Hi to all on PF ,
I recently received this from Historia Miniatures which is run by a well known and very talented modeller on this forum namely Christos (Christosjager)
They have previously released another bust of a Confederate Soldier which I also had the pleasure to share with all :
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads...-from-historia-miniatures.52974/watch-confirm
The release is as we saw on the original post by Christos not to everyones taste but this Review will include looking at the man , his background and obviously after the normal history I include we will look at the piece itself .
Please note: I respect others views and thoughts but this is a model review and nothing else .
Lets have a little about the man himself :
Born in Rosario in Argentina in 1928 Che Guevara was an Argentinean-born, Cuban revolutionary leader who became a left-wing hero.
A photograph of him by Alberto Korda
became an iconic image of the 20th century.
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, known as Che Guevara, was born into a middle-class family. He studied medicine finishing his studies as a result of his grandmother dying , during this time travelled widely in South and Central America sickened by the poverty and oppression he saw , and backed up by his Marxist ideals he came to the conclusion that an armed revolution was the only
In 1954 he went to Mexico and the following year he met Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Guevara joined Castro's '26th July Movement' and played a key role in the eventual success of its guerrilla war against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Castro overthrew Batista in 1959 and took power in Cuba. From 1959-1961, Guevara was president of the National Bank of Cuba, and then minister of industry. In this position, he travelled the world as an ambassador for Cuba. At home, he carried out plans for land redistribution and the nationalisation of industry.
Opposed against the USA he LED the Castro regime towards alignment with the Soviet Union. The Cuban economy faltered as a result of American trade sanctions and unsuccessful reforms. During this difficult time Guevara began to fall out with the other Cuban leaders. He later expressed his desire to spread revolution in other parts of the developing world, and in 1965 Castro announced that Guevara had left Cuba.
Guevara then spent several months in Africa, particularly the Congo, attempting to train rebel forces in guerrilla warfare. His efforts failed and in 1966 he secretly returned to Cuba.
From Cuba he travelled to Bolivia to lead forces rebelling against the government of René Barrientos Ortuño.
With US assistance, the Bolivian army captured Guevara and his remaining fighters. He was executed on 9 October 1967 in the Bolivian village of La Higuera , his hands were removed as proof of his deat to his followers and his body was buried in a secret location.
In 1997 his remains were discovered, exhumed and returned to Cuba, where he was reburied.
Irrespective of individuals thoughts he had a certain charisma and leadership , was a ruthless leader , 2nd probably to Fidel Castro (who he later fell out of favour with) ...he held strong ideals and became a name held along with other ruthless leaders of this century .
Many books have been written
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...................and he has even been the inspiration to a BBC TV Comedy series " Citizen Smith" of the Tooting Popular Front starring Robert Lindsey as the character "Wolfie"..and Yes I did remember it !!!
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I recently received this from Historia Miniatures which is run by a well known and very talented modeller on this forum namely Christos (Christosjager)
They have previously released another bust of a Confederate Soldier which I also had the pleasure to share with all :
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads...-from-historia-miniatures.52974/watch-confirm
The release is as we saw on the original post by Christos not to everyones taste but this Review will include looking at the man , his background and obviously after the normal history I include we will look at the piece itself .
Please note: I respect others views and thoughts but this is a model review and nothing else .
Lets have a little about the man himself :
Born in Rosario in Argentina in 1928 Che Guevara was an Argentinean-born, Cuban revolutionary leader who became a left-wing hero.
A photograph of him by Alberto Korda
became an iconic image of the 20th century.
Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, known as Che Guevara, was born into a middle-class family. He studied medicine finishing his studies as a result of his grandmother dying , during this time travelled widely in South and Central America sickened by the poverty and oppression he saw , and backed up by his Marxist ideals he came to the conclusion that an armed revolution was the only
In 1954 he went to Mexico and the following year he met Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Guevara joined Castro's '26th July Movement' and played a key role in the eventual success of its guerrilla war against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Castro overthrew Batista in 1959 and took power in Cuba. From 1959-1961, Guevara was president of the National Bank of Cuba, and then minister of industry. In this position, he travelled the world as an ambassador for Cuba. At home, he carried out plans for land redistribution and the nationalisation of industry.
Opposed against the USA he LED the Castro regime towards alignment with the Soviet Union. The Cuban economy faltered as a result of American trade sanctions and unsuccessful reforms. During this difficult time Guevara began to fall out with the other Cuban leaders. He later expressed his desire to spread revolution in other parts of the developing world, and in 1965 Castro announced that Guevara had left Cuba.
Guevara then spent several months in Africa, particularly the Congo, attempting to train rebel forces in guerrilla warfare. His efforts failed and in 1966 he secretly returned to Cuba.
From Cuba he travelled to Bolivia to lead forces rebelling against the government of René Barrientos Ortuño.
With US assistance, the Bolivian army captured Guevara and his remaining fighters. He was executed on 9 October 1967 in the Bolivian village of La Higuera , his hands were removed as proof of his deat to his followers and his body was buried in a secret location.
In 1997 his remains were discovered, exhumed and returned to Cuba, where he was reburied.
Irrespective of individuals thoughts he had a certain charisma and leadership , was a ruthless leader , 2nd probably to Fidel Castro (who he later fell out of favour with) ...he held strong ideals and became a name held along with other ruthless leaders of this century .
Many books have been written
.............................................and he has even been the inspiration to a BBC TV Comedy series " Citizen Smith" of the Tooting Popular Front starring Robert Lindsey as the character "Wolfie"..and Yes I did remember it !!!
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I have 4 other busts in my grey army and for all of them I will take this approach. When I have something worthy showing I will create a thread. Thank you for bearing with me!
