German Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1939 - ABC

Hello,

Today I'm showing you the third of four sheets on the German Wehrmacht from the Czech ABC magazine.

This sheet covers the Luftwaffe's anti-aircraft artillery. It features an 8.8cm anti-aircraft gun, ammunition crates and shell casings, as well as the crew consisting of an officer, a rangefinder, a telephone operator, and four artillerymen.

This sheet was printed sometime in the mid-1990s. The figures, like the entire series, are 6cm tall.

A noticeable printing error is a cyan-colored bar running through the helmets and caps on the backs of some figures.

Best regards,

Andreas

Carabiniers - Silbermann No.9

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you one of my Silbermann plates. It's numbered 9 and depicts French Carabiniers. There are several variants of this plate; in addition to the one shown here with 12 riders, there's also a version with only 9 riders. There exist also different color variations of the trousers.

In the first row, you can see a brigadier (corporal), a sergeant, an officer, and a trumpeter. Below them are two rows of enlisted soldiers.

This print was first published in 1845. I suspect that the version shown here is the "later" version and was available until 1870.

At least, the subsequently printed advertisement on the back suggests this.

The figures scale is about 8 cm. From helmet peak to base, they measure approximately 12.5 cm.

Best regards,

Andreas

French Zouaves, Fischbach No.2

 Hello,

Today I'm showing you Plate No. 2 by Fischbach.

It depicts 27 French Zouaves in their post-1872 uniforms. The graphics were drawn by Alfred Touchemolin, and the plates were produced between 1873 and 1914.

In detail, you can see a total of four different officers, including one with a flag, three sergeants, two corporals, three clairons, and 15 soldiers.

The figures measure 9.5 cm.

Best regards,

Andreas

Bavarian Munich Landwehr Officer, 1851

 Hello,

I finally had the time and inclination to paint something again. Since I've been studying the Bavarian Landwehr, it naturally had to be a figure that fits the theme.

The resulting figure is a lieutenant in the Munich Landwehr (Fusiliers) from 1851. It was based on a drawing by Johann Baptist Pfeiffer.

Best regards,

Andreas

German Artillery 1940 - ABC

Hello,

Today I'm showing you the second sheet (of four) of the German Wehrmacht from the Czech ABC Magazine.

This time: artillery soldiers with a field howitzer.

The soldiers correspond very well to the typical Wehrmacht uniforms of 1939 or 40, with their tunics with dark green collars, the high boots and the helmets with double-decals. The only thing that could be criticized are the red collar tabs; they didn't exist in this form.

Otherwise, these are very vividly drawn figures in 6cm scale.

Best regards,

Andreas

Imagerie Pellerin No.737 - Turkish Infantry in Combat

Hello,

Today, for a change, I'm showing a Pellerin sheet. No. 737 shows Turkish infantry from the "Great War" in combat and was probably printed shortly after World War I.

The sheet features six rows of figures. Some of the figures have identical front and back views, while others are only shown from one side. The figures size is 6 cm

Best regards,

Andreas

German Infantry 1939 - ABC

Hello,

Today I'm showing you another sheet from a Czech ABC magazine. 

It depicts nine two-page figures of German Wehrmacht soldiers in early field jackets, the typical uniforms of the 1939 and 1940 campaigns. These figures were published in 1994 or 1995. The figures are 6 cm tall.

Best regards,

Andreas