US Army Ranger Medic "Normandy" - Minuteman Models Review

[Guy]

MM-004
US Army Ranger Medic, "Normandy"
120mm resin - 20 parts

This is the third of a series of five reviews for Minuteman Miniatures. This kit is 120mm resin kit consisting of 20 resin parts including a sculpted ground and insignia as a base.

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[Guy]

Arriving in a sturdy white cardboard box with the parts surrounded by styrofoam chips with all parts sealed inside clear plastic bags.

The above top photo shows the parts removed from the box and the bottom photo shows all the parts laid out for inspection.

Above we have the four views of the head with helmet cast together.

Above is the separate cast upper torso showing the detail of a Medic.

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[Guy]

Above are the four sides to the legs / lower torso of the figure.

Above is the front and back of the separate cast right arm and hand.

Above is the separate cast front and rear view of the back pack.

Above are the front and back of the pouches as well as accessories.

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[Guy]

Above are the parts needed to assemble the stretcher as well as the stretcher and left arm and hand holding the stretcher.

Above is the sculpted base with Medic insignia.

Above are photos of the assembled figure from Minuteman Models web-site.

Conclusion:
An excellent kit depicting a seldom seen modeled soldier carrying a stretcher. Excellent sculpting of folds of the stretcher itself. Highly recommended.

Minuteman Models
web-site click here

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[Meehan34]

cool fig.

 

[housecarl]

Nice sculpt, but the stretcher doesn't seem to sit naturally.
Carl.

 

[tigerdio]

Hi there

Dear Carl.

Pose was taken from a photo in the book Spearheading D-Day, American Special Units in Normany by Johnathan Gawne and published by Histoire & Collections.

It is on page #36 and it clearly shows the Ranger medic holding the stretcher between his elbow and his shoulder while boarding an LCD.

There is also a portrait of a medic on page 253 showing him holding the stretcher in an odd way as well.

I know what you mean about the odd way he is holding the stretcher. I thought the same thing but then looked at those photos and concluded that it is possible to do it that way. I gather it is the bulkness of the stretcher that makes you hold it in such a weird way. Because of the steel helmet, they may not have been able to hold that type of stretcher right over their shoulder.

Thanks for looking.

Jose
Minuteman Models

 

[housecarl]

Dear Carl.

Pose was taken from a photo in the book Spearheading D-Day, American Special Units in Normany by Johnathan Gawne and published by Histoire & Collections.

It is on page #36 and it clearly shows the Ranger medic holding the stretcher between his elbow and his shoulder while boarding an LCD.

There is also a portrait of a medic on page 253 showing him holding the stretcher in an odd way as well.

I know what you mean about the odd way he is holding the stretcher. I thought the same thing but then looked at those photos and concluded that it is possible to do it that way. I gather it is the bulkness of the stretcher that makes you hold it in such a weird way. Because of the steel helmet, they may not have been able to hold that type of stretcher right over their shoulder.

Thanks for looking.

Jose
Minuteman Models

I'm sure that your reference is correct. It's just that I've carried a few, and never carried one like that.
Still a very nice piece.
Carl.

 

[tigerdio]

Hi there

Were the one's you carried as bulky as the one's from W.W.II?

I would be interested in seeing photos of the one's you carried.

Were you in Nam, Korea?

Jose

 

[housecarl]

Were the one's you carried as bulky as the one's from W.W.II?

I would be interested in seeing photos of the one's you carried.

Were you in Nam, Korea?

Jose

The ones we used were the same as WW1 stock, the RAMC was at the cutting edge.
Carl.