British Desert Rat Desert Storm 1991. 120mm

[scottie3158]

MRG BRAVO 7 Armd Wksp REME

[Gary MacKenzie]

https://www.djparkins.com/product.ph...cat=258&page=1 << might help

[Mike Mortimore]

MRG BRAVO 7 Armd Wksp REME

Rough Engineering Made Easy........

Reconise the cap bades?????? Both my sons. Ian the Sgt was in the First Gulf War working on helicopters in Saudi. Retired 6 years ago as a WO 1 Adrian did P Company, L/Cpl in the picture, is now a Captain at Bulford with a Signals Regiment. Being promoted Major later this year. His wife is a Lt Col in the Corps of Signals..... Officers in the family.......

Regards Mike :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping:

[scottie3158]

Good looking lads wearing the best cap badge lol. They have done well.

[Mike Mortimore]

Good looking lads wearing the best cap badge lol. They have done well.

Proud of them both..... plus the 3 girls....:rolling::rolling::rolling:




Ian with his Masters degree in Air Nautical Engineering and Adrian last year at a friends wedding.

Immensely proud of them both......:smiling::smiling::smiling:

Cheers Mike :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping:

[Richard48]

Hi Richard,
Been in contact with Rob, and have secured a SA 80. Thank you again for the info...:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

Cheers Mike :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping:

My pleasure Mike.Glad to help mate.

[Mike Mortimore]

Evening All,
I've taken today off.....(Birthday Boy) and tried to crack on with this here figure.

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Still trying to get the tones right, having served in the First Gulf War my skin went quite brown.
What I do not want to do is give him a false spray on tan you see on people.........
I'm intending to scratch a beret on his head, unless there is any one out there know where I can
get one.

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You'll notice that I've used different shades on the background colour of the material. This always happened with
different contractors making the uniforms......

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The dark green square is where the Desert Rat badge was. It will become a rank badge, (Sgt) it's where I sewed my rank badge.

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The top SA 80 is from the kit, the bottom one is from Rob, where Richard directed me.

Advice on painting skin accepted with open arms.......

Cheers Mike :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping:

[scottie3158]

Mike,
looking good.

[Guest]

A nice tidy job so far Mike.

So interesting what you say about the different shades of material from the various contractors. It's always been my assumption, especially about WW2 German uniforms, and how much harder would it have been to maintain standardisation under wartime conditions? Yet the rivet counters take great pains to say it was otherwise.

[Mike Mortimore]

A nice tidy job so far Mike.

So interesting what you say about the different shades of material from the various contractors. It's always been my assumption, especially about WW2 German uniforms, and how much harder would it have been to maintain standardisation under wartime conditions? Yet the rivet counters take great pains to say it was otherwise.

Peter,
I found it all through my career, in my later years in the service, I was in the Quartermasters and even with new clothing, whether it be straight green uniforms or camouflaged combat uniforms...... and when washed the difference became more pronounced...... still have some of my combats in the wardrobe......

Regards Mike :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping:

[Richard48]

Happy birthday Mike!,Nice to see you back amongst the figure gang.Glad you got the SA.80 ok.Robs a helpful chap with spare parts.I will have a look in my spares box and im sure i have a beret wearing head for your figure!.Will have a search in daylight and P.M you.
Keep plugging away as you are doing fine.
Cheers from Richard.

[Mike Mortimore]

Hi Richard,

Many thanks, cheers for having a look for a head/beret for me...much appreciated. More practice painting skin......lol :tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:

Regards Mike :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping:

[Guest]

Peter,
I found it all through my career, in my later years in the service, I was in the Quartermasters and even with new clothing, whether it be straight green uniforms or camouflaged combat uniforms...... and when washed the difference became more pronounced...... still have some of my combats in the wardrobe......

Regards Mike :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping:

hello ,first a big thumbs up and total respect with passion this build and respect bravo excellent detail a truly honorable effort nice one

[JR]

Hi Mike good to see you back .
Figures coming on well.
John .

[Mike Mortimore]

Hi John,
Yes a visit to the UK for 2 birthday celebrations......my son being one of them for his Monkey bike.
Liked building the bike so much have ordered 2 more..

Have done more painting on the figure and hope to get some more done today and post some
pictures later this afternoon.

Hope you are well.

Cheers Mike :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping::sleeping: