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1/72 modern US Navy Pilots
Posted by plasticjunkie on Monday, March 30, 2015 9:18 PM

I need two seated Tomcat pilots for my Hasegawa Super Tomcat and catapult kit that I want to model as a diorama. I rather get a resin set but I haven't found anything. ROG makes a set with 12 seated pilots and wonder if those are decent. Haven't found any reviews on the ROG kit. Any suggestions?

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Posted by the Baron on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:08 PM

I'd try CMK.  They have a catalog of 1/72 figures, covering a number of time periods.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 2:05 PM

Baron

Thanks for your response but they have 3 or 4 sets of modern pilots and they are standing. CMK is the first place I looked at. Thanks anyway.

I have a friend that strictly builds in 1/72 scale and hopefully he has  a couple of sitting figures that he will not use.

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Posted by jmcquate on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 3:44 PM

I  had the same problem. Gave up on Navy and am going to use the Hasawa Pilot/Ground Crew kit. At that scale there's no difference between Navy and Air Force.

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Posted by Bish on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 4:18 PM

I was going to suggest the Hasegawa sets as well. I have no idea what the difference is between Air Force and navy air crew uniforms, but I can't imagine in that scale it would be much.

PJ, which Revell set is that.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 6:05 PM

Both Navy and USAF are about the same, specially in  1/72.

Bish

Appears to be a brand new release:

www.scalehobbyist.com/.../product.php

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Posted by Bish on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 11:50 AM

O yes, I did come across that set recently, will have to add those. The set of German Luftwaffe figures they released a couple of years ago seem to be based on the Preiser sets, but these seem to be brand new.

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Posted by RobGroot4 on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 8:08 PM

You're safe using the Hasegawa kits.  For the time periods, the Hasegawa kits are accurate and Navy and AF jet pilots had incredibly similar gear.  It has since started differing a bit, and helo pilots are a whole different deal.

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Posted by plasticjunkie on Thursday, April 2, 2015 10:53 AM

My buddy in SC is sending me two Tamiya 1/72 F-16 seated pilots from his stash. That's close enough for me.

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Posted by navy07 on Saturday, April 25, 2015 1:32 PM

Best bet is "PJ Productions"  You can find them on line at PJproductions.com.  They hav pilots, some ground crew in all scales, including 1/72.  Good luck,  lenny

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