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Thanks Jay. At this point, I'm not planning on ordering anything from Jaguar. I'd been searching for the Hickok bust for quite a while when I stumbled upon it on line and ordered it from Imaginaire. When I saw the others available at that price yesterday, I decided to jump on them. Too good...

Hi all, Ive got a question for you all about the availability of busts produced by Jaguar Models. I bought their Wild Bill Hickok bust from an on line retailer a couple of months ago. I just ordered 3 more (SS officer, Wyatt Earp and Robert E. Lee) that were discounted to just $8.99 each...

Hey Pat, I use the Dremel with the sanding drum for the bulk of my clean up. What I do to help keep the dust down is to work the piece directly ovet the hose end of my little shop vac. If I don't go too fast (me, not the Dremel speed) and watch the drum rotation so that the dust is directed...

Hi Al, Thanks for getting for pics up so fast. Yours seem to have turned out a lot better than mine did. I got more than the usual amount of blurry, out-of-focus shots than usual. Too much caffine maybe :D With yours up, I'm not gonna bother posting mine. I know that I saw a couple there...

Hi, Here is the group photo we took at this years MFCA show. Included are folks from Historicus Forma, planetFigure and Timelines. Back row, left to right: Craig Whitaker, Bill Weintraub, Joe Salkowitz, Scott Hershbell, Walt Damon Middle row: Dee Moore, Wendy Rafalski, Pat Deluhey...

Hi guys, Thanks for looking and for the kind words. You know, when I started these, I just wanted to paint them for my own pleasure. They went real smooth for the most part and I had a lot of fun doing them. The only thing I really not happy with is the job I did on the armor unit patch on...

Hi everyone, I finished my twin busts on Kelly and Oddball from the movie "Kelly's Heroes". They're sculpted by Jacek Spychalski and are produced by Mirage out of Poland. As always, any comments and especially constructive criticism is welcome and appreciated. Thanks for looking, Craig :)

Wow Luca..that is sweet! How big (or what scale) is it? Craig

_Bump_ Just a couple of days now. I'm going to suggest we do the group photo at 10:00am on Saturday. And we're trying to have a little get together in the hospitality room Friday evening at 9:00pm. That's assuming there will be a hospitality room again this year :) See you there, Craig

Matthew, Guess I am a little predictable :) Craig

Hi Wendy, Nice. I couldn't imagine taking on that big a task, let alone wanting to do it twice! I'm looking forward to seeing it up close this weekend at MFCA. Cheers, Craig

That is sooooo coooolllll! Seriously, I really like that bust. Excellent looking. I love the attitude and the execution looks wonderful. Craig

Hi Rocco, Nice work on a beautiful piece. If I had to make one observation, it would be that as dirty as he is from the knees down, he looks too clean from the knees up. But just my thoughts. Still, far and away a much better job than I could ever hope to do. Will you be bringing him to...

Nice idea! I'm looking forward to seeing more. Craig

Nicely done John. The painting holds up quite well under such huge magnification :) Looking forward to seeing it in person and alsop meeting you at MFCA next week. Hope you can make it to the group photo we're organizing for Saturday morning. Craig

I use an old pair of small Vise-Grips I had laying around. I've adjusted the opening so that it just grabs the cap without crushing it. I hold the tube in my hand and gently start turning the cap with the Vise-Grips. The grip and leverage it gives has always been enough to open even the most...

bump Getting closer...less than 2 weeks now :)

Hi Enion, They can be expensive. Depends on the site selling them. On sale, $15.00 is a good price for a good quality one. Also look on Model Expo for sale prices. Their quality have been good too. I have a total of 7 of them now! 3 are excellent quality (smooth running threads in the...

Hi Jay, Those clamps are one of my all time favorite tools and I use them all the time. I paint mostly busts so what I do is drill a hole about 1/8" dia on the split line between the two halves. Then I can rigidly clamp the figure post between the halves. And you'll see in the photo that I've...

Stephen, I remembered that you were coming to the show again this year. I'm looking forward to seeing you again. And I'll definitely look for you for the photo as well as just to see your figures and get the chance to talk again. Any busts this year? :) Craig