Hi everyone
Spurred on after seeing Peter's ( PLG here on PF ) version of the Air Transport Auxillary bust that he sculpted for his company Sarnia Miniatures
I got mine out ..the bust that is...LOL
....I had prior to moving got my long suffering mate Jimbo to reduce the shaping down a bit as I felt she looked a bit top heavy !!!...my views only !!
So after a bit of research some of which you can see on the WIP from Peter here:
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/female-ata-pilot-from-ww2.154533/
I got thinking ....yes I know here we go again !!!....
So....out came the putty and the coffee.....
..reworked the wings again ( I will paint in the actual details as in the SAS wings on Bill Speakman's bust )
...ranked her up a bit to a 2nd Officer ( adding new rank patches on the shoulders of one thick and one thin bar )
...As the ATA's were not just from UK I also added a shoulder arc on which I will paint the appropriate country name ( not decided yet!!! )
...Also added a small eagle above the side cap badge
....added another button down middle after removing others to get spacing
Note ...would like to add at least one ribbon but need to look at this more !!
Now base coated using various acrylics as here:
Eyes currently WIP!!
All comments welcome of course
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Thanks for looking in
Happy benchtime
Nap
Spurred on after seeing Peter's ( PLG here on PF ) version of the Air Transport Auxillary bust that he sculpted for his company Sarnia Miniatures
I got mine out ..the bust that is...LOL
....I had prior to moving got my long suffering mate Jimbo to reduce the shaping down a bit as I felt she looked a bit top heavy !!!...my views only !!
So after a bit of research some of which you can see on the WIP from Peter here:
https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/female-ata-pilot-from-ww2.154533/
I got thinking ....yes I know here we go again !!!....
So....out came the putty and the coffee.....
..reworked the wings again ( I will paint in the actual details as in the SAS wings on Bill Speakman's bust )
...ranked her up a bit to a 2nd Officer ( adding new rank patches on the shoulders of one thick and one thin bar )
...As the ATA's were not just from UK I also added a shoulder arc on which I will paint the appropriate country name ( not decided yet!!! )
...Also added a small eagle above the side cap badge
....added another button down middle after removing others to get spacing
Note ...would like to add at least one ribbon but need to look at this more !!
Now base coated using various acrylics as here:
Eyes currently WIP!!
All comments welcome of course
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View attachment 348717View attachment 348716View attachment 348715
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Thanks for looking in
Happy benchtime
Nap