iwik Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Hi y'all! A while back, I came across LIFE photo archives and found a series of shots of the war correspondents in Tunisia in 1943. I really liked the sand scheme of the early Jeep with the arabic serials. The French miniature company Reedoak released a few months later a war correspondent, who really looked like the one standing in the first photo. Moreover, I also found a small decal sheet from Echelon depicting that very Jeep. A resin roman column and the project started...and stopped for a few days...weeks...months, until 2019 New Years resolutions. I MUST finish some of my begun projects. I've used Italeri's kit with a photoetched set and some scratch as you can see: And here is the final product! Pretty happy how it ended up. Hope you like it too! Ciao IWik 39 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Wow I love it. Excellent job. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 That's very nice, simple and well displayed, good effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wasley Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Very impressive all round great model work.Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiesolo Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Superb modelling, very well posed and all round excellent dio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Beautiful,simple and very effective,love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Lovely vignette. The jeep looks great but I particularly like the shading on the figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill.B Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Cracking piece of work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 A masterpiece. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickE Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Terrific! great work on the figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Very simple but very beautiful! Great vignette! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 What they said! I didn't know that US forces in Tunisia repainted any vehicles in a sandy colour. Thank you for imparting that knowledge. But I should point out that the figure is actually an official US Army Signal Corps photographer - a soldier - not a War Correspondent. The latter were civilians and wore only "war correspondent" badges on their uniforms. Under the Geneva convention they could not bear arms, take any active part in military activity or spy. This guy is wearing a sidearm and combat knife, both forbidden for correspondents. As an Official Photographer he would have worn normal uniform badging for his parent unit, and would be a Technician 5th or 4th Grade - Corporal's or Sergeant's chevrons respectively with a T beneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudman1961 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Lovely. Simple but obviously some good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwik Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 On 2/18/2019 at 9:19 PM, Das Abteilung said: What they said! I didn't know that US forces in Tunisia repainted any vehicles in a sandy colour. Thank you for imparting that knowledge. But I should point out that the figure is actually an official US Army Signal Corps photographer - a soldier - not a War Correspondent. The latter were civilians and wore only "war correspondent" badges on their uniforms. Under the Geneva convention they could not bear arms, take any active part in military activity or spy. This guy is wearing a sidearm and combat knife, both forbidden for correspondents. As an Official Photographer he would have worn normal uniform badging for his parent unit, and would be a Technician 5th or 4th Grade - Corporal's or Sergeant's chevrons respectively with a T beneath. Thanks everybody for your kind words! Das Abteilung, thanks for pointing that up! Which one do you think those on the pictures could be? Ciao Iwik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Very nicely done! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Excellent paint job on the Jeep and the figure. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 6 hours ago, iwik said: Das Abteilung, thanks for pointing that up! Which one do you think those on the pictures could be? It's kinda hard to tell. But as none of the people are wearing even belt order equipment and no weapons are visible it seems more likely that they are war correspondents. No soldier would be near an active combat area without a personal weapon, like the figure model with his sidearm. I've just noticed that the Jeeps have Arabic serial numbers as well as the Army serials. Which potentially infers that they are part of a permanent headquarters and that the vehicles are registered as civilian. That potentially supports the occupants being War Correspondents as they were civilians. No visible unit ID on the Jeeps either. Official photographers were generally embedded with units, although some would undoubtedly heve been posted to permanent/fixed HQs. But in either case would have carried unit ID on vehicles. So, probably war correspondents in the photos with the jeep. Impossible to tell in the multi-vehicle picture in the ruins. The truck on the left looks British. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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