Hello everybody! Thanks a lot for your comments!

Carlos - thank you for your help, without it I wouldn't know how to do the mods right!

Dodgy, Tiger II - Thanls a lot for your kind words, they mean a lot to me!

Gil - I'm glad you could use my WIP - I think there are not enough of them these days, so I try to post some more!

TB - Thanks for the explanation... Do you mean the water is supposed to be boiled in order to make it drinkable?

Thanks again and have a nice day!

Paweł

Hey Pawel;

 I noticed no one answered your question about the " Boil Water " order. When our water systems lose pressure like many did during that time it is a mandatory thing from the State health department and the local water providers. When Pressure get low then our water gets kind of " Buggy" in part.

Amazing work Pawel thank you for posting all of the steps. I really did learn a lot watching this project.

Very nicely done Pawel. I guess the only thing to say to that figure is "Semper Fi!"

Top job Pawel! You should be very proud of this. All those adjustments and a very challenging paint job. well done mate!!

Nice finish on him Pawel. He sure looks the part now. And your modifications to the figure improved him considerably.

Hello everybody!

Thanks a lot for your kind words! I'm glad you like my work.

knox - ever planning to visit Poland or Europe, for that matter?

TB - faces are not so easy to do, you know... Yeah, I'll write you a PM right away.

Thanks again and have a nice day

Paweł

Hi Pawel!

     Well, except for the slightly Muddled appearance of his facial features, You've got a winner there! Plus I think this has been fun. You wanna guide me through a Figure? I think I will pick a fully geared up W.W. two fighter Pilot. NAH, I wouldn't do that to you. Oh, message me. I have a good tip for 1/250 Stairs on paper ships.

     Pawel, I like that you got his Haircut really " High and Tight". Since serving in two services( Lateral Transfer) I have kept my hair that way. You'd be surprised how many Barbers DON'T know what High and Tight Means!

He came out fantastic Pawel! Smashing job!!! 

Have mercy- that turned out well!! You did a truly great job. The only thing that would make it better,  would be to see it in person.  

                 knox 

Looks great

The figure came out really nicely.  Good job on it.

Hello!

That was a quick reply! Good to know you're doing all right and thanks a lot for your kind words! A little offtopic - can you explain to me the "water boil orders"?

Thanks a lot for your great help and have a nice, sunny day

Paweł

And, that figure came out excellently.

Pawel

By the way - how are you taking the cold weather? I hope you are warm and safe!

Well, here at 1415 CST (2015 UTC) on Sunday, 21FEB21, here about 5km from DFW airport, it's 66ºF (normal high for today being 61ºF).

So, all traces of snow have vanished, even in the deep shade.  Most roads are dry in the full sunshine.

Almost unearthly to have no evidence of the 100-year storm which crippled us for a week.  Beyond water boil orders and dug up yards and the like.

Went without power for 33 hours at my house--12 hours and 21 hours with a 4 hour gap.  Better than many of my neighbors (houses across the street both had water damage from burst pipes).  Slowly, all those in my electronic circle have checked in as their power has been restored.

The next hurdle will be in utility billing.  WiFi meters do not "like" being off for extended periods of time.  TThere are already reports of people with (spurious) utility bills in the high four digit range.

We press on, because that's what we do.

So!

After taking a lot of great advice and reference material, taking away as much verlindenitis as I could and lots of fun painting - here it is:

My special thanks go to Mark, Gino, Carlos and Gary - that build wouldn be as much fun without you! Naturally now I'm looking forward to comments...

Thanks a lot for looking and have a nice day

Paweł

Hello everybody!

Thanks a lot for your comments!

Dodgy - thanks a lot, glad you like it!

TB, Capn - thanks a lot for your thoughts here.

Capn - if we had this discussion before I painted all the camo pattern on the torso - who knows... But it's a lot of surgery. I've already had a taste of it while putting the canteens and the pistol on. Almost all the raised detail below any belt/band/gear item has to be chiseled off in order to look natural - that is to say as if the fabric underneath it got compressed by the weight/tension like it should. But I added the dummy cord for the compass, just like you said, please check it out!

