Figarti Miniatures: M3 GMC 75mm Half Track - PTA-001  |
Figarit Miniatures has created 5 new pieces for their Pacific collection based on the Battle of Tarawa. The newly released pieces include:
M3 GMC 75mm Half Track - PTA-001
M4A2 Sherman Tank (Tarawa) - PTA-002
LVT-1 Amtrak - PTA-003
Marines in Action, A - PTA-004
Marines in Action, B - PTA-005
All these pieces are available at www.BgsToySoldiers.com for order. They will be shipping soon.
The Battle of Tarawa was the second offensive by the US in the Pacific theater during WWII, which occured from 20-23 November 1943. With a force of 35000 Americans, the American Navy and Marines started a beach front assault on the 5000 Japanese forces at the Battle of Tarawa. In the end, the Japanese suffered 4713 Casualties and the United States 1677 casualties. The Americans needed to establish a base on the Marshall Islands in order to launch an offensive on the Japanese Empire, but communications between the Marshall Islands and Hawaii were split by the Gilbert Islands. The Japanese kept a heavy garrison of troops on Betio Island. On November 20th 1943, the American forces launched an offensive to take the island. Some have questioned the strategy of the taking of the island, and whether it was worth the loss of American lives. At the end of the battle, the remaining Japanese forces launched a counter-offensive on the American forces on the
beach front, and were annihilated in the end.
Get your collection of figures based on the Battle of Tarawa from Figarti today at www.BgsToySoldiers.com.
Collectors Showcase has just released the Mosby Cavalry, French Guard, and Stuart tanks this week. All pre-orders have shipped and we still have pieces available from all the new releases. Next up, on May 15th, Collectors Showcase will be releasing their CS10 release. In this release is the 5th Texas Butternut and Blues as part of their Civil War collection, Chassuer a' Cheval from their Collectors Showcase: 5th Texas Command - CS00399  |
Napoelonic Collection, and 6th Regt (Von Der Heydt) Fallschirmjager from their WWII Market Garden Collection. The Fallshirmjager figures will come in Fallshirmjager style and SS style.
Pictured here is CS0399, 5th Texas Command, which retails for $85.00. The 5th Texas Regiment was a part of the Texas Brigade, also known as Hood's Brigade.
Collectors Showcase's release CS10 will be up for pre-order from www.BgsToySoldiers.com tonight.
JG Miniatures has released more mats as part of their Terrain Mats collection. The new mats include:
Rough Pasture Mat - TM3
Dune or Forest Mat - TM4
Real Sand Mat - TM5
Beach Mat - TM6
All mats are 13" x 30" and can be cut to size easily or used together to construct a larger JG Miniatures: Beach Mat - TM6  |
diorama. Each of the mats retails for $61.00 except the beach mat which retails for $82.00. The Rough pasture mat (TM3) depicts a more common and natural variation of grass terrain, there are shorter patches which have been grazed or flattened, interspersed with tussocks of drier longer grass. The dune or forest mat (TM4) has two uses one for placing trees on to create woodland trails and two put small objects underneath the mat and sprinkle fine dry sand on top to create sand dunes, this can then be used with TM6 beach Mat. The real sand mat (TM5) has real sand incorporated into the mat design, giving it an authenic sand look. JG Miniatures also has S46F and S46E to add details such as rocks, plants, and tracks in the sand. The beach mat is designed to fit King and Countries DD107 Landing craft. It can also be used in conjunction with TM4 to have sand
dunes on your beach front diorama.
All these mats and much more are available at www.BgsToySoldiers.com. We also just got in JG Miniatures redesign of the DDay beach front diorama, M52-M52E, with the new more realistic grass and sand.
