Recently a pretty
highly anticipated movie called “Fury” hit the movie screens, and although the
reviews for the movie were “mixed” to say the least (I thought it stunk) there
were many good scenes and fairly accurate use of the right types of uniforms
and equipment. The good side for us is the sculpting of Jeremy Wong of
51-Studio of his figure of the hero of the movie who strangely is unnamed in
the artwork title. Jono puts him together in today’s review.
US TANKER 2ND DIV 1945
1/16th scale
Kit#16003
Sculpted by: Jeremy Wong.
Boxart by: Jessica Lee.
Limited edition of 600.
Available from 51-Studio and their distributors
worldwide
This tanker from 51-Studio features the sculpt of the
likeness of the star of the new movie “Fury” which features the acting work of
Bradley Pitt. Now the movie was ok but some of the battle scenes were a bit “how
are you doin’.” The good thing to come from this was this sculpt that highly
resembles Brad Pitt in the movie, he sports a regular GI tanker’s uniform of
the 2nd division “Hell on Wheels”
The figure comes in five parts plus a resin base. The figure
comes in two plastic bags with plenty of foam in the box to keep it safe during
shipping. Here are the parts in medium grey resin including the base with tread marks from boot prints.
All the figure parts have a small resin plug that is easily
removed and a small resin seam just in front of the left trouser seam that is
easily removed with a sharp knife.
Firstly the torso with wrinkly tanker's jacket and pants with high boots
The head sure looks like Mr Pitt doesn't it?
The arms of the figure with thick padded gloves which look very realistic. No parts need to be pinned as they all fitted together perfectly and when you take into account the folds in the jacket and the hand imprint of his hands on the trousers. This is really a clever bit of casting. The arms have locating plugs, which help to get just the right position of the arms when gluing.
And lastly the muddy earth that the soldier stands on, boot imprints and all..
After removing all the mould plugs and a quick wash with
warm soapy water, the figure goes together with no problem. I put a couple of
brass pins in the feet and primed the figure with a coat of Tamiya grey primer
ready for painting. And as I have said before with the Otto Carius figure. I
had trouble with the Tamiya Grey Primer but using the same method as before
fixed the problem.
I thought the kit
came up pretty well in the wash – here it is all together on the resin base and a stand in undercoat.
The work coming out of 51 Studio is stunning and I am really
looking forward to seeing their next offering. Maybe someone will come up with
a nice Aussie Vietnam Digger? Finger's crossed. (hint hint)
Jono Willis
Thanks to 51-Studio
for letting me review these figures and now it’s time to get down to some
painting.
