First section under the saw and knife. Thank god for a mini-drill with a rotary saw attachment, that K-resin stuff is seriously tough. Sadly, the speed of the saw, even on slow speed settings, is enough to burn the resin, leaving you with great cancerous lumps of resin that needs to be trimmed off. I also found out that trying to line up ammo pouches was a non-starter and quickly realised that the reattached halves would need quite a bit of Milliput to cover the joins and rebuild pouches.

Another problem was that there were only so many combinations of top and bottom that looked realistic. The original packet of British Infantry have some poses firing whilst standing, but are so static and undynamic that they look like they are at a range. There are no poses kneeling and firing, and none lying down - rather a drawback on a C20th battlefield. Looking to redress this imbalance wasn't as easy as it could have been, because the lying and kneeling figures from the other sets were limited.

A final problem was that the British Support Group are cast in a slightly larger mould than the others. Maybe a nod to 1/35 for the later remoulds? Whatever the reason, the one conversion between British Infantry and British Support Group (firing pose from Infantry and legs from Support Groups bazooka man) was enough to put me off doing any more. The poor chap looks like his trousers are full of jelly. The second bazooka man (what the hell were Airfix thinking putting a damned bazooka in there?) has been surgically joined with the officer to create an FAO who might actually be able to hide behind a low wall.

A few of the Headquarters bodies done at the same time. The chap holding the mortar ammo case will be the CSM attached to the Lieutenant, and the ammo case will become a small pack to hold the company papers (and the Lieutenant's bottle of Scotch). The drunken Second Lieutenant (a Frankenstein's monster combo of two Commandos and an Eighth Army head donor) will be based to bring him back to the level and given a kneeling batman.

So, the future holds a great deal of Milliput and sharp knife work. Ammunition pouches, small packs, and front gasmask bags, plus a good number of bayonet sheaths and reconstructed belts and straps.