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I`m looking forward to these WW1 sets and hope Strelets will also do ANZACS
French and Bulgarians for the Gallipoli campaign too.
Hopefully soon we`ll see WW2 Japanese in winter gear with some Chinese opponents !
Re: Whatever happened to The Gallipoli Turks? and possibly an odd Camel?:
I expect they have taken a back-seat whilst the WSS sets are being produced.
I certainly hope they are being made. I need more Turks; not just for Gallipoli but for the Palestine theatre too.
Dear Strelets could we have just the odd camel or two in some of the sets. Even a baggage beast or command bearer.
Re: Whatever happened to The Gallipoli Turks? and possibly an odd Camel?:
Richard Hern
German Asia Corps for Palestine campaign would be great as well.
That would be a colourful addition. Strelets say that camels don't sell well. So far they have only made four which unfortunately appeared in every camel set. A little variety would go a long way and I'm sure will be good for sales.
Re: Whatever happened to The Gallipoli Turks? and possibly an odd Camel?:
For the French the existing FFL in pith helmets are sufficient. For the Brits both HAT's tropical kit and Strelets British Camel Corps can be used (minus of course, the Lewis guns which were not in widespread use in 1915 - and certainly not in the Dardenelles).
If you look though at the photos of the campaign I can't think of any other (with the exception the Asia-Pacific theatre in WW2) where both sides look so motley and (as we say in NZ/Australia) so 'raggedy-arsed'). It would be good to try and capture that in any figures.