dear all,
does anybody knows where (and if) i could find some 1/35 world war one guns, like for instance lee enfield early model, springfield, Mannlicher, lebel etc..
so tedious to scratchbuild..
jb

Mausers and Lee Enfields come with the ICM WW1 figure kits. 6 mausers with the ICM German assault troops- 3 carbines and 3 with the long barrel. Early Lee Enfields can also be bought from Hornet at
http://www.greenwichgateway.com/hornetandwolf/hornet_lists/access_list.htm
ICM also do Franco Prussian war figures, I realise the weapons are not what you mentioned but they may be something you could work with
http://www.icm.com.ua/en/model/35061
http://www.icm.com.ua/en/model/35012
There's a French company called Propaganda Kompany which used to do a full set of French WW2 weapons but they seem to be discontinued.http://propaganda.kompany.free.fr/

Not so much in 1/35, but if you wanted to go larger you could check out HR Products line. They make all kinds of weapons in 1/32 scale. Scale Link is another option if you decide to go a bit larger.

thanks a lot for advises and links pals!

Hi There, Italeri set #407 has some early enfields and set #420 has springfields not that great but worth looking at.

Hi JB,

as I know Sparta-Modellbau has a collection of excellent WWI waepons. They don`t show them in their webshop until today, but I think you can mail them and ask for pictures and the prieces.

http://www.sparta-modellbau.de

I hope that helps a little bit.

Ciao,
Markus

deep thanks for the new tips -I never realized that there could be some Springfields in those old italeri sets!
As for sparta-modelbau, the answer came swiftly, and they have indeed some fantastic looking machine guns like the Lewis and Chauchat, but sadly no Mannlicher or early Mauser types.
This is a bit odd that nobody thought about doing those in 1/35 as i'm pretty sure "they" gave everything they could grab to the Volksturm in 1945, including those.
Anyway deep thanks again!
jb