Nemrod
N35042

Kneeling, his Garand resting across his right thigh, this paratrooper is holding a "cricket" in his right hand, perhaps to signal to someone approaching in the early morning shadows of June 6, 1944. The soldier wears the M1942 parachute uniform: a coat with four bellows pockets with slanted flaps and integral cloth belt, and trousers with large cargo pockets. Reinforcement patches of material, often of colors shaded that varied from the overall uniform, were sown over the knees and elbows. The box art shows the bellows on the uniform pockets also in a different color, it being entirely feasible that the regimental milliners enlarged these roomy pockets even more.

The M1C helmet was worn with A-web straps and leather chin cup to better secure the helmet to the soldier's head. While the box art shows the A-web strap on the right side of the helmet, mine did not have that feature. A chin cup with strap ends is included for attachment to the right side of the helmet.

Other extras include the M1936 musette bag worn over the back of the soldier; a Colt M1911A1 .45 pistol in holster; an M1910 canteen; an M1924 first aid pouch; M1938 wire cutters in a canvas pouch; the M1910 "T-handled" entrenching tool; and the M3 fighting knife strapped to his leg.

The figure is crisply sculpted and molded, with just a bit the casting plug, a trace of flash, and some casting seams on the legs that need attention. The soldier's left hand is molded to the Garand gun for a good fit, and there are locater pins to help guide attachment of the arms to help provide the proper fit of the pieces.

Like Nemrod's other paratroopers, this figure will work well in a vignette portraying those crucial days in the summer of 1944.

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