Grubhy’s Collection

[Grubhy]

...I do hope to find some time to show some of my items here<o></o>

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[Grubhy]

OHW marked mess kit

One of most basics elements of fieldgear: -mess kit. This example was finished in 1943 (‘OHW’) bottom part by dull matt paint simultaneously pan has been covered by baked paint. Another interesting feature of described set is discrepancy of stamped dates: ‘43’ pan, where ‘42’ and ‘43’ on the pot’s sides.

[Grubhy]

1942 dated Zeltbahn, late finished in beige canvas Brotbeutel and 1943 dated web straps study:




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Have a nice weeekend to All!

[Adam S.]

Great stuff! I really like the gas can.

[M Wipf]

Nice collection!

Love the photography!

Mike W.

[Mooyman]

NICE photos and items!!

Regards,

Ricardo.

[NZMark]

Robert,
About bloody time!! Great photography - love that 20l
Mark

[davx]

witaj

Miło zobaczyć polską kolekcje SUPER )

[kerob]

very nice

[Grubhy]

Thanks Guys, your opinions encourage me to take some more pics

This 20 l can usually sleep on the bottom of closet and I need to rearrange my display space. Thanks again!

[Bob Hartman]

Robert...that "jerry" screams age and use. Love it. Your efforts at photography are outstanding.

Bob

[Grubhy]

Mannequin building

Thank You All for kind words!

I do some tries on fields strongly connected with collecting but neglect by activity for gathering new items, arranging founds for new purchases and so on. <o></o>For me collector being means not only hunting WW2 stuff. It also reaching the mannequins . <o></o>
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My aim was mannequin of typical John Doe from Heer:- medium small sized. Why? Considering proportions of length of Mauser 98k (<st1:metricconverter productid="43.6 inches" w:st="on">43.6 inches</st1:metricconverter> or <st1:metricconverter productid="110 cm" w:st="on">110 cm</st1:metricconverter>) to size of whole silhouette from period pics I assume that textbook Kraut was about 165-<st1:metricconverter productid="170 cm" w:st="on">170 cm</st1:metricconverter> tall and looks rather slim than muscular.

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Couple months ago I decided to build one my own by head and torso made from foamed polystyrene puttied with modelers acrylic mass. Long story short my plan failed. It was simply not possible to achieve detailed profile of human being using mentioned technique. Surfaces of acrylic putty were too delicate to process. I do hope that some better plastic mass will pop up soon on the market enable me to finish this project…

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[Grubhy]

Well, I was not discourage that much, if I decided to build another one

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This new launched project involve plain display head made from polystyrene, due to 54 head’s circumference refer as ‘female’ and properly made fiber glass male torso. Mostly well made proportions of both lure my attention. Low costs of purchase and delivery were additional benefits. Unfortunately proportions of hands were not the best. Note proportions of forearms in comparison to length of whole arm. Picture below shows both female head and male torso on web auctions:<o></o>
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[Grubhy]

I decided to place mannequin’s basis to the right. That will makes ability to put trousers, so making it more attractive and by the same extend whole profile. As mount I used simplest possible solution.



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I placed torso on bottom plate made from piece of wood, then I drilled holes for stand basis. It is simple tripod stand made from steel chrome-plated pipes. I came from totally different set bought chip on sale ages ago.<o> </o>Next step after placing bottom plate, was cutting neck and arms. That is how it looks after placing together with some glue and adhesive tape. As You can see genuine torso's nec was remove and new was cut into two parts to reach demanded pose.



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[Grubhy]

<o></o>When head with first conversions was put together with torso ( I put plain polyvinyl chloride pipe inside neck to keep both parts together) in fill both by car body filler. Than I cut excess of foam and put first coat of acrylic putty.

Pictures below shows mannequin after polishing this first coat and adding some details from Poxiline ( sort of hard epoxy mass).

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I’m not professional sculptor so my work is not art, I found a lot of fun with avoiding obstacles with making this mannequin. Here is one:- Note lines made by felt-tip which helps my with keeping leftovers of symmetry.<o></o><o></o>
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