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Need furred winter caps for german soldiers

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:26 pm
by Crazy Kraut
Who can produce such furred winter caps for German soldiers??
Would like to get 10 - 20 pieces.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/VERLINDEN-PRODUC ... V/$_35.JPG

Would like to get 10 - 20 pieces.

Whish you all a happy new year. Best regards from Germany

Re: Need furred winter caps for german soldiers

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:45 pm
by pickelhaube
Sven

Can you get them in 1/16 scale ?

If so you can cut them down to size and have them that way.

You can cut them in half front to back( avoid the front badge ) re-glue .

Then cut in half ear to ear and re glue

Then place on a sheet of sand paper sanding in a figure 8 .

The blades width from your saw could be enough if needed you can sand to wet your width.

A hat or helmet 1/18- 1/16 could be a matter of only 2-3 mm .

The idea is kind of like cutting a pie , cut an inch out of the pie horizontally then vierticly then put it back together you have a pie smaller in size .

:wink:

Re: Need furred winter caps for german soldiers

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 10:53 am
by Crazy Kraut
Thanks Matthew
This would work. As an option I need to buy this head set from verlinden:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/311471532492?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

Expensive for just one needed cap. But it seems this is the only way.
Hoped for more interest from other forum members.
I believe Weylen could do such caps easily and cheaper.
Maybe he answer this post.

Re: Need furred winter caps for german soldiers

Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 6:34 am
by maritime96
You should try getting the GI Joe 25th Anniversary Big Bear Figure. Hat might need a little modification to get rid of the Russian star, (and it is sculpted to the figures head) but it is basically in 1/18 scale. You can usually pick them up on ebay for about $40. - Hope this Helps.

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Re: Need furred winter caps for german soldiers

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:45 am
by Crazy Kraut
Got one of the GI-Joe figures for under 20$.
Thanks for that info.

Re: Need furred winter caps for german soldiers

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:40 pm
by maritime96
You are welcome. Happy I could help you out.

Re: Need furred winter caps for german soldiers

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:25 pm
by Jesse James
They make a reducer for resin casting too... Reduces casts by a certain amount, so you can theoretically take a 1/6 sculpt and eventually shrink to 1/18 or smaller. Weird stuff, but a neat idea.

Re: Need furred winter caps for german soldiers

Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:17 pm
by Crazy Kraut
Thanks for all the info. First I´ll try to get it done with the winter cap from the red head GI Joe figure.
I´ll let you know the results.

Sven

Re: Need furred winter caps for german soldiers

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:18 pm
by normandy
Sven, any update on this custom figure?

Re: Need furred winter caps for german soldiers

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:56 pm
by Crazy Kraut
Unfortunatelly not. Still waiting for it to arrive here in Germany. If I get on it I´ll let you know