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Is there interest in a thread about the actual contents of GHQ packs? I was quite surprised when my first US 11 "Jeep" pack showed up with 12 jeeps instead of the advertized 8; figured it was a mistake. However I've now got half a dozen packs and they each have 12 jeeps. A number of packs (I'll pick on US 11 again) also say things like "With trailers, machine guns, and recoilless rifle " without giving the quantities of these items (4 trailers each, BTW).

I'm happy to post details of what I've got in my collection; would people find this useful and would others post from their collections? Would pictures of the unpainted pack contents be appreciated?

I have a little over half the WWII US infantry line, and some other items like the landing craft packs that come with unadvertized bonuses or could use a little more detail.

There are several postings on this topic, but not a thread dedicated to the topic.

Any information you (or anyone else) cares to post would be welcome.

As a Micronaut enthusiast, my personal peeve is that GHQ does not include a list of the types of aircraft included with most of the aircraft carriers. Also, I am puzzled by the fact that HSN10, Soviet Anti-Submarine Aircraft includes Badgers and Orions. The first is not an anti-submarine aircraft (although useful for anit-surface strike) and the second is not a Soviet aircraft.

Don S.

Donald M. Scheef wrote:There are several postings on this topic, but not a thread dedicated to the topic.

Any information you (or anyone else) cares to post would be welcome.

Quite agree. Any clarifications of what is in the packs would be welcome ... at least by me!

For me, the most particular interest would be the individual infantry and individual heavy weapons packs. With the new Modern Chinese individual infantry GHQ did themselves proud by including a detailed description of what was in the pack. I'd love to have similar information on the other packs.

... I am puzzled by the fact that HSN10, Soviet Anti-Submarine Aircraft includes ... Orions. ... (which) is not a Soviet aircraft.

Don: You sure that's an Orion? Not an IL-38 "May"?


I, for one, would have a lot of difficulty telling them apart at micro-naught scale.

Mk 1 wrote:Don: You sure that's an Orion? Not an IL-38 "May"?

The package contains both the P-3 and the IL-38 "P-3ski".

Don S. wrote:The first is not an anti-submarine aircraft (although useful for anit-surface strike)

It might be giving GHQ too much credit but there was a TU-16T version, with something like 76 produced, that carried torpedoes, mines and depth charges. Torpedoes and mines are of course "dual use" but depth charges are useful for only one thing ASW. Personally, I beleive it was just a smattering of platforms and they didn't have a clear way to identify it for the catalog so they chose "ASW Aircraft - Modern Russian". My $.02.

Paul

Well, let's start out with the shiny new US95, Individual WWII US Infantry #2.

The pack contains 8 sprues of 3 types, each with nine figures. That's a total of 72 infantry, well over the "60+ per pack" advertised! The figures are in 8 different poses, detailed below.

The figures that are standing upright are ~6.5mm from top of base to top of helmet.

Sprue "A" (qty 2 per pack) has:
Two figures with slung M-1 carbines (identified by the magazine) holding SCR-536 radios. I'm personally thrilled to see radios!!
Two figures with some sort of slung longarm carrying wire spools.
Two prone figures with backpacks and scoped rifles. I was really happy to see these guys too - platoon snipers are here at last!
Three kneeling figures, with backpacks, pointing to one side. They have some sort of long arm by their knee - M-1 carbine, at a guess.
The four types on Sprue "A" are all pictured in GHQ's current official picture for US95

Sprue "B" (qty 3 per pack) has:
Five figures with backpacks and a long arm aimed from the hip. I'm considering this an M-1 rifle, but can't see much in the way of distinguishing features. Third from the right in GHQ's official picture.
Four figures with backpacks and (sigh) SMGs. These are M-3 "grease guns". Second from the left in GHQ's official picture.

Sprue "C" (qty 3 per pack) has:
Six figures with backpacks and rifles. I'm almost certain these are M-1 rifles. Not pictured in GHQ's official picture. The stance is very similar to the BAR man, below.
Three figures with backpacks and BARs. This is the far left figure in GHQ's official picture.

My comments: The radio men and snipers alone make this pack worth it for me, though I was very disappointed by the large number of SMGs (1 in 6, when US issue to rifle companies was less than 1 in 30!).

