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Wednesday, 3 September 2025

My Eastern Front/Great Patriotic War collection: Part 6: The unfinished figures are finished … and my mojo is returning!

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I discovered a number of figures that I had not finished renovating … but now they are! (It’s worth noting that I also found a small number of German figures that were also unfinished, and these are also shown below.)

The newly-completed figures include:

4 x German Officers (including a metal copy of an original figure from the first Airfix German Infantry box!)

6 x Russian Officers (3 of whom are Naval officers)

4 x Cavalry

13 x Naval Infantry (I have since discovered two more of these figures that need to be completed.)

5 x Infantry in greatcoats and fur hats (Ushanka)

4 x Infantry in tunics and fur hats (Ushanka)

12 x Infantry in tunics and side caps (Pilotka)

17 x Infantry in tunics and helmets

Completing these figures and reading Charles D Winchester’s books has certainly gone a long way to reviving my wargaming mojo … and I am already contemplating adding some more stuff to this collection and fighting some wargames with them.

2 comments:

  1. Great news Bob!
    Nice figures and paintjobs too! I'm sure they will bring you a lot of enjoyment and wargaming fun.

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    1. Roger,

      The only problem is that this collection has the potential to become huge ... but working on these figures was really morale-boosting at a time when I was still feeling a bit under the weather from my recent virus/bug.

      All the best,

      Bob

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