no locator pins for the arms, and the weapons do not have hands molded onto them, so care will be necessary in aligning the parts for gluing.

The figures stand less than 6' tall. They are compatible in size with DML's "U.S. Army Airborne (Normandy 1944)" and would work well together in a nice diorama along with Nemrod's other fine paratroopers.

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