The Dandy 9th 1917 Bust

[carl reid]

Hi Guys,

Here is a piece I recently finished.
My client has asked me to post images.
As you can see it depicts aWW1 bomber from the Dandy 9th, Royal Scots, 51st Highland Div.

The Scale is 1:9th.

Thanks for looking!

Hope you like him.

The Manufacturer will post further information when ready!

Carl

 

[housecarl]

Brilliant work Carl.
Carl.

 

[carl reid]

Cheers Buddy!

 

[Tommi]

Ha HA! been waiting for this one to pop up, Fantastic, sure it will be very popular
Tommi

 

[DEL]

Magnificent work Carl. Face is perfect, really captured the period 'look'
Cheers
Derek

 

[Nap]

Carl ,
This is going to be another stunnerIMO , love the grenades and the facial features ...looking oward to seeing more on this especially any box art when it arrives .

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[Colin_Fraser]

"Stance" is very apropos - i.e. dandy. Wonderful Scots face too.

Colin

 

[Jimbo]

Superb sculpt, nice one Carl.
Cheers
Jim

 

[offo]

Carl, again it is a great work. You're impossibly fast and accurate . Congratulations
Palo offo

 

[Don]

Wonderful work Carl. He has the look of a WW1 Scot so nicely portrayed, wonderful face!
Simply awsome!

Don

 

[Ventress]

Carl, I am losing track of the brilliant WW1 busts being produced. Who is selling the Birmingham Pals figure and any clues for this one? Great figure BTW!

 

[Daniel.M]

Awesome sculptwork, this is a great bust.

Daniel & Katka

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Carl - just out of curiosity.....what sort of bombs are those that he is carrying? I know of mills bombs but these look to be handled, almost like German potatoe mashers? I'm obvioulsy not up on my WWI ordnance.

Colin

 

[housecarl]

Carl - just out of curiosity.....what sort of bombs are those that he is carrying? I know of mills bombs but these look to be handled, almost like German potatoe mashers? I'm obvioulsy not up on my WWI ordnance.

Colin

I think they're No 2 Colin.
They were dodgy to use as they were detonated by percussion.
Carl.

 

[Helm]

Very nice Carl excellent face as mentioned earlier

Steve

 

[mil-mart]

Another stunner Carl.

Cheers Ken

 

[carl reid]

Thanks Guys, Glad you like him!

 

[carl reid]

Magnificent work Carl. Face is perfect, really captured the period 'look'
Cheers
Derek

Cheers Del!
He's not a Gordon either...!
But he is a Homosexual and purely by chance he's called Gordon..! What are the chances...?

Carl

 

[carl reid]

Carl - just out of curiosity.....what sort of bombs are those that he is carrying? I know of mills bombs but these look to be handled, almost like German potatoe mashers? I'm obvioulsy not up on my WWI ordnance.

Colin

Hi Colin,

Carl is correct, But I used as referenece No1 MKI Precussion Grenades. They was a very unpredictable thing, extremely volotile, but they also used to bounce off the wooden posts in the trenches without exploding, enabling the target to throw them back. Which kind of defeats the object a little...

As I understand it there was also a very similar grenade a called No2 this could have the stick removed and it was used as a rifle grenade, also known as a Mexican Tonite... I have no idea why!

The 8 compartment belt, That the piece is wearing is extremely rare, I don't think there are any examples left, so If anyone has any pics I would love to see them.

I hope this explains it a little.

Here are some images.

Carl

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Hi Colin,

Carl is correct, But I used as referenece No1 MKI Precussion Grenades. They was a very unpredictable thing, extremely volotile, but they also used to bounce off the wooden posts in the trenches without exploding, enabling the target to throw them back. Which kind of defeats the object a little...

Must have prolongued the war by at least 2 months - ouch!

Colin