SS Infantryman, Due Respect

[rbminis]

ralph i still can't get over the attention to detail you put into your models ,your scratch built mauser with working parts is just amazing and if it wasn't for the matchstick i would swear it was 1:1 scale .fantastic

Thank you James!
I try my best to make them as accurate as I can.
Ralph.

[carpediem]

Wow. That turned out amazing. Great work and attention to detail! To have it be related to the photo and story makes it even better. You have quite a skill there! I should send you my Tiger model and have you do the photo etch for me!
Excellent work sir!

[rbminis]

Wow. That turned out amazing. Great work and attention to detail! To have it be related to the photo and story makes it even better. You have quite a skill there! I should send you my Tiger model and have you do the photo etch for me!
Excellent work sir!

Thank you very much!
Unfortunately, I barely have time to create the things I still have in mind.
Ralph.

[carpediem]

His enlistment into the SS and the Easter photo I posted, two very different times in 1942 for those concerned.

[rbminis]

His enlistment into the SS and the Easter photo I posted, two very different times in 1942 for those concerned.

I would agree with that. So many different situations to be in at that time.
Ralph.

[carpediem]

You might enjoy these Ralph.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaIIni2RKjg

[MrPotts]

Priceless

[rbminis]

Priceless

True, thank you!
It will never be for sale as long as I am around.
Ralph.

[rbminis]

You might enjoy these Ralph.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaIIni2RKjg

Very cool but, 1/2 scale is still a lot different than 1/9 scale.
Plus all of that expensive equipment, technology and trained people. I do all of mine by hand with a minimum of power tools.
Ralph.

[carpediem]

No doubt that hand made one of a kinds are more difficult than CNC made pieces. And yes, great difference between 1/2 and 1/9 scale. I just thought they were in the same kind of theme, and they are fully functional which is pretty cool. They had a Moisin in one of the videos. But, the 20 to 30 thousand dollars they cost buys a lot of other things. I could even afford one or two of FB's foetid woolens!