Open Book "Firefighter" - Young Miniatures Review

[Guy]

YC1801
Firefighter
1/10th scale resin bust - 17 pieces
Sculpted & Painted by Young B. Song

With the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack on the World Trade Center Young Miniatures releases their new "Firefighter" bust in 1/10th scale resin. This bust is sculpted by Young himself and also the box art was painted by Young too.

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Arriving in Young Miniature's traditional heavy black cardboard box with a clear sleeve around the box to keep it closed. The 17 parts are sandwiched between thick layers of foam with all the small parts sealed insideclear zip-lok bags. The bottom photograph above shows all but one part, the plinth.

Above you see multiple views of the head with the casting block on the top which will need to be removed prior to fitting the hat on his head.

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Above you see various sides to the torso section of the bust.

Above you see multiple views of the hat including the underneath where the locator slot for positioning the hat is.

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Dry-Fitting
Head to torso





Dry-fitting
Head and hat to torso

Above you see the head and hat dry-fitted to the torso after removing the casting block from the top of the head.

Above you see the separately cast accessories to the bust.

The above bust plinth fastens up into a pre-drilled hole under the torso section of the bust.

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[Guy]

Additional Box Art
photographs

Painted
by
Young B. Song

Conclusion:
Another beautiful bust by Young Miniatures. Casting blocks need to be removed with care. Highly recommended.

Young Miniatures
web-site

R520

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[gordy]

A truly magnificent sculpt

Thanks for sharing the parts pics Guy !

 

[Stonewall123]

Hi Guys,

While i like this bust a lot I still feel that the brim of the Helmet is way to small

Stonewall123

 

[winston]

Thank you Guy.

 

[Michael Tse]

Not knowing much about the particulars of fire fighting, and purely judging this as a resin kit, I can think of two things and the verdict is buy buy buy.

1. The nose that Young loves most. I am sorry but the day I don't see this nose sculpt from this market leader would be the day I consume some high-end whiskey, because I would be so thrilled. Now that I am a crazy girl kit collector, I am certainly seeing the down sides of very large ****s. This nose is like those ****s. Certainly great-looking. And likely artificial. Just why do I keep bringing this up when Youngs sells well and I collect his works like mad anyway? I don't know.

2. Everything else about the bust leads to the verdict Buy Buy Buy.

 

[Jimbo]

Great review that shows the helmet size up a lot better then the boxart, which I must admit at first I thought the helmet brim was too small but after seeing this review I now think it's about right, maybe it's just his meathead that makes the helmet look like it may be narrow on the brim, if you have a guy with a thin face and bit of a pin head the helmet brim would look wider(seen this many times) Also I'm not sure but I think that some of the traditional vintage FDNY helmets may have been wider but I'm talking 1940-1960 not year 2001/ 9/11 of the subject in question.

Either way I think it's a great sculpt that I like very much & being a retired Fireman myself ..I can't resist it, so I'll be painting one for sure once it turns up on my doorstep.

Check out the pics so you can make up your own mind on the helmet.

Cheers
Jimbo

 

[gordy]

Thanks for the insight Jimbo!