Glider Pilot Jim Sharrock Oops... (1 Viewer)

arnhem44mad said:
Bit of an awkward one...

http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/misuse-of-arnhem-veterans-details.59313/

I did wonder why the figure bore no resemblance to the man.

Scott
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What happened with this?


From reading I saw no actual proof the people complaining were actually from the family?
Does anyone know what action the family had taken action in the past to legally protect their relative? Or was this reactive. Plus I was not actually sure just what the person contacting the forum wanted? Except to pick a fight.
I did see that the information had not been completed on the website below and the site is asking for the family or friends to complete, but no one has done it.


https://www.paradata.org.uk/people/james-j-sharrock



I am tempted to think this was a bit of a con job, with someone trying it on with K & C.


I know the figure, I like the company's figures, but do not collect this range ​
 
Gents,

I am a little torn on this one and I am not trying to bias as I love toy soldiers and history as well. I tend to lean towards the celebratory aspect of sharing his story via the toy soldier, but understand the families view of possible exploitation.

I reckon I would understand if one of our soldiers threw a fit about his likeness being used to sell a product or item, but in the toy solider form he or she is being celebrated for their deeds while in uniform, which is public domain since the taxpayers paid for him while he or she was in their time of service.

I can see both sides, but when you served you belonged to the people. I could not pull up the image of the soldier to compare the likeness, but if I was being produced I'm sure my family would be pissed if they made me look like Quasi Modo instead of me.

Just my thoughts,

John from Texas
 
Hello,
Just notice that the link was to a thread 5 years ago. Why drag it up?
Am I missing something ?
 
hotel3alpha said:
Gents,

I am a little torn on this one and I am not trying to bias as I love toy soldiers and history as well. I tend to lean towards the celebratory aspect of sharing his story via the toy soldier, but understand the families view of possible exploitation.

I reckon I would understand if one of our soldiers threw a fit about his likeness being used to sell a product or item, but in the toy solider form he or she is being celebrated for their deeds while in uniform, which is public domain since the taxpayers paid for him while he or she was in their time of service.

I can see both sides, but when you served you belonged to the people. I could not pull up the image of the soldier to compare the likeness, but if I was being produced I'm sure my family would be pissed if they made me look like Quasi Modo instead of me.

Just my thoughts,

John from Texas
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Completely agree. What's the wrong done by Andy to the family? The fact the figure is different from the real soldier? It's a celebration of a famous soldier, but not the exploitation of a brand or a famous individual. As some time ago i defended the right of a brand to produce some soldiers in marching poses (it was accused of copying by another more famous brand) , i now difend the right of Andy to produce every soldier he wants to celebrate. It is a great sign of respect. And if sometime in the future he'd like to produce some italian soldiers of WWI i'll gladly give the permit of reproducing my uncle fallen on the Isonzo front.
 
I am a member of a few Arnhem related pages on Facebook and I own the figure and since it is a figure named to an actual Vetwran and not a made up figure such as the 'Jack Scott' one I wanted to add a little bit of realism to my Landing Zone section by having a large Hamilcar Glider with the Chalk Number which Jim Sharrock has on his Glider. I asked on the page regarding what the chalk number was for his man as the members have lots of great info like that and I was posted a link to para Data and another to the WW2 talk page which I posted above.

It was a very interesting read. The family were more annoyed hat the figure does not look like Jim but that they still used his name. The member of the family who had previously been contacting Andy then prbate messaged me to ask why I was interested in Jim and then proceeded to share with me by copying and pasting the rest of the private emails with Andy. She said that there was no conclusion and had done other colourful language. She also shared with me the history if Jim from joining the army until his final days in Holland from eye witnesses and the war office account via email.

It is a shame that this family did not get behind this figure and she even shared a picture of the actual man which the figure is based off of with the large handlebar moustache who actually piloted a Horsa Glider.

Scott
 
King & Country said:
And of course eh Scott..?
Andy.
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Andy,
no good deed.................or so the saying goes. I didn't even know about this , but good lawd it borders on ridiculous IMO. You can't do anything it seems without poin'g someone, it is a shame. As you say, Keep Calm and Carry On!

TD
 
arnhem44mad said:
I am a member of a few Arnhem related pages on Facebook and I own the figure and since it is a figure named to an actual Vetwran and not a made up figure such as the 'Jack Scott' one I wanted to add a little bit of realism to my Landing Zone section by having a large Hamilcar Glider with the Chalk Number which Jim Sharrock has on his Glider. I asked on the page regarding what the chalk number was for his man as the members have lots of great info like that and I was posted a link to para Data and another to the WW2 talk page which I posted above.

It was a very interesting read. The family were more annoyed hat the figure does not look like Jim but that they still used his name. The member of the family who had previously been contacting Andy then prbate messaged me to ask why I was interested in Jim and then proceeded to share with me by copying and pasting the rest of the private emails with Andy. She said that there was no conclusion and had done other colourful language. She also shared with me the history if Jim from joining the army until his final days in Holland from eye witnesses and the war office account via email.

It is a shame that this family did not get behind this figure and she even shared a picture of the actual man which the figure is based off of with the large handlebar moustache who actually piloted a Horsa Glider.

Scott
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Thanks for the update, agree with you.
 
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