Colonel Kilgore Apocalypse now KITBASH

After getting Dal intrigued by my current kitbash I'm working on, I thought I'd post a teaser of what I'm working on.  See if anyone can guess who or what I'm making    

Robert Duvall in Apocalypse now ?

I'm going to have to agree with Jet! If we are right this will be a great bash Damo.. Can't wait.

hmmm, I have no idea mate, I will have to wait for more clues  

  that was probably too easy, I did leave out the aviators as I thought that would be tooooooo easy.

You got it Jet; Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

You can either surf, or you can fight!

It's a work in progress, but hope to be done in 2 weeks.  Thanks Ross, hopefully it'll be as good as you're expecting

Wow. This is going to be great kitbash Damo. Can't wait to see it. You will need to get an assault helicopter to though :-)

Here he is, finished him off yesterday after my stag do on Saturday  

Colonel Bill Kilgore, Apocalypse Now









Hope you like him, been planning him for ages

love the sight of a great kitbash - looks like..... victory!    


Top work!

 cheers mate glad you like, i'm just checking out Lord Fuzzious - and looking EPIC!!!

superb Damo !! he looks awesome mate !!! well done  did you make his trousers yourself ? they look excellent mate.

I hope your vam behaved themselves out on the stag do !!   

thanks Dal,

No went easy this time  it's all olive green Dylon-ed 82nd US Airborne fatigues with the para ties cut off

Then bits added and made.

I didn't take the wee men in the end, but I did get dressed up by my best men as "STAGTION MAN"   

Dammo

Your sewing skills are superb second only to those elves that used visit me in the wee hours of the morning.

One night myself and lovely wife made them all clothes from old Action Man Bits and Pieces and sure enough late that night we tried so hard to saty awake but we couldnt I vaugely remember hearing tiny cheers and laughter and when we awoke the clothes had gone. But the room was a mess empty elves bottles and elve sick on the carpet and NOT so much as a Kiss my Ar%se for the clothes and they have never been back

How ungrateful was that Dammo i ask you ????????????????

How ungrateful was that ?????

Ingrates :~(

But your bash reminds me of happier times

WELL DONE MY FRIEND         

"This is the end...................... Dun Dun Dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Beautiful; friend the end" !!!   

Sgt_Elias wrote:

thanks Dal,

No went easy this time  it's all olive green Dylon-ed 82nd US Airborne fatigues with the para ties cut off

Then bits added and made.

I didn't take the wee men in the end, but I did get dressed up by my best men as "STAGTION MAN"   

PICS WE DEMAND PICS       

PMSL at Dano  Damn elves  

Thanks mate, glad you like him - i'm thinking of trying to bash some VAM guys and maybe get some pictures together re-enacting the beach scene (it was going to be the helicopter flight but I haven't got 1k for the 1/6 huey)

I'll get some pictures off my brothers in the next couple of days (when they're back on an even keel  )

good stuff !!

you wanna be careful Danny, you'll have the Elf and Safety after ya !   

Wow what a bash top stuff. Like the idea of the beach scene. 

actionman2272 wrote:

good stuff !!

you wanna be careful Danny, you'll have the Elf and Safety after ya !   

 

 

I cant believe just how bad that joke was   

                  

   

Great bash , great film , well worth the time and effort you put in

Fantastic Damian!!! I just love this kitbash and I loved the film too :-)

Damo What an awesome superb Kitbash well done, 

Nice kitmix!!!  

I'm sure I've seen one of these type of bashes somewhere before, was it yours? I think it was on the old AMHQ forum???

Thanks guys, glad you like him.

No - I've not done one before, I haven't seen Kilgore done in VAM before that's one of the reasons I did him

Maybe your getting confused with Vaughans Custom ??

Danthecoat wrote:

Maybe your getting confused with Vaughans Custom ??

I've never been confused in my life!   

Dan,

This link below takes you to one of the 'Lt.Kilgore' type kitbashes I've seen in the past. It's definitely a 'Lt. Kilgore' - lookalike/bash, whether it was intended to be him or not. The resemblance is definitely there  
It's one of Pauley's superb, and never ending kitbash creations, always sharp, smart and colourful
It's a 'Air Cavalry' kitbash, and very similar to what 'Lt.Kilgore' looks like in the film.

There is another one somewhere, I think it was done on a GI JOE or a 1/6 DID type figure a few years back?  but can't remember exactly where I saw it.
Has anyone noticed the 'Black Humour' type name - 'Kilgore' which could be a shorter version of "Kill Gore!" :lol!:Sometimes there's hidden humour in films that people miss.  
Here is a link...
https://actionmanmobileops.forumotion.co.uk/t1231-kitbash-a-pair-of-vietnam-grunts

Another superb custom mix from Vaughan
It's hard to believe that 'Kitbashing' is over 40yrs old now, we all did it back in the day in some form or another. Kitbashing  these days is much more refined, and with a better choice of kit to choose from  


Top kitbashes people, well done      
keep it up!!!

C.