Post by dennis on Dec 23, 2015 5:59:38 GMT -5
Hello all,
here is my latest offering, again it is a 1/32nd 54mm scale metal model from Andrea Miniatures. The model is entitled Tombstone 1881by Andrea but a cord was stuck in my memory and a bit of research revealed it to be a close portrait of Henry Fonda as Marshal Wyatt Earp in John Ford’s 1946 Western “My Darling Clementine” It was my love of Westerns that triggered my memory when I first saw the model.
The figure is an OOB build, but the chair Andrea supplied with the kit was not a very good fit or very robust so I set about producing my own. I used 1mm plastic rod, copper wire and 1mm plasticard and a fair bit of robust shopfloor language, but after 2 attempts I got there. The sidewalk/ saloon wall were scratchbuilt from medical tongue depressors and Billings model ship wood
As I always do I used acrylic paints throughout, I kept the colours muted to try and portay the American West in 1881 and I enjoyed a re-run of the movie.
Thank you for popping in and I hope you all have a happy peaceful Christmas holiday.
Dennis
here is my latest offering, again it is a 1/32nd 54mm scale metal model from Andrea Miniatures. The model is entitled Tombstone 1881by Andrea but a cord was stuck in my memory and a bit of research revealed it to be a close portrait of Henry Fonda as Marshal Wyatt Earp in John Ford’s 1946 Western “My Darling Clementine” It was my love of Westerns that triggered my memory when I first saw the model.
The figure is an OOB build, but the chair Andrea supplied with the kit was not a very good fit or very robust so I set about producing my own. I used 1mm plastic rod, copper wire and 1mm plasticard and a fair bit of robust shopfloor language, but after 2 attempts I got there. The sidewalk/ saloon wall were scratchbuilt from medical tongue depressors and Billings model ship wood
As I always do I used acrylic paints throughout, I kept the colours muted to try and portay the American West in 1881 and I enjoyed a re-run of the movie.
Thank you for popping in and I hope you all have a happy peaceful Christmas holiday.
Dennis
