WIP British 2nd Dragoon (Scots Grays) - Airfix 54mm WIP

[vittoare]

Hello everyone,
Someone will have already seen it on Facebook but I would like to share with you the figure that has been fascinating me lately: it is a mythical Airfix figurine, the first one I have built.
It is also my first major experiment with putties and I am really excited about it.
I thought I would give some details a bit of a makeover and so I changed the head to a hornet head, replaced the hands with warrior ones and detailed several details with putty.
I also changed the position of the left arm. The various straps were made with Verlinden sheet metal, Tamiya tape and insulating tape.
I am now waiting for the photoetched horseshoes because I lost the ones I had and had to reorder them.
Here are some photos, I hope you like them, I'm having a lot of fun.

I think I will replace the bracket belts.
Thanks
Vittorio

 

[Kevin D.]

Love the change of heads!! Definitely increases the drama!!
Kevin D.

 

[Briggsy]

Yes I saw this on FB and I'm pleased to see it here as well. Really doing a great job on this I'll be following your progress with avid interest.

Simon

 

[PaulW]

Hello everyone,
Someone will have already seen it on Facebook but I would like to share with you the figure that has been fascinating me lately: it is a mythical Airfix figurine, the first one I have built.
It is also my first major experiment with putties and I am really excited about it.
I thought I would give some details a bit of a makeover and so I changed the head to a hornet head, replaced the hands with warrior ones and detailed several details with putty.
I also changed the position of the left arm. The various straps were made with Verlinden sheet metal, Tamiya tape and insulating tape.
I am now waiting for the photoetched horseshoes because I lost the ones I had and had to reorder them.
Here are some photos, I hope you like them, I'm having a lot of fun.

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I think I will replace the bracket belts.
Thanks
Vittorio

Beautiful work. You've really managed to animate it with a few alterations.

 

[Malkie]

I like it very much you have managed to breath new life in to a vintage kit.

Malkie

 

[vittoare]

Love the change of heads!! Definitely increases the drama!!
Kevin D.

thanks a lot

 

[vittoare]

Yes I saw this on FB and I'm pleased to see it here as well. Really doing a great job on this I'll be following your progress with avid interest.

Simon

Thanks Simon, This evening I will stiffen paper made straps with liquid cyano glue, then all I have to do is wait for the horseshoes.
Then I will finally start painting it.

 

[vittoare]

Beautiful work. You've really managed to animate it with a few alterations.

Thanks

 

[vittoare]

I like it very much you have managed to breath new life in to a vintage kit.

Malkie

Thanks for your kind words.
I think they are really beautiful, to think they are my age, Airfix was really ahead.

 

[NigelR]

Lovely work on a classic figure! Great idea to bring this one up to date.

 

[yeo_64]

Lovely work on a classical Airfix figure ! Kudos !

 

[Nap]

Hi there

Great to see your benchtime on PF ( not everyone is on FB ) , p,
Please do show more of this and other projects

Nice putty work and good to see this particular Airfix release

Looking forward to seeing more

Have fun @ the bench

Nap

 

[Shogun-Rod]

Just goes to show that there is life in the old Airfix figures.. Last year, Letchworth SMC completed a 32 piece chess set using almost all 54mm Collector Series. Interesting project for non-figure modellers but proved they were great figures for all levels of modeller

 

[CLASSICVS]

You may find this thread on uniforms of interest.

https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/scots-greys-c1815.659078/

 

[Briggsy]

Just goes to show that there is life in the old Airfix figures.. Last year, Letchworth SMC completed a 32 piece chess set using almost all 54mm Collector Series. Interesting project for non-figure modellers but proved they were great figures for all levels of modeller

I saw that it was really rather good, more so that as you say they are predominantly vehicle and aircraft modellers. With the exception of some bloke called Rod! Hope to see you there again this year.

Simon

 

[malc]

I rather like this it's rather very good and he looks well scary