My next project: Indian Home Guard 1:10 scale resin bust by Nuts Planet.
He's been done a number of times here in the past few years. If you aren't aware of the Home Guard (I wasn't) I recommend to search out Nap's post from a few years ago. It's well-done, detailed, very interesting and finishes with a succinct critique of the kit and its parts.
On to the kit. The kit has sharp detail and very little flash or excess plastic to trim. Pic shows the parts laid out and primed with Tamiya Light Grey Primer.
My only question about the historical accuracy of the kit is the carbine. It appears to be an 1859 model Sharps carbine based on the shape of the trigger guard and the patch box. The Sharps single-shot carbine was probably the second most sought after weapon of the ACW, the first being the 7-shot Spencer carbine about which it was claimed, "You can load it on Sunday and shoot all week."
Given the Sharps' popularity and considering the often less than honorable way in which native Americans were treated by the Federal government I wonder if the army would have equipped these troops with the highly sought after Sharps or would they have given the Sharps to other troops and equipped the Home Guard with weapons of a lesser *ahem* calibre? (sorry) I don't know. An internet search wasn't able to discover with what weapons the Home Guard was equipped.
Anyway it looks like fun. Lots of fiddly bits to assemble and fine detail to paint.
Rick
He's been done a number of times here in the past few years. If you aren't aware of the Home Guard (I wasn't) I recommend to search out Nap's post from a few years ago. It's well-done, detailed, very interesting and finishes with a succinct critique of the kit and its parts.
On to the kit. The kit has sharp detail and very little flash or excess plastic to trim. Pic shows the parts laid out and primed with Tamiya Light Grey Primer.
My only question about the historical accuracy of the kit is the carbine. It appears to be an 1859 model Sharps carbine based on the shape of the trigger guard and the patch box. The Sharps single-shot carbine was probably the second most sought after weapon of the ACW, the first being the 7-shot Spencer carbine about which it was claimed, "You can load it on Sunday and shoot all week."
Given the Sharps' popularity and considering the often less than honorable way in which native Americans were treated by the Federal government I wonder if the army would have equipped these troops with the highly sought after Sharps or would they have given the Sharps to other troops and equipped the Home Guard with weapons of a lesser *ahem* calibre? (sorry) I don't know. An internet search wasn't able to discover with what weapons the Home Guard was equipped.
Anyway it looks like fun. Lots of fiddly bits to assemble and fine detail to paint.
Rick
