Completed Critique Private, Royal Irish Fusiliers.

[billyturnip]

Cheers Carl.

Roger.

 

[1969]

Lovely job on this great looking figure Roger, you did it proud.

Steve

 

[billyturnip]

Thank you too Steve. I'm really glad I took the risk of purchasing from one of the less popular manufacturers.

Roger.

 

[grenadier]

You have done a great job on this interesting figure and the Khaki shade looks bang-on to me.
I think that Ron Cameron was an excellent sculpter.
Thanks for bringing this range of figures back to our attention.
I will be round to Traditions to get one this weekend.

 

[billyturnip]

Thank you. I would be interested to know exactly which of the Tradition range are Ron Cameron's work. They would obviously be at the top of the to do list following this one.

Roger.

 

[polyphemus]

Nice one Roger. The tradition kit references include the Sculptors initials so any kit reference starting for example RC90 etc would be a 90mm figure by Ron Cameron. There are a fair few in their range; SYW Prussians, Napoleonic Prussians, the era just prior to WW1 etc. Also a few 110mm figures. Just shows that not every quality figure necessarilly has to cost around £70-90.

Geoff

 

[billyturnip]

Thank you Geoff.

Just off back to the Tradition site armed with that knowledge, cheers.

Roger.

 

[mil-mart]

Rodger, great painting and looking forward to seeing you paint more of this sculptors work, any chance he did any flats ?

Cheers Ken

 

[captnenglish]

Thank you Geoff.

Just off back to the Tradition site armed with that knowledge, cheers.

Roger.

FWIW, I can personally vouch for the quality of RC90 04 and RC 90 22

BTW, your figure turned out great, I mght not sell of the one Tradition 9mm figure I have (alas not a Ron Cameron sculpt) and be forced to purchase others.

 

[billyturnip]

Cheers ken.

Only a coupe of days left of this leave so more of these will have to wait 'til next time home. Perhaps got time to squeeze in a flat though

Roger.

 

[billyturnip]

FWIW, I can personally vouch for the quality of RC90 04 and RC 90 22

BTW, your figure turned out great, I mght not sell of the one Tradition 9mm figure I have (alas not a Ron Cameron sculpt) and be forced to purchase others.

Thank you Matthew, and thanks for the recommendations.

I'm pleased I've been able to spotlight a company that doesn't get much attention.

Roger.

 

[bonehead]

FYI,

Ron Cameron's work represents the "old school" of miniature sculpting where the masters were "sculpted" in metal, primarily wire and solder. In the old days this was done so that the masters could be easily thrown into the vulcanizer to make molds.

The good thing about Cameron's work are his elegant proportions and "mostly" decent anatomy. Of course the detail is atrocious: lumpy and vague, not at all comparable to today's standards. Those expecting detailed models will be disappointed.

As a side note, Ron Cameron was also responsible for doing the masters for Airfix's line of figures. This includes the 1/32nd scale multi-pose figures and also the military miniature line in "54mm scale".

 

[gordy]

Fascinating info Mike, thanks! we've sure come along way

 

[billyturnip]

Cheers Mike, interesting stuff.

Until the "new school" produce some British Boer War subjects I'll just have to make do with the old atrocious, lumpy and vague school

Roger.