Steve Brodie
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As commanding officer of 801 Squadron, Ward had to prepare the Sea Harrier for action in the South Atlantic. Aircraft and pilots were borrowed from the conversion unit, 899 Naval Air Squadron, and with a strength of eight aircraft they embarked in HMS Invincible on 4 April 1982
Ward flew over sixty war missions, achieved three air-to-air kills, and took part in or witnessed a total of ten kills; he was also the leading night pilot, and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry.
A nice little box arrived this morning, and inside was the 1/9th bust of Nigel 'Sharky' ward from MMM, Bust consists of 5 parts, the main torso, his head with helmet integrally cast the hose and the two connecting clips to hold the oxygen mask in place
The webbing on the back of the vest has some superbly cast detail;
The face is superbly sculpted with the beard been rather impressive;
The 'bone' dome is very nice, with all the buckles and straps cast very well, with some undercuts in evidence, will need just a quick swipe over on the rear of the helmet. However DO NOT remove the little line at the base of the helmet, its supposed to be there;
Finding colour photos of fleet air arm pilots from the falklands was not that easy, but after a few different key worded google searches managed to find a few;
Ward flew over sixty war missions, achieved three air-to-air kills, and took part in or witnessed a total of ten kills; he was also the leading night pilot, and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry.
A nice little box arrived this morning, and inside was the 1/9th bust of Nigel 'Sharky' ward from MMM, Bust consists of 5 parts, the main torso, his head with helmet integrally cast the hose and the two connecting clips to hold the oxygen mask in place
The webbing on the back of the vest has some superbly cast detail;
The face is superbly sculpted with the beard been rather impressive;
The 'bone' dome is very nice, with all the buckles and straps cast very well, with some undercuts in evidence, will need just a quick swipe over on the rear of the helmet. However DO NOT remove the little line at the base of the helmet, its supposed to be there;
Finding colour photos of fleet air arm pilots from the falklands was not that easy, but after a few different key worded google searches managed to find a few;
