In february 2018, I read two books (in German) about the German Gebirgsjägers and Generaloberst Eduard Dietl.
A few months later, via the “PlanetFigure” forum, I found a bust of “Papa” Julius Alfred Ringel, since I was looking for a bust of Eduard Dietl, I also tried to contact the man who had made the bust, but never got an answer.
The only thing I found out was that this bust was taken into production - in 2014 - by Mitches Military Models.
Unfortunately, this was no longer in production for several years and the mold was no longer their property.
When I was 12 years (in the seventies) I did modeling, in scale of 1/35. I lived in Lier in Belgium, the city where François Verlinden (Verlinden Productions) had his toy store and later also started his factory for resin figures.
In the eighties he moved to the USA and started Verlinden Productions, I learned a lot from François Verlinden.
Later, after studying Industrial Chemistry, I also studied History, I was particularly interested in WWI and WWII and the American Civil War.
When my youngest son became interested in modeling (early 2000) I also started again. In recent years, I mainly work on 1/10 and 1/9 scale busts and 120mm figures.
I also foud pictures of a 1/6 scale Eduard Dietl, tried to contact the owner but also here there was no reply.
So I made a bust (without head) of the Generaloberst with leftovers of other figures.
I tried to make the head but this was not my cup of tea, I contacted Scale75 and they were prepared to make the head of Eduard Dietl in 1/10 scale.
And finally this week I received pictures of the head, one of the following days I will receive the mold and already some heads via Scale75 of this General with the Gebirgsjägers.
And then it will be painting and assembling time.
See pictures: