U.S. Marine Corps
Iraq 2003
1/35 Kit No. 00407
Review by Terry Ashley
The set contains 78 parts in light grey plastic with each figure broken down with separate upper body, legs and arms plus separate heads and helmet with each designed to be holding their weapon at different attitudes.
The figures all wear the over vest with fasteners with all personal equipment
separate so you can fit this any way you choose although some trimming will
be needed to get a natural sit against the body.
There is also the gas mask bag strapped to the left leg plus separate sand
goggles for the helmets with the details on the personal equipment being okay
while the weapons include a standard M16A2, an M16A2 with scope, an M203 and
M249 Saw all of which have good details and are probably the nicest items
in the set.
From here it’s all down hill unfortunately as the details on the uniforms if rather soft and there is two large mould seams on the arms and legs that will require some work in removing as the seam actually distorts the detail in some places and you will find yourself re-sculpting some details.
The proportions of the body parts and arms leaves a bit to be desired as can be seen in the images and unfortunately the facial features are a disaster in a couple of the heads and just passable in the others, see the images to see what I mean.
There was no precise location of the body parts and it is easy to get these mis-aligned especially when yo need to line these up right to hold the weapons which in turn didn’t fit all too well to the hands with some trimming needed to get a good sit.
Conclusion:
While the weapons are quite nice the rest of this set simply doesn’t
come up to today’s standards set by your Tristars and Dragons with soft
uniform details distorted facial features and poor fit in some areas and unfortunately
there isn’t much to recommend in this set other than some nice weapons.
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