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  • Member since
    June 2007
  • From: Utah
Need 1/48 scale pilot figures
Posted by Col_Shaggy on Sunday, February 15, 2009 4:48 PM

I recently picked up a couple of 1/48 scale jet fighter kits, for a kitbash project, but none of them have any seated pilot figures. This works just fine if I wanted to pose it open on the ground, but I don't have the shelf space to do that, so most of my projects get hung from the ceiling. It's little more than a nice detail bit, but with the absence of a pilot figure I won't usually put in much work in the cockpit, most of the time it's not even visible anyway.

So could anyone point me to a good source for figures or is this something that nobody produces as ana accessory?

There are no masterpieces. Everything is training. - Me
  • Member since
    April 2008
  • From: Kristiansund, Norway
Posted by Huxy on Sunday, February 15, 2009 4:56 PM

Hallo there!!  A quick search on my LWS (Local webshop Laugh [(-D] ) showed this kit...

http://www.modelsforsale.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=98897

There may be others, but that's the only one I found in my 2 min web search Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

 

Hope it helps!

-Lasse Smile [:)] 

"Every War Starts And Ends With An Invasion".

  • Member since
    February 2004
  • From: Weymouth, Dorset, UK
Posted by chris hall on Monday, February 16, 2009 10:40 AM

It depends on which era and nation you need, but a good starting point are PJ Productions:

http://www.pjproduction.net/index.php?categoryID=86&offset=0

who produce a selection of excellent pilot figures from the 1950s onwards.

Cheers,

Chris.

Cute and cuddly, boys, cute and cuddly!
  • Member since
    June 2008
  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Monday, February 16, 2009 10:53 AM

If you're not too particular, I think I got a couple-three Monogram figures around here somewhere... IIRC, one's from the F-104 and the others are both A-4 drivers... If I can find 'em, and they'll work for ya, you're welcome to 'em... I quit doin' non-WW2/Korean-era jets about 20 years ago and have no intention of returning to them... (Well.. Not quite true... I have a "North American Fighter Family" idea I may need to get an F-100 for, but then that's IT...)

No point in spending a lot of money for some figgies that're going to be only visable as helmets sticking up in a canopy hangin' from a ceiling...

Lemme know..

  • Member since
    June 2007
  • From: Utah
Posted by Col_Shaggy on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:52 PM
The Hasegawa set looks like it would work. I'm not to stressed about it right now, like I said, I pretty much past that point with my current project. I do have two seater and single seater projects coming up, so I thought I'd pick up some leads in case I needed them down the road.
There are no masterpieces. Everything is training. - Me
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