Model Cellar Productions - New Release

[Guy]

"Winter in the Trenches" British Tommy - Royal
Fusiliers 1915

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Sculpted by Carl Reid, this AMAZING 1/9 scale piece depicts
a Royal Fusilier braving the cold, wet, muddy, misery of the
trenches along the Western Front. This bust is full of
character! It is cast in resin and includes a unique
"monument style" pedestal base.

The kit particulars are as follows:
item: MC19005
"Winter in the Trenches"
British Tommy
Royal Fusiliers 1915
Painted by Randy Meyers
retail price: $47.00 USD

Model Cellar Production
Web-site click here

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[tonydawe]

Great news. I saw this bust at Euro Militaire and it blew me away. Fantastic sculpting from Carl Reid. A "must have" bust for me.

 

[DEL]

Tony, everyones reaction was pretty much the same as yours. Great to see it on the market.
I hope thy've cast plenty for christmas,

Derek

 

[Hardy]

I have this and let me say the casting is also fantastic. Modelceller have done a brilliant job Carl's excellent sculpt. Hardy

 

[Figure Mad]

I have been waiting for this to be released as I painted the one seen at euro Paul from modelCellar sent one to me expressly to have it painted at Euro, and a great pleasure it was too. I also had another one from ModelCellar that I am not sure has been released as of yet, here is a couple of pictures of my version........

I have to say the sculpting is great the casting is great and the atmosphere is superb

Dave

 

[RossM]

Well here is another to add to the stash.

Ross

 

[ghamilt1]

I've been waiting for this release since I saw the original bronze casting Carl posted last summer! Now if I can just find a dealer who has it in stock....

 

[housecarl]

I've been waiting for this release since I saw the original bronze casting Carl posted last summer! Now if I can just find a dealer who has it in stock....

Have you tried Model cellar, sorry to sound obvious.
Carl.

 

[megroot]

Well Guy,
If you have him i surely gonna get him. I mean then the bust is almost availeble.
I hope SK Miniatures (Steve Kirtles) drops in so he can tell us more.

Marc

 

[ModelCellar]

Have you tried Model cellar, sorry to sound obvious.
Carl.

THANKS Carl =).

Yes, I'm not sure what the confusion is? As of last night it IS available. You can use the shopping cart feature on our website and I'll ship it right out.

regards,
Paul
www.ModelCellar.com

 

[captnenglish]

I've seen Randy's version in person and it is nothing short of amazing. Hs panting skills perfectly compliment Carl Reid's sculpting.

 

[Kandor8]

VERY nice! This is going on my want list.
Ric

 

[carl reid]

I would like to thank both Dave Maddox and Randy Myers for there versions of this piece!

Also I hope you enjoy yours Hardy!

There will be some fanatstic versions of this I'm sure. It's seems to have created a bit of a stir !!!

Carl

 

[megroot]

Can't wait,
Just ordered it from Model Cellar, its a must have and must paint.

Marc

 

[akaryu]

Hi,

This is certainly an impressive bust of a WW1 Tommy, but one thing baffles me since I first saw a photo of it: the bag on Tommy's chest looks like a respirator in its canvas bag, however I hope it isn't, for in 1915 the British troops were using the PH gas helmet, the box respirator first appearing in 1916!

Can some learned one shed some light on this matter?

regards,

piet

 

[ModelCellar]

Hi,

This is certainly an impressive bust of a WW1 Tommy, but one thing baffles me since I first saw a photo of it: the bag on Tommy's chest looks like a respirator in its canvas bag, however I hope it isn't, for in 1915 the British troops were using the PH gas helmet, the box respirator first appearing in 1916!

Can some learned one shed some light on this matter?

regards,

piet

Ahhh. Piet,

You are correct! Funny, but NONE of us picked up on that. I normally would have picked that out right away. However, I focused on the "gor-Blimey" cap and the early pattern leather webbing, and I was so entranced by the piece itself, I looked right past the box respirator. It would be ok for a 1916 piece to still be wearing older equipment, but obviously not ok for a 1915 piece to have equipment that did not exist yet. Sooooo, we shall re-title the piece ..."Winter in the Trenches" British Tommy - Royal Fusiliers 1916. ...or better yet: just "Winter in the Trenches" British Tommy - Royal Fusiliers (with no year) =)! Since I already printed some labels and made up some boxes, when anyone gets theirs, just ignore the 1915 =)) !LOL!!

Hope you like him anyway,
Paul
www.ModelCellar.com

 

[akaryu]

Hi Paul,

Glad to be of help. It is a tremendous bust offcourse and I will certainly have a go at it. As you point out, leather equipment is still possibly after 1915 and maybe we can now delve in the colourfull world of divisional battle flashes. Exciting research indeed!

Keep delivering the goods!

Piet

 

[akaryu]

Some info to place our shivering Tommy in time.
1st Bn Royal Fusiliers landed in St Nazaire in 1914 with the 6th Divisionas part of the 17th Brigade, on 18 October 1915 17th Brig. switched to 24th Division and stayed with it on the western Front till the end of the war. It saw action in all the main battles, e.g. Guillemont and Delville wood in 1916, Vimy ridge, Pilckem and Messines in 1917 and so on.
So there is a lot of history behind our little chap!

cheers,
piet

 

[carl reid]

Hello Folks,

Thank you for the response, here are some images of the master.

Carl

 

[megroot]

Yesterday it arrived with the Postman.
And it's a awesome figure. Superbe casting, almost nothing to clean up.
Excellent and high recommended.

Marc