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Offline cheng

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Re: Another Englishman in the desert
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2011, 01:28:32 »
BINGO BINGO BINGO  ;D
Gaston, WolfKnight & Gordon!  :wave:

WK, your comment "that helmet is the only one that can sit on a klicky head like that"...my respects!!
that's exactly why I picked it....they often wore them tipped forward...very unique  :)

I took these photos last night wondering why you experts would need more clues  :P
....if I told you how many hours, you wouldnt believe...I had to hand sand by turning it like a lathe to keep it perfectly round and smooth....and keep stopping to check its contour....the slope must be just right....no room for over cutting   :( ( (I need a profusely sweating smiley)

...and BB, now youve aroused my curiosity! does anyone have a close up eye-level side photo of this blue female hat to share?

I swore never to custom another such british steel hat  :'(
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Re: Another Englishman in the desert
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2011, 02:38:38 »
Here you are, cheng:


I'm pretty sure I have this in yellow, too, but I can't figure out what it came with or where it is. ???
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Re: Another Englishman in the desert
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2011, 02:53:39 »
thanks BB!
a very sweet hat...very nice blue too!  :love:
never seen one like this...would be too precious to sand down  :P
(this is invaluable! ....how about submitting a photo of just this cap and the girl, if she's original, to Heather even though we dont have its ETN? the man's blue cap and those green police-like caps in set 3145 look unusual too!)
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Re: Another Englishman in the desert
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2011, 02:56:19 »
Yeah, I guess I could send her some pics from this set, though some of the figures have been disassembled. Wish I still had the instructions from this old set.
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Re: Another Englishman in the desert
« Reply #14 on: August 17, 2011, 08:09:14 »
Wow Cheng! I'm stunned! I never thought  ???this flared bell helmet was thick enough to be sanded down this much! Congrats!
Now, your desert is turning over-crowded with two Englishmen…  ;D
Best,
Arnaud

PS: why wouldn't you cast a few of these? You'd spare yourself the hard work.
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Re: Another Englishman in the desert
« Reply #15 on: August 17, 2011, 14:26:03 »
Amazing! :o
I really love these two. I'm glad you took another picture with the other guy,
The first pic was to fuzzy to fully appreciate the idea. :)
They look superb! Do they have a troop? ;)
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Re: Another Englishman in the desert
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2011, 00:23:58 »
1 made one at a time and added a third one last night but nothing to shout about...so I did not take a new photo....I was torn between letting him wear a pith hat or a 'canadian' beret or an 'aussie' bush hat...what's your opinion WoT?
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Re: Another Englishman in the desert
« Reply #17 on: August 18, 2011, 13:12:12 »
Quote from: cheng on August 18, 2011, 00:23:58
1 made one at a time and added a third one last night but nothing to shout about...so I did not take a new photo....I was torn between letting him wear a pith hat or a 'canadian' beret or an 'aussie' bush hat...what's your opinion WoT?

Canadian Barret. ;D
(Of course I would choose that! I'm Canadian! ::) :lol: )
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Re: Another Englishman in the desert
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2011, 17:29:19 »
Quote from: cheng on August 18, 2011, 00:23:58
1 made one at a time and added a third one last night but nothing to shout about...so I did not take a new photo....I was torn between letting him wear a pith hat or a 'canadian' beret or an 'aussie' bush hat...what's your opinion WoT?

What year(s) or era are you trying to make them appropriate for?  WW2?  WW1?  Pre-WW1 Colonial period?  Post WW2? 
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Re: Another Englishman in the desert
« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2011, 00:30:38 »
hello WM,
no WW1 nor WW2 here in PF  :P
just something that came to my mind   ;)
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