U Boat Captain

[Jack L]

I am in absolute disbelief at the realism you have captured in his face! The eyes are fantastic!!!

[Steve Jones]

Nice to see another update Jason. Cant get enough of this chap. Great work

[Jason Crausby]

Thanks Jack and Thanks Steve... it really is very much appreciated!
... anyway, still waiting for my replacement part for the “Surrender” build so on with “the old Man”.... or should I say the bottom half of the old man?

I picked out a base from my charity shop hunting trips and although the figure has a plastic “floor” it was a bit of a dull square so a bit of sanding and filling was required to get it to fit to size...
That’s it for now but once again thanks for looking in!
Jason

[colin m]

Amazing work. I can reads his emotions from his face !

[Jason Crausby]

Just put together with a bit of blutak to test the fit....



does anybody know if the base he’s resting his right leg on should have a lid...there wasn’t one supplied but it appears to have one in the image posted by Bortig in post #7?
Thanks
Jason

[Guest]

Gorgeous!

[Jason Crausby]

Hi all,
Just to let you know that I haven’t completely given up on this although I have suffered a couple of minor calamities!

The main problem was the periscope is supported by the arms and it won’t stand straight unless the arms are completely aligned correctly... I should have worked this out earlier but I didn’t and in trying to correct it by forcing the issue I managed to snap one arm off completely.... not at the joint either.... the amount of handling I did trying to put it right took of great areas of paint work so I was beginning to consider scrapping it!

I’m now at the point where with a bit of repair work I might just save it and so that’s hopefully going to take place over the next few days and then this one is done!
Thanks
Jason

[Bortig the Viking]

Hi all,
Just to let you know that I haven’t completely given up on this although I have suffered a couple of minor calamities!
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The main problem was the periscope is supported by the arms and it won’t stand straight unless the arms are completely aligned correctly... I should have worked this out earlier but I didn’t and in trying to correct it by forcing the issue I managed to snap one arm off completely.... not at the joint either.... the amount of handling I did trying to put it right took of great areas of paint work so I was beginning to consider scrapping it!
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I’m now at the point where with a bit of repair work I might just save it and so that’s hopefully going to take place over the next few days and then this one is done!
Thanks
Jason

Hope it all goes well, you can do it.

[Guest]

Oooh, what a pain! It looks salvageable though. Good luck Jason.

[Jason Crausby]

Hi all
Just about calling this finished now...I managed to repair the broken arm and found a bit of spare time to just finish off the final bits so with 2020 not even 2days old I’m calling my first build of the year finished!!!




The light isn’t too good at the moment so I will probably take some daylight pics and post them tomorrow!
Thanks for taking the time to take a look!
Jason

[Jason Crausby]

sorry...I couldn’t resist playing about with the photo editor on my phone!!!

[Jason Crausby]

As promised ... some daylight shots!



Thanks
Jason

[Jason Crausby]

[Jack L]

So, so good!!!

[Guest]

Very nice indeed Jason.