Willys MB Jeep - More Plastic Upgrades 200131

[Ballardian]

Lovely!

[ultravanillasmurf]

They look good, though they do look like they are sitting high, are they on booster cushions?

[Pinky]

They look good, though they do look like they are sitting high, are they on booster cushions?

They will be a bit overscale, I guess, hence they overlook the windscreen slightly.  The issues with mixing 28mm figures and 1/56 scale vehicles come into focus when you have smaller soft-skins like this.  I'm fine with it; I think it's important that the vehicle crews look like the rest of the figures (which will generally be Warlord or similar).

[tyroflyer]

I think the figures look good. Maybe it will be possible to file a mil off their backsides to appear as though they are sinking into the seat more. In any event I agree with Pinky it is important the figures are compatible with mainstream figures like Warlord etc.

[ultravanillasmurf]

It is not the figure proportions,  I agree with you that making them visually compatible with other popular brands is important.

It is the apparent gap between the figure and the seat, visible in my edited post above.

Tyroflyer is possibly right that by judicious filing they might sit more "heavily" on the seat cushion, but it will affect the angle of the legs and other parts of the figure. Having to cut the feet off a figure designed for a vehicle to make it fit may send the wrong signals to prospective customers. YMMV.

[Rubicon Models]

It is the apparent gap between the figure and the seat, visible in my edited post above.

This is just TS1 plastic (test shot #1), still a lot of things needed to be adjusted.  This is because mould release angles will create situations that is different from our technical drawings, creating gaps and mis-fits.

[ultravanillasmurf]

I look forward to seeing the next version.

[Captain Blood]

The jeeps look great, so do the US crew - unlike the truck crew, the peaks on their helmets look spot on.

The British berets look completely wrong though. Maybe it's the mould line above the ear, or maybe it's the angle of the picture, but they look almost like beanie hats rather than berets. Still, they are work in progress, so I'm sure they can be fixed. Or a different angle will show that they do indeed have the characteristics of a beret 

[Rubicon Models]

Fixed the incorrect link for the previous TS1 plastic images.

Here are the painted version of the TS1 plastic crews...
NOTE: We had spotted an error with the US jeep driver, and had to resend the complete jeep figure mould back to mould making.  This will definitely delay the release date!









Enjoy!

[ultravanillasmurf]

Very good.

[Captain Blood]

The berets certainly look more beret-like when viewed from the front 

[Yaquir]

excellent!

[Rubicon Models]

We have revised the US Jeep driver due to a technical issue that we had found out
after the mould are done.  This will definitely delay the release of the jeep, but should
not be too long!





Enjoy!

[Pinky]

Were his arms too long?

[Rubicon Models]

Were his arms too long?

Nope... we had overlooked the canvas top.  The driver was not able to fit when the top was installed.
Had to redo the whole figure with a modified pose.  This happened because we had to wait for the
digital sculpting machines to be installed and get our staff trained; and by the time we started our
various figure projects, some of the notes were overlooked.