Well I have been off for the last 7 days. I was hoping to get a good bit done on this project but that did not work out as planned. Everyday distractions played a toll, but I did decide on the figures and made some progress there.
First and foremost the better half told me we had to clean the house today
, my job was fixing a bathroom sink that was not draining well and also cleaning that bathroom. After I did that she told me to clean up the model room.
So the next time I get to the bench it is nice and clean.
First figure up as a great piece from SOGA models. Casting is very nice but I did replace the head with a hornet one and added some tamyia grenades.
I ordered some British figures from Mini-art. I cannot stress how bad these figures really are. The molding is just awful. I am truly disappointed with these figures. Miniart really needs to set up their game as far as figures. These may be a older set, but that is still no excuse
. 1970 Tamiya figures are better than these.
I am using the guy holding the map although I have converted him to a figure who will be smoking. The left arm needed to be re-sculpted, I added a hornet head and sculpted on the beret and hair. The belt and buckle where replaced with PE and I had to redo the holster strap on the side of the leg using PE buckles and tape. I will be adding hornet hands and still have other work to do, but this is where he stands at this point. A lot of rescribing was done as well.
I wish I would have made more progress but oh well.
Shawn
There is some really nice PE parts but wow is it time consuming. Upper and Lower hauls are now permanently attached.
