UP Minituren Euro Release No 1 Prinz Heinrich

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Hi guys ,
With Euro looming ever closer it was a great pleasure to receive from UP Minituren the 1st of 3 busts being released for Euro this year .

The first is a naval subject , namely Grossadmiral Prinz Heinrich of Prussia .
Lets have a little history lesson on Heinrich :

Born Albert Wilhelm Heinrich, 14 August 1862 After attending the gymnasium at Kassel which he left in the middle grades in 1877, the 15-year-old Henry entered the Imperial Navy cadet program.

From 1906 to 1909, Henry was commander of the High Seas Fleet. In 1909, he was promoted to Grand Admiral.

At the beginning of WW1 Prince Henry was named Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet and after the war had ended he left the Navy.

He received one of the first pilot’s licenses in Germany, and was judged a spirited and excellent seaman. He was dedicated to modern technology and was able to understand quickly the practical value of technical innovations.

A yachting enthusiast, Prince Henry became one of the first members of the Yacht club of Keil established by a group of naval officers in 1887, and quickly became the club's patron.

Prince Henry died of throat cancer as his father had, in Hemmelmark on 20 April 1929


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UP Release No 1

Moving onto the actual model itself :

Scale : 1:10th
Material : Resin
Reference Number : 0015
Sculptor; Ulrich Puchala
Casting: Yanis Sagiadinos

As usual from UP , it was received very quickly and well packed , coming complete with a information sheet signed by the sculptor , the model consists of 4 pieces , the torso , right lower arm , head, and the Iron Cross base .

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Part 3

Moving onto the pieces themselves , looking 1st at the main torso , he is wearing the dark blue naval coat , details are minimal in that he is not festooned with medals , just an iron cross on his left breast and a ribbon on his lower collar , with a white handkerchief in his breast pocket , all of which adds up to a plain and very striking uniform .

The left arm is I feel cut off at an unusual angle some might want to level this up but for me I like it as sculpted , he has on also a starched butterfly collar with a black tie .

Details are as I said not overstated which adds to the quality of the subject , there were a couple of small casting plugs to remove on the review sample but nothing too taxing on the modelling skills !!!



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Onto the other 3 pieces now :

The head is cast wearing the peaked cap with facial details being very good indeed with his distinctive beard , credit to the sculptor and the caster , there is a small casting plug to deal with on the underside of the neck , but no real problem there and a bonus is that there is nothing to remove from the top of the cap as I have seen in other busts I have reviewed , details of the badge on the cap is nicely done and will assist the painting process

The right lower arm is cast separate with the hand also included in which he holds a pocket watch ( I will detail this up by adding a fine chain to it (thank you to my long suffering wife Carole) , nice detailing of his rank on the lower sleeve , on the underneath there is a tiny bit of sanding down to be done .

The base is as before the Iron Cross version , , nice detailing on it (oakleaves) which ads a distinctive touch to this and the others in the range.

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Part 5

Conclusion :

This is a good subject in a natural pose , well cast and sculpted , I like the subject particularly the plainess of the uniform with the contrasting colours of Blue for the coat , white collar and gold rank details , a nice touch is the pocket watch (choose your own time !!!) .

Note pieces are put together with blu tac for review purposes !!!

Another one I can recommend to all .

The Grossadmiral Heinrich can be obtained for 35 euro's plus shipping

UP miniatures contact details : www.puchala-figuren.de or [email protected]

Or why not visit UP Minituren at Euro on Stand 57 (opposite the main stage) where all of the range of busts and figures will be available , if you want a particular one e mail U lrich and I am sure he will have it for you to collect !!! .

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[gordy]

Awesome! thanks Kevin -

 

[mil-mart]

Kev, a great review , very detailed . As usual excellent sculpting from Ulrich and looking forward to the other two.

Cheers Ken

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Another super bust and excellent portrait.

Colin

 

[pmfs]

Another great subject from Herr Ulrich that I am big fan.