British Gurkha Engineer - Minuteman Models Review

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MM-006
"British Gurkha Engineer"
1/10th scale resin bust - 4 parts
Sculpted by Ken Farrar

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Minuteman Models British Gurkha Engineer, sculpted by Ken Farrar comes in 4 resin parts and depicts A British Gurkha Regiment Engineer. Beautifully detailed and casted this can be seen in the beginning stages in Ken's Vbench here.

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Arriving in a sturdy white cardboard box this 4 piece resin kit also comes with a full page of color reference photos for painting. Above the bottom photograph shows the kit parts out of the box and ready for inspection.

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Above you see various views and angles of the main portion of the bust kit showing the attention to detail Ken has put into this kit.

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Above you see the four sides of the separately cast hat with its locator lug on the bottom for proper placement on the head of the bust.

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Above you see the hat dry-fitted to the head. A casting block, as you can see, needs to be removed prior to assembly and painting.

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Above is the bust plinth included in the kit.

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Above is the color guide that comes with the kit giving all the necessary colors needed to paint the bust.

Additional Photographs of
the assembled Master

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Conclusion:
A beautifully sculpted kit by our own Ken Farrar. Highly recommended for those British History fans.

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