By the way - how are you taking the cold weather? I hope you are warm and safe!

And now it's time for the great finale!

Hi Pawel;

 If it had been my model I would have TRIED the get him this far at least. There are some figure modelers in the Model Rail Club attached to the Museum,. I would've sought out their help on this though. I am still Very Much a Newbie when it comes to figures.

Great work Pawel, keep it up. Like the base too.

Pawel

if I may - what would you do if it was YOUR model? Let's say somebody would give you the parts and ask you to finish this one - what would you do?

I have given that some thought.

I probably would have cobbled up LBE to throw over the vest, in the fashion of the day--basically to match the gear I used as a USN O-3.  So, there would have been a lot of lead foil used, like as not.

Now, had I committed to creating a USMC figure, he would have gotten a handset with abit of wire trailing off to the unseen RTO.

Hi Pawel,Thanks for asking !!

      Well , there's an old saying here in the States."It's colder than a Well Digger's Butt." That's the P.C version. Luckily, I was raised part of my life in New York State, Buffalo to be exact. I lived on and off with grandparents until My Foster parents took over then three more years there.

    So the cold is bearable although my old Body doesn't think so. After all the Boil Water orders from the city and no mail for five days I have made it through. Avoided one fender bender when I was taking my Shut in Friend for groceries. Then another on the way home. I actually didn't get even nervous.

     Still working on the Paper Models, switching from the Treibflugel to the Andrea Doria/Stockholm and back. Do love those " Paper Panzers" even if they flew! But did it really? Who knows? You take care of yourself and Stay warm. I imagine it's cold in Poland right now too!

Hello TB!

Thanks a lot for your comment and for your kind words! I can't do a lot of things, but I like to learn new tricks...

Say, how are you managing the terrible things going on in Texas? I hope you're safe and doing all right!

Thanks again ad 'till next time (maybe it will be finished by then!!!)

Paweł

Pawel:

 Is there anything you can't do? Looking Good my friend.

In My Time;

 The Marines fastened stuff where it was supposed to go. Except when we actually got in a firefight. The ones who really were concerned in keeping it where it belonged,( whatever it was) was the Navy Corpsmen.

Hello!

Thanks a lot for your comment, Gino! I'm still pondering this one...

In the meantime I have made a base for the Captain here. Took a block of wood (local crafts store, a little more than half a dollar), stained it, and on top I have made a piece of scale tarmac road with a fragment of the centerline - out of a piece of fine black sandpaper. Here's how it looks like:

Thanks for looking and have a nice day

Paweł

I wouldn't put anything on the left side of the vest.  He is already wearing just the pistol belt.  So I doubt he would have anything on his vest.

Gino, Capn - thanks a lot for your comments and for your gret help. I'm in a kind of a tough position right now.. That's why I'd like to ask you one more question, if I may - what would you do if it was YOUR model? Let's say somebody would give you the parts and ask you to finish this one - what would you do?

And I have found a nice block of wood for a base here. Now I'm also working on an idea to finish it nicely.

Thanks in advance and have a nice day

Paweł

I agree that he is doing a great job with a less than stellar figure.  He asked my opinion, I have given it.  I have never seen the IFAK on the upper left side pocket/strap.  He can put it there if he wants though, it's his figure.

HeavyArty

Yes, all the pouches, canteens, etc. have the same ALICE clips on them.

I believe Pawel is highlighting that the IFAK has a velcro strap between the slide keeper tunnels, so it could be stuck on vertically.  The dressing/compas pouch would have to flop horizontally (and a Marine CPT is going to dummy cord a compass and stow itin a pocket).

You and I both well know that, IRL, thhis CPT would have LBE to toss on over the PASGT vest, especially given how doctrinal USMC was about wearing armor.  Sadly, no one told François this, or provided the gear to model the sculpt to.

In my case, as an O-3, in '91, my Beachmaster gear was identical to the Marines, I have some personal experience with this stuff. 

But, Pawel is working with what he started with.  And doing one heck of a job turning a sow's ear into a silk purse.