Forbodian Peoples' Army infantry - part 1

One of the biggest challenges with the Little Cold Wars project so far has been sourcing suitable 1/32 figures - especially for the Warsaw Pact forces.  And yes, I know that Airfix did a set of 'Modern' Russians and Esci a set of mixed WARPACT soldiers but both are now as rare as rocking horse s**t.  If you find some in your attic I'll gladly take them off your hands...

So, that said, it's back to bodging.  A bit of light research revealed that a number of WARPACT armies used - well into the 1970s - webbing patterned after the German WW2 version.  And a few wore 'ski cap' type headgear not a million miles removed from the Wehrmacht equivalent.  I have also seen photos of Yugoslav soldiers (and yes, I know they weren't WARPACT members but if you were obsessed by accuracy you wouldn't be reading this rubbish) in the 1970s armed with locally-produced copies of Mauser K98 rifles.  All of this points us towards the Airfix Afrika Korps figures which are readily available once more.

Aside from paintwork, however, I wanted to add a few bits of kit which would mark them as 'modern'.  So it was off to the spares box for a rummage.  Adding a bit of plastic tube to the front end of a 1/144 scale aircraft bomb gave what in a bad light may be viewed as a reasonable stand-in for an RPG-7.  A few of the comrades were thus equipped and can be seen above.

More news from Forbodia when the superglue dries.