My mannequin US

i didnt show any of my collection yet here, only pics of my trip.
so heres what im proud of.. everything is original.. only thing i have doubt about are the decals on the helmet..the paint contains lead btw..

i call him Captain Kemp after the captain that fought in the Battle of the Bulge in the 28th infantry division

the shoes are still missing, so if anyone can hook me up

photo that i took in dec 1944 lol

 

No shoes - foot powder

it works!

 

hahaha i know, i thought bare footed he's going to need it..

 

excellant Robby!.......did you collect piece by piece or is the uniform part of a grouping?

 

You are probably going to have real trouble finding original boots, due to the time which has passed. And remember that the two-buckle boots were "rough out", not finished leather. That doesn’t age as well as finished/polished leather.

You might be forced to go with a "reproduction" boot in that case, if so these guys have pretty good quality stuff even if it is from Mexico. They supply lots of gear for Hollywood and their movies.

Goto:

US Boots - What Price Glory

Just a thought.

 

a few updates on this gi allready done again..! (ssst best update on the bottom )

the medic pouch was post WW2, so it had to move asap..

and replaced by this one..



its a khaki one and looks so much better..!!

also it has a nice camo net cut from a larger vehicle net



it has a wirecutter one the belt also..



and a very nice looking bandoleer..



its recieved new wool gloves.. the one i had were post WW2..

dont have a pic of them yet, but also looks better..

for rest period he has a 1944 meat can ..





...........AANNNNDDDD the best update......!!!!!


no more cold feet..








Let me know what you think of the new items..!!!!

thanks

 

good additions robby, mannequin looks well

 

Great shoes, the ones I have are form the Dutch army from the 1950s and look very similar.

 

ive been busy with my study, and i see that i still didnt post the complete pictures with shoes on etc..

so here they are, from last winter haha
i call him Captain Harry Kemp from the 28th division

 

He looks much better now, thanks for taking the time to add these new pics

 

an present for my soldier...

a nice shovel, he allready had the folding one, but wanted the older one because of the kahki pouch. Still looking for that btw...

 

My new item of today. A shovel carrier for my shovel:



mounted on the haversack

 

Hey nice setup , check out my setup, its a 2nd ranger in d day assualt gear

 

If you look on the top you'll see that the face of the G.I. was way to white. Okay it was cold but it was not matching with the complete look of the mannequin.
So i used some airbrush and added shadings and camo.

heres the new look

 

today i recieved two nice items for my GI again.
a set of dogtags and a 1943 German phrase book

 

haha yeah. The name on the dogtag is Peter M. Rizzo. Found some information about him on the internet.