Trex
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I recently bought a bust from Gordon Mitchell (aka Grod).
It's a big bust of a WWII Soviet tank commander in 1/9 scale sculpted by Pavol Ovecka (aka Offo).
Since it's a small production bust, I thought a review would be useful for others interested to see what to expect from it.
The thing that made me buy this, is that it's one of the rare occasions where a sculptor tries to "tell a story" with his bust, even though a very simple one:
A T-34/85 tank commander is having a relaxing break and smoking a cigarette while leaning on his tank cupola.
INTRODUCTION
The kit comes in a plain carton box without any kind of illustration on it.
It contains 9 parts cast in light yellow resin, all of them wrapped in bubble wrap.
The kit arrived in good condition and nothing was broken, but IMHO adding some foam in the box would provide better protection.
In the picture above you can see the main 8 kit pieces:
Head, torso, hands, helmet strap, cupola and 2 parts for the hatch (static and moving).
There is also another very small part not shown above, it's for the cigarette he's supposed to be holding in his right hand.
The brown stuff on the parts is a material known as Blue Tack or Patafix.
It has minimum adhesive power and I used it for holding the pieces together during the photo session.
to be continued....
It's a big bust of a WWII Soviet tank commander in 1/9 scale sculpted by Pavol Ovecka (aka Offo).
Since it's a small production bust, I thought a review would be useful for others interested to see what to expect from it.
The thing that made me buy this, is that it's one of the rare occasions where a sculptor tries to "tell a story" with his bust, even though a very simple one:
A T-34/85 tank commander is having a relaxing break and smoking a cigarette while leaning on his tank cupola.

INTRODUCTION
The kit comes in a plain carton box without any kind of illustration on it.
It contains 9 parts cast in light yellow resin, all of them wrapped in bubble wrap.
The kit arrived in good condition and nothing was broken, but IMHO adding some foam in the box would provide better protection.

In the picture above you can see the main 8 kit pieces:
Head, torso, hands, helmet strap, cupola and 2 parts for the hatch (static and moving).
There is also another very small part not shown above, it's for the cigarette he's supposed to be holding in his right hand.
The brown stuff on the parts is a material known as Blue Tack or Patafix.
It has minimum adhesive power and I used it for holding the pieces together during the photo session.
to be continued....