Open Book "Trapper" Rocky Mountains - 1840's - Thunderbird Historical Miniatures Review

[Guy]

TB-40001
"Trapper" Rocky Mountains 1840's
40mm resin
Sculpted by Sergey Zlobov
Painted by Doug Cohen

Many months ago Sergey Zlobov posted his 40mm Trapper and now Thunderbird Miniatures has bought the master and produced a kit with the packmule and Mountain Man on horse riding down an embankment. One of the most colorful periods of American History is now available in a 6 part resin kit.

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[Guy]

Arriving several weeks ago in a sturdy cardboard box with all the parts in individual bags and then wrapped in bubble wrap to insure against breakage during shipping. The embankment is a one piece solid resin cast.

Mountain Man

Above you see various views of the main torso of the Trapper with the arms and hands cast separately.

Above you have the front and back of the right and left arm and hand. The rifle is cast to the right hand.

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[Guy]

Mountain Man Horse

Above you see various views of the Mountain's horse with the saddle, blanket and canteen sculpted into the horse as one piece.

Above is the separate cast tail for the horse.

Pack Mule

Above you see various views of the Pack Mule showing the horse loaded with all the accroutmernts a Mountain would need while trapping the Rocky Mountains. The tail of the Pack Mule is cast with the mule.

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The Base

Above you see all four sides to the one piece cast resin embankment base that the horse and pack mule will attach to easily.

Additional Box Art
Photographs

painted by
Doug Cohen

Conclusion:
Knowing the casting process was a real challenge Thunderbird Miniatures has done an excellent job in the casting of the beautiful kit. As normal with any kit there are some casting blocks and seams to remove but should not be a problem as they are light. Highly recommended!!

Thunderbird Historical Miniatures
www.thunderbirdminiatures.com
PO Box 581356
Tulsa, OK 74158
Phone: 918-949-3787
Fax: 918-949-3786
Email: [email protected]
Physical Location: 5023 E. Admiral Pl.


Kit Purchased from
The Hussar

SR-01
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[megroot]

Thanks Guy,
Always wondered how this whas engineered.
But it looks great.

marc

 

[S1LVERBACK]

AWSOME. What a beautifull kit.
Kinda reminds me af Buddy Longway.
Thanks for the review.

 

[gordy]

Thanks Guy for the peek in the box!

 

[davidmitchell]

Thanks Guy I will definately be getting one of these.


Cheers David

 

[Tommi]

Awesome at such a small scale, I will be getting this for sure. I would be great to get other figures of this scale of the quality shown above.


Thanks Guy


Tommi