Next up is US76 Individual US Infantrymen - WWII.

The pack contains 8 sprues of 2 types, each with nine figures. The total is thus 72 figures (advertised as "60+") in a total of five different poses.

The figures that are standing upright are ~7mm from top of base to top of helmet.

Sprue "A" (qty 4 per pack) has:
One figure standing with binoculars slung across his chest, pointing with one arm. He does not have a longarm. This is the second figure from the left in GHQs official picture.
Four slightly hunched figures with Thompson SMGs aimed from the hip.This is the far right figure in GHQs official picture.
Four kneeling figures with longarms aimed from the shoulder. I'm considering these to be M-1 rifles. This is the second figure from the right in GHQs official picture.

Sprue "B" (qty 4 per pack) has:
One figure standing and pointing; same as the first figure on Sprue "A".
Five figures standing with longarms aimed from the shoulder. I'm considering these to be M-1 rifles as well. This is the middle figure in GHQs official picture.
Three figures standing with slung longarms about to throw a grenade. Yet again, I'm considering these to be M-1 rifles. This is the far left figure in GHQs official picture.

My comments: With no less than 16 SMGs this pack is highly unbalanced for regular infantry, and it seems an odd choice to repeat a figure on two different sprues. However this pack actually has more plain ordinary riflemen than US95.

US77, Individual US Heavy Weapons - WWII.

This pack contains ten sprues of three types, with 94 figures on 84 bases of five types.

The only figure standing completely upright is ~6.5mm from top of base to top of head.

Sprue "C" (qty 2 per pack) has:
Two figures standing and pointing. This is the same figure as on Sprues "A" and "B" of US76.
Three figures prone looking through binoculars. They have a longarm on the ground beside them.
Two figures with flamethrowers.
The three figures on this sprue are the center group in GHQs official picture.

Sprue "D" (qty 2 per pack) has:
Five bases, each with two figures and a mortar. The mortar is about 4mm tall. That makes it the right size to be the M1 81mm mortar, and the mount also appears correct for that weapon.
This is the left most base in GHQs official picture.

Sprue "E" (qty 6 per pack) has:
10 figures prone firing a weapon on a bipod. I think this is a BAR, but I'm not sure.
This is the right most figure in GHQ's official picture.

My comments: with 94 men you're certainly getting value for your money, assuming you need a lot of BARs. By late in the war an infantry battalion had been augmented and had 45 BARs (27 assigned to line squads and 18 allocated to the companies without gunners), and of course 6 81mm mortars; so this pack has well over a battalion's worth of these weapons.

Talking of actual pack contents I see that GHQ cliam to make an F-4E model, but the picture in the catalogue looks like a standard F-4B or F-4J, ie round nose and no gun.

I'm interested in getting an F-4E with the proper chin gun mounting and the correct shaped nose.

Can anyone out there who's bought a GHQ F-4 confirm that the nose is indeed that of an F-4E?

Thanks.

I'm 90% sure that it is actually an F-4E - I don't have mine handy to verify. The catalog picture shows it painted in USN livery but you can't see what's under the nose. The nose in the pictured Phantom however is longer than the F-4B or J would be. Its a stunning paintjob but its the wrong model.

Paul

OK - thanks for that. I might have to get some, just to check

US151: Light Tank Company, 1944

Just a quick note that this pack includes a sprue of six jeeps (four with windshields down, two with them up) and four ring mount MGs (only one required for the halftrack). Contrary to the picture, there is no MG for the jeep.

The hedgerow cutters are molded onto seven of the tanks.

US41 WWII US Heavy Weapons

This pack contains 18 stands of infantry, with 69 men.

The standing figure is ~7mm tall from foot to top of helmet (no base)

Nine BAR stands (four men huddled together). One man in the back is standing and has a slung longarm. The other three figures are kneeling, two with longarms resting on the ground; the figure in front is aiming the BAR from the hip. All have backpacks.

Three bazooka stands (four men huddled together). All are kneeling. The figure in the back is looking through binoculars, the next forward has a longarm resting on the ground, the next is loading the bazooka, and the front figure is aiming the bazooka from the shoulder. All have backpacks. This is the stand in GHQs official picture.

