Oriental officer organisation - part 2

Here is the completed Japanese command post - as originally featured here.  The quartet of Tamiya figures have been joined by an additional tank officer from the Fine Molds set.  By my standards this was quite a fiddly kit but happily the quality of the kit kept things on track.  I particularly like the relaxed poses of the (presumably senior) officers, seated with swords.

Tatty Tamiya tank terror twosome

Remember the mighty Soviet AT rifle team in the previous post?  Here they are in action against the Emperor’s finest, in the shape of a pair of Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks.

“But Tim” I hear you cry “you don’t use 1/35 tanks!”  True, but both of these came in batches of figures (so ‘free’ in wargamer economic terms) and, along with some other Jap armour I already had, will pretty well fulfil my current oriental armour requirements.
The Type 97 nearest the camera arrived already painted, so I have needed only to make some repairs and add markings. As the turret hatch was open (well, missing) I also added a commander, in the shape of the leg amputee from the Fine Molds set featured earlier. He seems happy enough with his new posting.
The other tank also needed a bit of work and the paintwork is all mine.

Japanese tank crew - part 1

The staggering output from the little corner of South Yorkshire which is forever Japan continues!
This is - as far as I can recall - the first Fine Molds kit I have encountered. I was prompted to buy it by the need for some crew figures for a couple of tatty 1/35 Japanese tanks I have awaiting my attention.

The moulding is very neat and the fact that the parts take a bit more cleaning up than Tamiya figures is hardly a serious criticism. The one legged officer is the result of my own surgery as I need him to fit into a turret hatch. The two seated figures are destined to admire the view from atop an SP gun.