Westwind SOTR Paras Starter set - first squad

This is the first completed squads of Westwind's Weird War 2 British Paratroopers.

All five are armed with Assault Brens and are wearing body armour.

 One of the problems with airborne assaults is a lack of heavier firepower. These Paras are being backed up by an M5A6 Jackal.

I have not quite finished with the Jackal yet.

Westwind SOTR Paras Starter set -Squad leader 1

Westwind SOTR British Para squad leader armed with an Assault Bren (assault rifle).

He has pulled up his gas mask to better command his squad.

Westwind SOTR Paras Starter set

When Westwind released the Paras for SOTR, I bought a set at Salute (when, I cannot remember but I suspect before 2015).

The box came with a full colour wrapper.

Which showed a guide to the contents.

These are the supplied pieces.

There are the following:

• Five command figures (pistol, STEN/Owen hybrid, three Assault BRENs) - bottom right.
• Two four man sections armed with Assault BRENs - bottom left.
• Two man Bazooka team.
• Two two man AntiTank Rifle teams
• Three man medium mortar plus spotter

In Konflikt '47 terms that is 514 points (Assault BRENs count as assault Rifles not Automatic Rifles).

There are one Airborne (B.O.B. SHS) helmet sprue, one Beret (B.O.B. SHS) sprue, one SOTR command beret head sprue and three SOTR beret with gas mask sprues. Some of the masks look like they have a fill issue, so I modified the gas mask filter with plastic rod.

The berets as supplied are at rather a jaunty angle, see the UNIT figures way back when, so I have removed and replaced some of them with Greenstuff ones.