Ernesto "Che" Guevara, 1 enero 1959--Review and Prepwork

I recently got the urge to do a "historical", and while enjoying a good cigar, I decided that the subject that would best satisfy said urge would be a figure of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Not just any figure, but the 1/35 scale CMK kit (F35 243) of Che, staged in the aftermath of the Battle
of Santa Clara on New Year's Day, 1959.

The figure is loosely based on the commemorative sculpture of Che that is the centrepiece of the Ernesto Guevara Sculptural Complex/Mausoleum in Santa Clara, Cuba.

This is an excellent PUR casting! Comprised of 5 pieces (including an optional head with cigar), the PUR is eminently workable, seam lines are a challenge to find, and the finer points are superbly cast in scale.

I have only made three slight mods to backdate the figure:

• 'Deleted' the carbine and removed the sling.
• Removed the grenade.
• Removed the star from the beret per photographs.

I am in the final finishing phase, with the holes already drilled for the foot pegs. NEXT: Priming! 

“When the cost of a hobby exceeds the fun and doesn't attract new people, the game is over.” -
Oscar Koveleski, August 2003