"The Mighty Eighth": USAAF Bomber Pilot c.1944

[Canoehead]

My latest project just completed: an American 8th Air Force heavy bomber pilot in 1/10 scale. It's a conversion of a Young Miniatures' bust of a US fighter pilot; I replaced the kit head with a superb 3D printed head of "Mav" sculpted by Sid Naique and printed by Mark Brooks of Scale Collectables, scratchbuilding the garrison cap and headset myself. Painting is in my usual oils and acrylics:

 

[Babelfish]

Fantastic work all round.

Find it incredible that they actually wore ties to go into action!

- Steve

 

[Dr Bison]

Absolutely fabulous, in all respects: idea, conversion, painting. Thanks for showing your SBS and the final result.

Karl

 

[Wayneb]

Very impressive........That's a piece to be proud of............

Wayne

 

[MoboSchreuder]

Beautiful paintwork

Mobo

 

[Edorta]

Good work, very precise in I like it.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[MattMcK.]

Great work, a pleasure to watch the process and an outstanding result!

 

[Joe55]

Well executed conversion, love it!

Joe

 

[MalcC]

Absolutely brilliant. Love it

Malc

 

[Steve Ski]

Of all your work, this has become my favorite! Top shelf, Brother, TOP SHELF work!

 

[macuk]

A project to be proud of

 

[Ferris]

Excellent work with some imaginative modifications!

Loving the end result.

Adrian

 

[Canoehead]

Thanks everyone for all the very kind comments; it was a fun project and was made even better with the addition of that incredible 3D printed head. Special thanks to Mark Brooks of Scale Collectables for custom sizing and printing it for me; a fraught task since he and his printer are in the UK and I and the resin torso were in Canada. By happy coincidence, Mark used a head from another Young Miniatures bust to calibrate the correct scale to fit my Young Miniatures figure perfectly.

Thanks again for following the project!

Brian

 

[Nap]

Absolutely fabulous, in all respects: idea, conversion, painting. Thanks for showing your SBS and the final result.

Karl

Totally agree really enjoyed the SBS and the final result

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Thanks for sharing

Look forward to seeing more

Happy benchtime

Nap

 

[NigelR]

Very, very impressive......

 

[Robert Jan de Wit]

A real pleasure to look at.
Perfectly done on all levels.

All the best,
RJ

 

[marco14]

very beautiful done, I hope one day I can paint like this,but when????????? LOL
Just perfect,
Mario

 

[Len K.]

EXCELLENT! Very realistic leather jacket.