Rommel conversion from 1/35 Roco (1 Viewer)

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Hi All,

I came across this nearly forgotten piece. It was a Roco 1/35 conversion of Rommel into a 1/32 size. Roco had designed 5 figures to represent WWII leaders. The facial features are very good. They had 1/32scale physiognomy but with 1/35 scale heights. That means that these figures look stumpy.

I had been redoing these pieces and converting them slowly into 1/32 scale figures, including elevating the height of the General DeGaulle figure considerably.

Rommel was an abandoned piece then. Anyway, I picked it up and decided to rework the legs and stance. This is the result and it looks promising. The overall height of this figure was increased by a cm!

I had cut the figure at the waist and also at the knees, broadened the shoulders, altered the arms and resculpted the details where necessary. I think that it is ready for painting at this stage.


Rgds Victor

 

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side pockets added

 

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Hi All,
Not much to see yet. I've just painted the face. I mounted this piece onto a simple base, as it is to be part of a WWII personalities series.

Rgds Victor

 

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I changed the pose slightly, cleaned up the figure and gave it an undercoat of paint. It looks quite clean now and I have the weekend to look forward to...

Rgds Victor

 

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And guess what? I looked at pictures of Rommel in his desert attire and most of them show the tunic without a belt. So I resculpted the tunic, added side pockets and gave another round of general cleanup. This piece is going to take as long as the Desert campaign to complete...

Rgds Victor

 

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I finally painted Rommel in one of his desert uniforms. A brown tunic, worn with grey-green hat and trousers. Two red stripes were painted to denote a general rank. Other insignia are outlined in black, awaiting final detailing.

 

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Hi All,

As is usual with these things, upon rechecking the references, they show that the shoulderboards are quite prominent. So I sculpted these and finally completed the painting of the figure. Well, almost, the buttons and yellow waffenfarbe (just showing off here...) will be highlighted with a bit of gold later.

I will also do the lettering later as I am redoing all the WWII personalities in my collection. Can't let all the 1/35 and 1/30 folks have all the fun here.

Rgds Victor

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More pics. Paint was still fresh at the time these pics were taken. It has since dulled to a slight sheen.

 

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Hi All,

I seem to have accidentally deleted two pics, showing the resculpted shoulderboards and a front view of the painted piece.
Here they are.

Rgds Victor