System Light Dark

Theme editor

Page Setup Appearance

  • Page Width

    Toggle Page Width

    Allows you to change page width values

    Color Pickers

    Toggle color picker

    Allows you to change the color of some predefined items

    Typography

    Select the font you want to use

  • Styles

    Select the style you want to use

    Style variation

    Select the style variation you want to use
    System Light Dark
Scale Model Shop

D-DAY Normandy 1944 (1st inf division ) young miniatures 1/10 bust with a twist.

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
G

Guest

Guest
Thread owner
Hello all,
since I have been off work for almost a week and still have a few more days before I go back I have been busy . I just finished off the 101st airborne 1/10 bust by young miniatures and now I am starting on this kit. Since I just finished a .30 cal machine gun on my last bust and this has one also, I have decided to do him up a little different. looking back on some pictures I found some interesting ideas and decided to go with this one. it will be a member of the 7th Naval Beach Battalion. there job was to clear the beaches at the D-DAY landing of mines and other obstacles. a lot of high explosives. and the weapon that was used a lot was the Banglore torpedo. Don't think I ever seen anyone do a bust representing this certain group of men (or a Banglore torpedo )so I decided to try . I will be trying to replicate a picture I seen of a group of them. not much more done that research and I cut the hand and sleeve and repositioned them and got a little putty work in. very early stage but I will show you what I have so far. Hope you enjoy.
Rick.






 
Were they know as the Belly Button boys - Navel - Sorry :smiling::smiling:. Nice bit of conversion work going on.
 
Nice idea Rick. I've not seen this bunch,or the Bangalores,done either. Do they have their own shoulder patch?
Jon.
 
Thread owner
A lovely bust and a the Bangalores are a great idea. Watching avidly.
 
Thread owner
Steve
it was 2 am when I made this thread I must have been thinking of oranges lol.
Jon
they do have there own patch but in most my pictures I have never seen one on there uniform just there helmet I will post it later today.
Peter.
as soon as I seen the picture with the banglore's I knew I had to try my hand at them.
thanks gentleman for your comments
Rick
 
Hi Rick
Great plan. Very neat job altering the hand. Looking forward to this.
Jim
 
Rick

Loverly idea, a straightforward conversion whihc should look really good. Looking forward to seeing the painting.

Peter
 
Thread owner
Jim
yes it was a very easy conversion (thank goodness ). I cut the thumb off and trimmed the hand to look in the right pose. the jacket was a different story it is still a work in progress, i,m new to this sort of thing. need to sand some more and I think it will look ok then.

Peter G
thanks for the kind words. I think I can pull the conversion off ( I hope ) but if not a lessoned learned lol. May trim the bottom of the jacket up a little more ( kinda looks like a bellbottom jean lo l).

Still have to cut the 1st division patch off and some minor other things before starting paint. but here it is with the shirt underneath and primed.


RICK.
 
Very nicely done, but what happened to the second A in Bangalore?
Pete
 
Thread owner
Stillp
I am going to repaint the Bangalore's with the writing after I get a new brush so when I mis wrote it I decided to leave it until I get a new finer brush to write those very small letters.
BigGreg,
that is the main scene I took it from, that and the pictures I found. you can also find a good scene with Bangalore's in the movie the big red one with lee marvin . it shows just how dangerous they were to use.
RICK.
 
indeed Rick ....but i think that during the landing everything was dangerous....:disappointed::disappointed: keep up the stunning work
For the writing why don't you make your own decals...? :smiling::smiling:
Have a nice day
Greg
 
Thread owner
BigGreg thanks for the kind words . I tried a few times to make decals and both times very disastrous results. doing so would open up a whole new level to my ideas lol.
Rick.
 
Thread owner
thank you for that link I will look into that site soon. would be nice to just use decals.but I can't find any 1/10 scale decals.
Rick
 
Thread owner
Just a small update I have finished the helmet except for the chinstraps. and started the face.
Rick.


 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Legal Notice

scalemodelling.co.uk is a privately operated online discussion forum. All content posted by members reflects their own views and opinions and does not necessarily represent those of the forum owners or administrators. While reasonable efforts are made to moderate content, no responsibility is accepted for user-generated material. By using this site, you agree to comply with UK law and the forum rules.

Currently on our website
Members online
Threads 36,183
Messages 695,534
Members 2,508
Latest member modelman
Back
Top