1/10th 3 SBS 'Fanning Head' Falkland islands, circa 1982

[Steve Brodie]

For father’s day, I had this from the teenagers, Mookie Miniatures SBS bust. Comes in a substantial cardboard box, with the completed bust painted on the front cover by Peter Day . Parts are very well packed in shredded paper. Torso, Bergan, Arms and head in one bag, hands and bits and bobs in another, the rile is packed with a cardboard back, to protect the weapon. All looks very sharp, and not a lot to clean up. Looking forward to getting started on him soon, having just finished my Kamikaze Bust probably have a break for a few days;

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[Mr Bowcat]

Look nice Steve, I thought the SBS used the L1A1 in the Falklands, didn't realise they had M16's.

[Richard48]

Nice to see our SBS bust being put to good use.Will watch with interest Steve.
Richard

[Richard48]

Look nice Steve, I thought the SBS used the L1A1 in the Falklands, didn't realise they had M16's.

Think U.K special.forces prefered the M16a1.Wouldnt imagine the SLR would suit their firepower needs in a firefight.
Richard

[Mr Bowcat]

Sounds about right, a lot of current SF prefer the Diemaco C8 which is a AR-15 variant.

Although in terms of firepower the L1A1 was a 7.62mm, so far more range & stopping power than the M16's 5.62mm. :thinking:

[Steve Brodie]

Look nice Steve, I thought the SBS used the L1A1 in the Falklands, didn't realise they had M16's.

SBS and the SAS both used M16's in the Falklands war. :smiling2::thumb2:

[Steve Brodie]

Nice to see our SBS bust being put to good use.Will watch with interest Steve.
Richard

No pressure then :smiling6::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
Having seen Peter paint this it will be really interesting to see the same bust tackled by another figure painter.
Jim

[Steve Brodie]

As it was quite nice last night, decided to clean up all the parts of the bust in the best room in the house for cuting, sawing, sanding resin - the garden room :smiling:. I have a spare pair of sprue cutters, which i now use to remove the main parts of the resin plugs, then a couple of 'chisel blades' to remove the rest - they are very sharp as two of my finger tips can confirm :face-with-head-bandage:. Next up will be pinning to some cork holders and a spray tan of grey primer.

Bluetack attached main pieces;

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[papa 695]

It looks a very nice bust Steve, I'll join in and watch.

[Richard48]

Good progress Steve.Keep it up.
Richard

[Steve Brodie]

Good progress Steve.Keep it up.
Richard

Its a seriously gorgeous chunk of resin. Details are very sharp and well defined, only thing i may change is the moulded on cords round the collar and replace with some scale cord, only because i may have knocked off part of it on his left side .

[Jim R]

Hi Steve
A beautiful bust indeed. What primer do you use for your figures and is there any reason you chose grey?
Jim

[Steve Brodie]

Hi Steve
A beautiful bust indeed. What primer do you use for your figures and is there any reason you chose grey?
Jim

To answer both questions in one go - Tamiya Fine grey primer- Comes in a rattle can, so a quick and easy way to get a layer of paint onto the bust and the only colour they stock at my local hobbycraft, save me having to get the airbrush out. Mind saying that, I will base coat all the different elements later on with the airbrush.

[Steve Brodie]

Found this excellent photo of 3 SBS on the Falklands;

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Interesting variations in the colours in not just the DPM but also the webbing, and the guy knelling in the centre looks familiar :thinking::smiling2: