DRAGON 54mm union soldiers

[bricks tattoo]

Hello fellow modelers. Another classic kit. Dragon's 54mm union soldiers. I love the scale and detail of these

 

[captnenglish]

If those are the stock heads, they aren't that bad. I have been thinking about cracking open one of the two boxes I have and seeing what I can do with them. The idea will have to wait for space on the workbench first in the meantime I will follow your progress

 

[Babelfish]

Heads look great. I've never seen these figures before. Never knew Dragon did any Civil War stuff.

- Steve

 

[Viking Bob]

They discontinued this years ago, they sometimes come up on evil bay. one of the sets I wanted.

These are looking great , cant wait to see what you do with them

 

[OldTaff]

Great looking heads, suitable for Franco-Prussian War, too, I reckon.

 

[bricks tattoo]

If those are the stock heads, they aren't that bad. I have been thinking about cracking open one of the two boxes I have and seeing what I can do with them. The idea will have to wait for space on the workbench first in the meantime I will follow your progress

Yes this is my second set also

 

[bricks tattoo]

Heads look great. I've never seen these figures before. Never knew Dragon did any Civil War stuff.

- Steve

Yes this was a great set. The scale is perfect.

 

[bricks tattoo]

They discontinued this years ago, they sometimes come up on evil bay. one of the sets I wanted.

These are looking great , cant wait to see what you do with them

I grabbed these a our meeting swap meet. I am surprised they didn't make any other historical 54mm sets. I think they would have done really well.

 

[arj]

Very nice start on the heads.
I recently dragged my box from the deepest depths of the grey army tomb and re-admired the quality that Dragon had achieved; but still have to make a start.
Will be following your build for pointers.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[bricks tattoo]

A little more progress

 

[Viking Bob]

Looking good so far but I am getting a crick in the neck

 

[bricks tattoo]

Little kore.progree

 

[bricks tattoo]

Ok. Here are a few finished pictures. Any comments welcome. Let me know what you think

PS I finally got the pictures to view the right way

 

[Martin64]

I think that the pictures don`t do your hard work full justice.
Maybe you should reconsider the position of the figures on the groundwork. The figure holding the ramrod stands quite close to the edge of the base. ACW soldiers were used to fight in tight formations. As long as these soldiers are not surrounded they would all face into the direction of the enemy. Maybe the kneeling soldier could be placed in front of the two soldiers that are in the act of reloading.
Just some thoughts... anyway nice work and it shows that these plastic figures can be turned into models that stand the test against the single figures of resin manufacturers.
Cheers, Martin