Three LMG stands (four men huddled together). All are kneeling. The rearmost man has a longarm resting on the ground, the next is looking through binoculars, and the front two are manning a tripod-mounted light machinegun (no water jacket). The loader is on the left. All have backpacks.

Three mortar stands (three men huddled together). All are kneeling. The rearmost figure has a slung longarm, the next is looking through binoculars, and the front figure is loading a mortar. The mortar is ~4.5mm tall, making it roughly the size of the US 81mm mortar.

Comments: Although molded as 3 or 4 man units, the stands can fairly easily be cut in half (particularly the LMG and bazooka stands) to give your infantry a more spread out look.

Despite GHQ identifying the MG stand as an HMG team, the weapon is quite clearly NOT the M1917A1 HMG that the US used throughout the war as its dismounted HMG. It could be an M2HB (officially considered an AAMG by the US army, but used by forces in the field as a ground weapon also), but to me it looks very much like an M1919, and that is how I've identified it.

cama wrote:Can anyone who's purchased the G541 Late German Infantry, and the G542 Hvy Weapons packs provide a breakdown?

I want to do a late PzGren company, perhaps c. Dec 1944 - are these packs going to be my best choice?

G541 consists of:
-four A Sprues each consisting of 9 figures, all armed with STG 44, 2 throwing grenades, 4 advancing and 3 standing firing.
-three B sprues each with 10 figures, 6 advancing with Stg 44 and slung panzerfausts and 4 kneeling figures with Kar 98s.
-one C sprue consisting of 10 figures, two standing figures pointing armed with pistols, three figures kneeling and pointing armed with Stg 44 and 5 prone figures with binoculors and Kar 98s.

G542 consists of:
-1 C sprue as above
-2 D spues each with 6 two man mortar teams with a bipod mounted mortar
-3 E spues each with 4 bipod mounted MG 42 with a single gunner and 5 tripod mounted MG 42s with a gunner and loader.
-2 F sprues each with 2 flamethrower gunners, 3 MG42 gunners advancing at port arms and 4 figures walking with an ammo box in each hand an ammo belt around the neck.

I am interested in the aircraft provided with Micronaut aircraft carriers.

I have the following and am fairly certain of the identity of the aircraft:
FRN10, CV Bearn: 10 x Dewoitine D.520 and 8 x Breguet Br.690
GEN13, CV Graf Zeppelin: 9 x Ju-87
GWB26, CV Furious, 7 x Camel
RMN18, CV Aquila: 10 x Re.2000
UKN31, CV Eagle: Swordfish
USN80, CV-4 Ranger: 12 F4F Wildcats

Even though they are not explicitly listed for the most part, I have a pretty good idea of the contents of all the other WWII carriers. Japanese include Zekes, Jills, Kates, and Vals. US include Wildcats, Hellcats, Avengers, Dauntless, and/or Helldivers. I believe that the British carriers include only Swordfish. Can someone confirm this?

For modern aircraft carriers, HSN6, CV Kiev includes Yak-38 Forgers (not Yak-36 as in the written description from the website catalog) and Ka-25 Hormones.

HRN1, CVL Invincible (based on the photograph - no written description in the catalog) includes Harriers and helicopters. Can anyone identify the make of the helicopters (from my observation, likely Sea Kings) and the mark of the Harriers?

HUS4, CVN-71 Roosevelt, is listed as including F-14s and A-6s. The photo in the catalog clearly shows E-2 Hawkeyes and helicopters plus some other aircraft that do not look like F-14s or A-6s, but these are not listed. Does HUS4 include additional aircraft, or were these added from HUS9 for the photograph?

HUS16, LHD-1 Wasp, clearly carries AV-8 Harriers, CH-53 Sea Stallions, and large single-rotor helicopters. Can anyone identify:
- the model of the Harriers (AV-8A or AV-8B)
- the identily of the single-rotor helicopters (they should be CH-53 Sea Stallions, but those in the photo don't look like Sea Stallions to me)

Not an aircraft carrier, but what model of Tu22M Backfires are in HSN11? Early models had vertical air intakes while later models had sloped intakes (like those on A-7 Vigilantes).

I thank anyone who can provide information on the above.

Don S.

The Roosevelt includes

F 14's both swept wing and wings extended
F 18's with wings folded and extended
A-6's
E-3's
and a couple helicopters

Not sure about the numbers