Weekend workbench

Last weekend's work saw me approach this weekend with more enthusiasm.

Channelling Jesse from the "Fast Show"  - "this week I have been mostly tackling IDF"

The Panhard has had a few minor fine details added and a commander figure located.

I have sorted out the M3 halftracks and M7 Priest SPGs (another lurks off table) and made a start on the Mechanised Infantry. These are Combat Miniatures by Stonewall in their Yom Kippur range who have had their heads replaced with Force 20 US heads. The figures are a "small" 20mm who don't look too out of place next to 1:87 vehicles. My only issue is the heads; the helmet looks more like the British Para version used by the IDF or the later Kevlar one used in Lebanon in the 1980s.

So they have had the original removed and replaced with something more suitable for 1967 and 1973  - WW2 US or the post-war French steel helmet. Of course this means that not only is it necessary to convert almost every vehicle the Israelis used, but also all the figures! Truly a labour of love or utter madness......