Plastic Soldier Review - Preiser German Kit, 1939-45

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Preiser

Set 18357

German Kit, 1939-45

All figures are supplied unpainted (Numbers of each pose in brackets)

Review

Many of the Preiser World War II German figure sets have empty hands and a separate sprue containing assorted weapons and kit. This box is simply a copy of that separate sprue. The box makes no attempt to identify the many very small parts in this set, but the following is a full list:

5 of Kar 98k Carbine
3 of MP40 ('Schmeisser') Submachine Gun (2 with stock extended, 1 with stock folded)
2 of Ammunition Box
1 of MG 42 Machine Gun with bipod
1 of Spare Submachine Gun Ammunition Clip
1 of Small Entrenching Tool and Carrier
1 of M1931 Bread Bag/M1931 Field Flask combination
1 of Gas Mask Case
1 of M1931 Rolled Tent Section
5 of Pistol Holsters
1 of Binoculars on tripod
3 of Steel Helmets
1 of M1935 officer's Peaked Cap
1 of M1935 Field Cap
1 of Binoculars
2 of group-of-3 M1911 Cartridge Pouches
1 of M1934/9 Pack with Greatcoat rolled over top
1 of M1934/9 Pack
1 of M1931 Bread Bag
1 of M1935 Despatch/Map Case

All the parts are pretty well detailed and accurate. Of course being 1/87 scale they are very small and difficult to handle, and will not match with the 1/72 figures that make up the majority of the figures reviewed on this site. Also this is not a particularly generous amount of content. The box is small, but while there are several weapons there is only enough basic kit for one soldier, so equipping a large number of figures using this product is likely to be expensive. It also fails to deliver all the basic kit items that German soldiers were issued with, so in a sense it is not even complete. Still it is a useful top-up for the spares box, and if all you want is one or two items then this is better than buying a whole set of figures just for what you want.