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...and was later incorporated into SS para battalion 600, which fought in the Ardennes with Skorzeny...and we know how much Andy likes the Ardennes range, so kills two birds with one stone ...and with the right uniform choices for them - not too much snow, or none at all, you get some very...

...and if K & C like doing SS so much, how about SS para battalion 500 ( involved in the daring glider raid to capture Tito in 1944) ...?

Lovely collection Jim, enjoyed seeing that...I regret not picking up those K&C Iraq Royal Marines .

....a physician and pathologist post war too !

Indeed, I will need to read up on Robert Williams, no doubt quite a story !

I'd love to see more FJ's ...but I think we have to admit we have been spoiled really, month in month out new figures (and lots of them ) from all sorts of era's, which I think is phenomenal really, and can't work out how Andy and his team do it...that said roll on the Gran Sasso rescue range !!

Great photos, that really is a fine figure too.

A fine range, the IDF, great poses - will be good to see them against some opposition.

Yes a fascinating battle, but for the mistaken decision to withdraw from Maleme, when the para's were just about to crumble to nothing themselves, it would all have been so different! For Allied troops in the Med theatre 8th army do well though, maybe too many short trousers though :) Yes the...

...as in re done to current sculpting standards.

A fascinating battle, every time I read about it I expect the Germans to lose , and am horrified that they hung in there for the win ! The Crete FJ range was excellent , but I suppose that has been done, it would be good to see the early fallschirmjager sets re- done in Normandy/ splinter camo...

...maybe a Cretan welcoming party to greet them...

The last range FJ010 to 017 of a few years back would cover Italy/Monte Cassino perfectly well though in terms of uniforms.

Fantastic ! It is an amazingly good range.

There are good pictures of Captain Rudolf Rennecke of Fallschirmjager regiment 3 at Monte Cassino wearing an SS smock, which is very interesting, but again, most unusual.

It would be extremely rare though to see a Heer panzer soldier/officer wearing SS camo, very much the exception, even towards the end of the war.

Has anyone ever worked out what the figure (on the far left of the first photo in the thread, or on the right in the photo above) is actually doing? I always wondered when I had these as Airfix figures in the 80's. A very odd pose :confused: :smile2:

...and he even had TWO decals :)

The Crete FJ's were excellent, and quite sought after it seems on the secondary market. A standout set for me of that series was the " prisoner and escort" FJ006-07, the escort nco figure holding stick grenade and mp40 was really well crafted.

Yes I agree. It would be great to see them. Maybe this can be an Airborne troops year after all ?