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My next figure will be a revisit to this old figure.
People with long memories may remember that I was persuaded to do a feature on my last efforts for a certain magazine, something that I've had to live with since, much to my embarrassment. For one thing, I didn't do a very good job, and for another, the photos were reproduced super-sized showing up every mistake and blemish. This will be my attempt to expunge the memory.
The kit comes in one sprue:
All nicely done, but I have a couple of issues with it. I don't really understand why Tamiya provided all of that uniform detail when most of it will be covered by the life jacket. One does have the option of building him without the vest, but that would involve removing the straps built into the rest of the torso; a difficult job and beyond me.
The kit also provides two heads, one depicting Adolf Galland. The portrait looks like our man, but in a rather caricaturish way, and the second head is similar to that provided with the tank commander, which I rejected as also being a bit unrealistic. I may therefore use an alternative from the spares box.
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