It’s been a while since I last posted, as Summer classes took
up much of my time, but I’ve made up for it by finishing the first Chinese
company, totaling 18 stands. Unfortunately, the photo quality isn’t that great.
I still need to add some foliage and shrubbery, but they'll do for now.
I also did up some MG support. For this, I used Battlefront’s
Finnish Maxim platoon, replacing the wheeled Sokolov mount for a tripod,
turning them into the Chinese Type 24.
I have also begun on the second company. I wanted some
variety, and was getting tired of cutting puttees, so I decided to use some,
albeit modified, Romanians. They already have puttees, so no issue there, but
they did require some head transplants. For this, I used Peter Pig’s WWII
British helmet heads and WWI British peaked hat heads.
The Chinese had purchased American and British ‘battle bowlers’ in the 30’s, before the German helmets, and these could still be found in 1937.
Similarly, the Chinese peaked hat, which predated the German
style forage hat, was still being worn at the start of the war, particularly by
northern troops.
The weapons used by the Romanians are also ideal: their vz.
24 rifle and zb. 26 lmg were widely used by the Chinese.
