BAOR Cheiftain crew 1/35 Acmodels,December release

[amcairns]

Greetings,
Acmodels would like to announce their December release depicting a BAOR Cheiftian crew in 1/35.
ACM 35029 comes with four figures in various relaxed poses drinking a cuppa on the running engine deck to keep warm.The radio operator is at his post in the turret.
Andy Cairns
Acmodels

 

[peedee]

Very nice Andy, I can't remember seeing a tankie in a cap comforter before!

Paul

 

[Huw63]

Nice group but I agree with PeeDee's comment.

Cheers

Huw

 

[martin tabony]

Memories of Soltau!

 

[amcairns]

Cap comforter was recommended as being worn post war,using WW2 surplus.
Any thoughts?

 

[randy hampton]

Theres a pic in BAOR 1945 to 79 (Tankograd) page 7 showing tankies wearing cap comforters in N.Europe. True, it's early 50's and a Cromwell.......

 

[peedee]

No worries Andy, it's not 'wrong', as such we all had them issued, but most of us cut the ends off the tubular knit and used 'em as a snood, if you needed a wooly hat on winter exercises, some infantry lads used green knitted peaked caps under their steel helmets easily enough.
not many though

 

[martin tabony]

These figures are pre "Bone Dome" The tankie "two way stretch" beret with the badge in the middle of the forehead , comes from using head phones.
I wore one of those plastic face shields with the goggles all in one, designed for trials bikes, in bright red and a NUFC scarfe along with a German army maggot bag (feet sticking out). No heat in the drivers position but no one can see you!
I saw my "cap comforter on the day it was issued and then on the day I handed it back in.
Martin