1/72 or 1/76 Bare Chested WW2 Figures

[Christopher Ellul]

Hi,

Since I tend to model WW2 aircraft based in Malta, I would like to find bare chested figures or shorts clad figures.  Any recommendations where to look, and what brand to look out for please ?

 

T.I.A.

[Lothian man]

Try investigating the ESCI 25 pounder field gun-howitzer kit. From memory some of the crew were bare-chested and in shorts, and the WW2 Desert uniforms would suit you well. 

 

ESCI are of course long gone but I gather that the kit was transmogrified into the Italeri equivalent.  The latter's instructions show three chaps without sarks or semmits - fewer however than the ESCI artwork, which may or may not be significant.

https://modelingmadness.com/scott/misc/military/italeri/7027preview.htm

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-7027-morris-quad-tractor-with-25-pdr-gun--1016626

[Christopher Ellul]

16 minutes ago, Lothian man said:

Try investigating the ESCI 25 pounder field gun-howitzer kit. From memory some of the crew were bare-chested and in shorts, and the WW2 Desert uniforms would suit you well. 

 

ESCI are of course long gone but I gather that the kit was transmogrified into the Italeri equivalent.  The latter's instructions show three chaps without sarks or semmits - fewer however than the ESCI artwork, which may or may not be significant.

https://modelingmadness.com/scott/misc/military/italeri/7027preview.htm

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-7027-morris-quad-tractor-with-25-pdr-gun--1016626

Thanks, really appreciate this

[Orso]

Six figures iI think: https://www.onthewaymodels.com/reviews/Italeri/AMagnus_Italeri_25pdr&Limber_review.htm

[Lothian man]

2 hours ago, Orso said:

Six figures iI think: https://www.onthewaymodels.com/reviews/Italeri/AMagnus_Italeri_25pdr&Limber_review.htm

Oh yes, but some of them seem to have shirts on (and different from the original kit?). But they may still be useful for a Malta scene.  

[Francis Macnaughton]

The 1/72 Revell WW2 German artillery set had several bare chested figures

[Orso]

3 hours ago, Lothian man said:

Oh yes, but some of them seem to have shirts on (and different from the original kit?). But they may still be useful for a Malta scene.  

Same as Esci.

Three of them with shirts but all of them in shorts and as they have separate arms easier to convert than soft plastic figures.

[Christopher Ellul]

Thanks to all for the useful input. Greatly appreciate it