Normandy. A 1/16 Vignette

[Guest]

Not sure how this will work out, but I thought I'd combine a couple of injection 1/16 figures from the stash in order to make up a little vignette:


The first is Tamiya's 'elite' infantryman, which I attempted once in my early days and completely messed up. I may not paint it in camo, just field grey as the uniform pattern is basically the m1943 (really sick of camo at the moment).

The second is Dragon's Herman Goering signaller. I inadvertently bought two when I did by desert vignette and I thought this time I'd paint him as an SS trooper with one or two tweaks to the pose. However, if someone does have a different figure that they'd like to swap for it, I'm all ears.

Peter.

[Guest]

Hi Peter, You must be running out of 1/16 figure options by now, haha!
ev

[Guest]

Hi Ev

Yes, I find myself revisiting kits I've made before. Very little new stuff has arrived on the market in the past few years, and what with Verlinden being defunct, the choice is getting smaller. Trouble is, with my eyesight, I really struggle with anything less than 1/16. May have to be busts from now on, though this scale is my first love.

Peter.

[Guest]

Here's a sprue shot of the first figure and the thing constructed and ready for painting. The fit of parts was good, though a lot of sanding was required to remove the seam and join lines. I suspect that this was one of the first in the range, as all of the equipment on the generic sprue fits particularly well and comes with fuller instructions. The separate fingers imply that the hands have to be built around the gun, but I took the risk of putting them together first and found that, luckily, the gun just slots into place.

Peter.

[Guest]

Looking forward to seeing the finished product... =)

[Guest]

Cheers Simon - these should take a bit longer. May add more figures as well.

[Guest]

Cheers Simon - these should take a bit longer. May add more figures as well.

Excellent... =)

[Steve Jones]

Normandie!
I will grab a seat and watch in eager anticipation. Good luck sir!
Steve

[Guest]

Will try not to mess it up Steve.

[monica]

nice start,Peter,will look forward to seeing theses one,:smiling:

[Guest]

Cheers Monica.

[Guest]

He's looking good mate, With all the extra work of cleaning up injection plastic figures they do have the advantage of beautiful crisp equipment, that MP40 looks amazing.
ev

[Guest]

Hi Ev. I think Tamiya's 1/16 equipment even beats the resin rivals at this scale, but then again, you'd expect that from them.

[Guest]

Interesting to follow this Peter. I bought the DAK figure, with cactus and chameleon, earlier this year but I binned him as the face was a bit weird, looked more like caricature than a real face.

[Guest]

Hi Graham

I agree about the DAK figure. It took me three attempts to get a completed version:



Apart from the weird face, I found the boots impossible to paint, so replaced the legs with a Verlinden pair.