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Wednesday, 24 September 2025

My Eastern Front/Great Patriotic War collection: Part 7b: ‘I once was lost, but now I’m found’

The contents of the second box I found in our storage unit included the following Russian figures and equipment:

10 x BA-64s Armoured Cars (1:76th-scale [?] models given away with a magazine)

4 x Willys Jeeps (1:72nd-scale Italieri Fast Assembly)

10 x Infantry in tunics and side caps (Pilotka)

6 x Infantry in tunics and helmets

3 x Infantry in tunics and fur hats (Ushanka)

12 comments:

  1. It's getting to be quite a substantial force.

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    1. Rob Young,

      It is … and it is going to take some time to assimilate them all into my existing collection.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. These all look good, Bob - you could do quite an impressive 'Charge of the Light Brigade' with all those BA-64s!

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    1. David in Suffolk,

      Cheers! From past experience, light recce tends not to last long in my battles … so the Charge of the Light Brigade is an excellent description of what to expect with ll happen to them!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  3. I am always impressed with your little armies. They're just so... tidy and the perfect size (in volume and quantity) for a game that's not too big and not too small.

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    1. Mr. Pavone,

      I love to field lots of small units rather than a few large ones as they seem to be far more interesting to create.

      All the best,

      Bob

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    1. Geordie an Exiled FoG,

      I hope to use the Jeeps for formation commanders and the BA-64s as light recce units.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  5. You must have bought an awful lot of magazines to get ten BA64s! We're they remaindered or something?

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    1. Martin Rapier,

      The BA-64s were being sold off by THE WORKS some years ago, and were in plastic and cardboard bubbles of the sort used by part-works. There was some Cyrillic printing on the cardboard, so I assume that they were made in Russia.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  6. BOB,
    A very nice collection of figures and vehicles- the Russians will go well up against your German troops. Cheers. KEV.

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    1. Kevin Robertson (Kev),

      My collection seems to be growing very nicely indeed, and should provide me with lots of great battles.

      All the best,

      Bob

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