Hasagawa 1-72 WWII American Infantry

Hasagawa 1-72 WWII American Infantry
Hasagawa 1-72 WWII American Infantry
  • This is an unfinished plastic model kit
  • Shrink wrapped
  • Paint and cement not included 

This set includes : 
  • 24 Figures in various poses
  • Bazooka 
  • Shell and Ammunition Case
  • Radio
  • Cable reel
  • Fallen tree
Awesome for dioramas or war games!
From PBS.org : 

More than 16 million Americans served in the armed forces during the war. Fewer than a million ever saw serious combat. The infantry represented just 14 percent of the troops overseas. But wherever they fought – in North Africa or the South Pacific or Western Europe — the infantry bore the brunt of the fighting on the ground — and seven out of ten suffered casualties.

Those in the infantry — in the Army and Marines — endured hardships and horrors for which no training could ever have prepared them. The infantry was the workhorse of the military, not only faced with battling the enemy but also often asked to do physical labor at the front lines transporting the food, clothing, weapons and medicine needed to win the war. They experienced the war as no one else did.

These figures are crisply sculpted with good detail and natural-looking clothing. Some use has been made of the ability to have multi-part figures, but this is not a set that requires hours to construct. The worst aspect is that every man has a thick plug of extra plastic on his back where the material entered the mould. This must be trimmed off, but it is very difficult to completely erase. Some of the thin parts such as the tripod for the machine gun are quite fragile and care must be used when removing them from the sprue, but the collection of extra items (ammunition cases, a radio and a cable reel) are a nice touch. The two large extras - the logs - seem to have been an afterthought, and while reasonably done they do not really add much to the set as a whole.

Your Price$20.00