1/48 Helicopter crew

I think that you're best bet for the crew is going to be straight out of the box. I don't know of a good AM set. On the seated Soldiers ... I think, again, you're going to have to figure bash those. And lastly, as far as the flight suit colors .... everything that I saw during my deployments were either OD green or desert tan, w/ a lot of the guys wearing the tan.

Hope that helps.

(I'll be crossing over to the heli forum for a future build coming up. I'm going to be needing a Blackhawk crew, and Little Bird crew, and Soldiers to go with them.)

What is the best color for modern flight suits? Last time I was doing any kind of figure painting flight suits were almost always green.

Sage green is the color for the Nomex, according to the Army and the ones I have hangin' in my closet... I take a little MM Green Drab and give it a touch of white.  Tan flightsuits I paint with plain ol' Testors Flat Tan with a drop of white... Looks close enough to me...  Seems AF and Navy flightsuits have a little different color to them, but I don't think it's enough to matter in 1/48th or 1/35th scale... You won't see it unless you have an Army flightsuit laying next one of the others though.. It's all going to depend on what era you're modeling in as well...

As for boots, the combat rule from aircrew I know is, "dress to egress", meaning you wear the boots that you are going to E & E in after you're shot down...  

Propaganda Kompany out of France has 1/48 helo pilots and GIBs (Guys In Back), along with gear and accessories.  I haven't used them (I build exclusively 1/35), but they look pretty good.  Their website is currently down for restructuring.  Here are some of their products on Armorama.

HeavyArty wrote:

Propaganda Kompany out of France has 1/48 helo pilots and GIBs (Guys In Back), along with gear and accessories.  I haven't used them (I build exclusively 1/35), but they look pretty good.  Their website is currently down for restructuring.  Here are some of their products on Armorama.

Just looked at their site (it was up) ... and those figures are perfect for what I'm going to have going on! Plus, one of their modern weapons kits has a 240B/C ... that's the first one I've seen!! Good thing too, cause I thought I was going to have to scratch one from a 60 for my HMMWV project.

Anyway, the figures look go to me. Just might have to get a set. However, I think I'm going to kit bash my "GIB".

paintsniffer wrote:

Also, for those of us who like 1/48th helicopters.. Does anyone make modern infantry seated as though they are riding in a helicopter- yet again.. in 1/48th scale?

 

It's not like it'd be hard to convert it using epoxy putty.

HeavyArty wrote:

Propaganda Kompany out of France has 1/48 helo pilots and GIBs (Guys In Back), along with gear and accessories.  I haven't used them (I build exclusively 1/35), but they look pretty good.  Their website is currently down for restructuring.  Here are some of their products on Armorama.

 I have a set from them I bought a while ago. I have found their site to be spotty.. and it took me almost a month for them to ship from France to Texas. I am kind of shocked they are the only game in town.

Thanks for the help on the paint colors for flight suits.