B-17 Waist Gunner, WWII - Young Miniatures Review

[Guy]

YM1815
"B-17 Waist Gunner", ETO, 1944
1/10th scale resin
12 parts resin
Sculpted by Young B. Song
Painted by Sang Eon Lee

Young Miniatures brought to us this month their release of a WWII B-17 Waist Gunner. Sculpted by Young B. Song with the box art painted by the talented Sang Eon Lee this kit is comprised of 12 resin parts.

Arriving in Young's traditional sturdy black box with a clear plastic sleeve around it to keep it closed the bust was sandwiched between several layers of foam for the protection of the parts during shipping. I am not sure if this is the norm for this kit but I did receive extra parts sprue as shown above.

The separate cast head has a casting block on the bottom of the neck which I easily removed for later photos. The above four views shows the attention to detail Young has yet again given us.

Above are several views showing the chest postion of the bust plus the bottom two photos loking down into the neck cavity to show the detail.

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[Guy]

Above you see the casting block removed from the bottom of the neck and the head dry-fitted into the neck cavity.

Above is the highly detailed oxygen mask.

Above you see the front and back of the various straps and parts that attach to the bust.

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[Guy]

The above top photo is the bust plinth for all Young Miniatures and the bottom photo shows the instruction guide for placement of the straps and parts.

Additional Box Art Photos

Conclusion:
Another excellent bust kit from Young Miniatures. All dry-fitting I did was good with only mold blocks to remove. Highly recommended.

Young Miniatures web-site
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["Tarakaman"]

Thanks for another great review Guy!!!

 

[Sambaman]

OOOOOOOH.........AAAAAAAAAAAAH.........another MUST have from the Young camp. Thanks for taking the time to review Guy, excellent as usual!

Jay H.
Okc

 

[Mark S]

Thanks for the close up look at this one, Guy.
Another brilliant piece by Young Miniatures and another superb example of box art painting as well,~ great bust!

 

[billyturnip]

It looks great!

just out of my own curiosity what makes it a waist gunner and not simply aircrew?

Roger.

 

[megroot]

Excellent revieuw from this awesome bust.

marc

 

[Sambaman]

It looks great!

just out of my own curiosity what makes it a waist gunner and not simply aircrew?

Roger.

Roger, good point. I had the same thought. Maybe it just sounds neater to title it that. Since I'm a short, fat guy, I'm gonna call mine a ball-turret gunner since I would have qualified for that position based on stature. Not that I would have looked half that suave in potrait form! You think an Oompa-Loompa would be considered portarit worthy for a Young bust? Hmmmmmmmmm.....

Jay H.
Okc

 

[billyturnip]

lol.. maybe me and you are more JMD standard

Roger

 

[Sambaman]

lol.. maybe me and you are more JMD standard

Roger

Ha! I think you've nailed it Roger! I'll shuffle off some portaits of myself in the dead of night to JMD and see what kind of character they can come up with.........

Jay H.
Okc

 

[billyturnip]

We've managed to get this well and truly off topic but it made me laugh all the same.

Roger

 

[Mike Davidson]

What a great kit! I collect WWII USAAF flight gear and everything I see on this bust is right on!

 

[dak66]

The stuff this guy comes out with ..

Continues to amaze me great work .

 

[Black Berny]

I love this bust !!!

It is really a must have for a WWII collector like me !!!

~Black Berny

 

[Tommi]

Nice review Guy, this one I will be having for sure, such a beautiful piece and a chance to try painting some leather.
Cheers
Tommi

 

[Kirtles]

Lovely review again Guy.

This is a superb model..... well up to usual Young standard.

Steve
www.skminiatures.co.uk