13th Mountain Division “Handschar”, Dragon, 1/35

A squad of Handschar W-SS division cautiously advances over rugged terrain

This is a neat vignette-in-a-box kit that you can easily build without anything else and it tells a story. Figures are classical late 1990s Dragon. Some flash, somewhat problematic arm-torso fits, but overall nothing a bit of work can’t fix. The biggest issue is assembly of the mortar. Vague and unclear instructions that require some research on how it should look like. Luckily it’s a weapon that was widely used so reference pictures are easy to find.

Smocks are typical W-SS ones so you have a several options for pattern, I opted for spring Oak Leaf one, it’s the one I can do best. And other than headgear these are standard W-SS figures, so nothing special there.

For ground I decided on rockier terrain, more typical of Balkan regions. Box Art gives an good idea for placement and I pretty much followed it.

Overall pretty happy with end result.