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WWII Navy Pilot Figures

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    November 2007
WWII Navy Pilot Figures
Posted by Recon1 on Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:17 PM

Looking for pilot and gunner for 1/48 Revell SBD. Have looked in several catalogs but no luck. Kit came with what I need but they are food for the carpet monster. Please and thank you.

Don 

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    June 2008
  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, October 17, 2008 8:51 AM
I've got the SBD kit figures if you want 'em...

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    September 2006
  • From: Bethlehem PA
Posted by the Baron on Friday, October 17, 2008 2:21 PM
This is what's great about our hobby, Hans, you're a real mensch!

The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

 

 

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    November 2007
Posted by Recon1 on Friday, October 17, 2008 9:03 PM
I always enjoy your work, Hans. If they are the same, do they look like pieces of melted plastic. Let me know the cost and postage. My address is Don Perryman, 5020 N.W. 61 Place. Oklahoma City, OK 73122-7411. Thank you again, Don  
  • Member since
    June 2008
  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:33 AM

They're the standard Monogram fare from the sixties...  For the era, they're pretty good.. The gunner is better than the pilot though...

I'll mail 'em out Monday..

 

  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: Michigan
Posted by ps1scw on Saturday, October 18, 2008 5:35 PM
They rock!
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    September 2006
  • From: Bethlehem PA
Posted by the Baron on Monday, October 20, 2008 12:11 PM

Wow, you can really see the age of the molds in the flash on that sprue!  Never fear, though, the figures clean up easily enough.

Hans, I'm with you, the gunner is better, I think because his face is exposed.  The pilot is Monogram's standard 1/48 Pilot of All Nations.  He turned up in just about every fighter kit they did, until about the late 60s-early 70s.  He's American, British, German and Japanese.

The gunner was a one-off for the SBD, I think, just like the pilot, turret gunner and running crewman for their TBF.  Those were three other nice figures, too.

Regards,

Brad

The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

 

 

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