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PM AbramF
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18th century sailors
AbramF
28th Jul 2016 05:57:08

Hi all,

I'm currently making a model of HMS Victory 1765 by Airfix, scale 1/170. I figured 6mm figures by Baccus would be great as crew. I would need sailors, officers, mariners, and of course a regiment or two of line infantry, kind of like the Hornblower movies. Any suggestions what codes could be useful?


PM matt
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18th century sailors
matt
3rd Sep 2016 05:42:45

Infantry/Marines you can take from the AWI/7YW ranges.

Crew. I don't know  possibly AWI jäger with the rifles clipped off  ? 

Maybe some French/Indian wars French woodsmen. Again all armed with guns.

 

 

 

 

 

 


PM Whirlwind
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Whirlwind
3rd Sep 2016 10:30:02

Maybe some of the engineers in the Napoleonic ranges would serve for sailors and officers.  Perhaps the Napoleonic Spanish gueriallas might be of use too.


PM AbramF
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18th century sailors
AbramF
11th Sep 2016 12:28:12

Thanks for your advise guys! I guess I'll do some surgery on the little fellows as I come closer to actually finishing the ship. Your suggestions look very plausable.


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