Open Book Polish Winged Hussar 17th Century - Young Miniatures Review

Guy · May 8, 2012

YH1831
Polish Winged Hussar, 17th Century
1/10th scale resin - 19 resin parts
Sculpted and painted by Young B. Song

Young Miniature's newest release depicts a Polish Winged Hussar from the 17th century. This is a 1/10th scale resin kit sculpted by Young B. Song himself.

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Guy · May 8, 2012

Arriving in Young's traditional sturdy black box with all parts sandwiched between layers of foam for protection.

Above you see all of the small parts sealed inside a zip-lok bag.

Above you see all of the parts including 35 feathers attached to their respective casting block.

Head

Above you see the various views of the separate cast head.

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Guy · May 8, 2012

Helmet

Above are the four sides of the separate cast helmet.

Bust

Above are the four sides of the chest portion of the bust.

close-ups

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Guy · May 8, 2012

Dry-fitting

After carefully removing the casting blocks I tried the dry fitting of the head into the neck socket as well as the helmet on top of his head.

Above are the feather vanes for attaching the individual feathers as well as the smaller accessories that were sealed inside a zip-lok bag.

Above you see the front and back of one of the feather castings. 7 casts of 5 feathers each for a total of 35 feathers.

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Guy · May 8, 2012

Additional Box Art Photographs

painted

by

Young B. Song

Conclusion:

Another exceptional kit by the Young team. Well detailed and highly recommended.

Young Miniatures web-site

http://www.young-miniatures.com/English/News-English.htm

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Mike - The Kiwi · May 9, 2012

Winged Hussars are an all time favourite of mine Guy, appreciate detailed photos.
I've got earlier version from Young but will explore this in future if my schedule permits.

Would love to paint this as a commission for some one, if you're interested drop me a PM.

Mike

P.S. Here's some earlier articles I wrote on these legendary Polish soldiers:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/medrenfig/messages/?msg=932.1
May be of interest to our fellow Planeteers.

megroot · May 9, 2012

That looks a very crisp and clean casting.

Marc

bagelman1952 · May 9, 2012

Looks very nice indeed

Ken

Piotrec · May 9, 2012

I see 36 feathers on the box art, but only 35 in the box.

Guy · May 9, 2012

Piotrec said:
I see 36 feathers on the box art, but only 35 in the box.

I just sent Young an email about this question. I also count 18 feathers on each side for a total of 36.

I'll post his response.

Guy

Guy · May 9, 2012

I received an email from Young about the quanity of feathers and he stated there should be 8 sets of feathers for a total of 40 feathers. Here is Young's email copy pasted:

Dear Guy

I'm very much sorry.
It's mistake of packing.
Originally, YH1831 was included 8 set of feathers.
Total 40 feathers.
I'm very much sorry.
It's our mistake in your kit.
We will send one more set of feather with new bust.

Thanks always.

Min and Young

Falo · May 11, 2012

Thank you Guy, a good review.

NickM · May 17, 2012

Thanks for the great review, Guy. I'm not huge on painting Busts, but this figure has so much character I think it's going to be my first attempt.

Cheers mate!
Nick

DEL · May 17, 2012

I've got the earlier release which is pretty darn good with a great 'Polish' face but this one is even better.
Looks like the feathers are easier to release than in the earlier kit. Superb.
Cheers
Derek

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