PMMS
Warriors
USMC Heavy Weapons Team #1 (WWII)
1/35th Figure Set No. WA35556
Review by Terry Ashley

AcademyThis set of three figures is designed to be used in conjunction with the excellent Academy US Machine Gun Set (#1384) and consists of three machine gun crew figures walking towards a new emplacement.

The figures are cleanly cast in light cream resin with just the normal casting blocks to be removed and there are also some minor casting seams down the back of one leg to be removed from the figures as a consequence of the body and legs being cast in one piece but nothing problematic.
One thing to watch is with the arms that have the casting block at the top of the arm and care is needed when removing this as removing too much resin can effect how the arm attaches to the shoulder.

Each figure has the full body in one piece with all personal gear and ammo packs etc included in the casting for a good “sit” on the uniforms and equipment. The arms and heads are separate along with a M1 Garand rifle and bayonet and jungle knife to add to the figures as you wish.

The uniform details are well done with good fabric folds and seams and the uniforms have a good “used” feel to them with some minor tears and one figure not wearing a belt with his tunic loose for a realistic pose.

Figure A is carrying two .30cal ammo boxes but unfortunately my set had two right arms which I’m sure was just a minor slip up but other than that assembled without problems with the hands cast to fit the top of the ammo boxes from the Academy set.
View of figure A parts
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Figure B is designed to be carrying the .30 cal MG slung over his shoulder and assembled without any issues and included an indentation on the right shoulder for the .30cal barrel as well as the hand cast to fit nicely around the barrel.

View of figure B parts and assembled figure.
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Figure C is designed to be carrying the .30cal MG tripod and again there were no problems during assembly but there were a couple of air holes exposed when removing the casting block from one arm and although there is an indentation on the shoulder for the tripod this didn’t seem to sit as well as the .30MG on figure B.

View of figure C parts and assembled figure.
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Conclusion:
A nice set of ‘action’ figures with good uniform detail and easy assembly and needed the Academy MG set to complete the figures is not a problem as most Allied modellers will probably already have the excellent set in the stash.

Highly recommended

The figure set is available in the US from VLS and in Australia from Firestorm Models.

Thanks to VLS/ModelMecca for the review figure.


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