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Modern civilians
Posted by Ffowcs on Monday, January 25, 2010 6:22 PM

Does anybody know of products that contain a set of modern day civilians, in any scale. Airfix produced a set of civilians in 1/72nd scale dating from the 1960s, but these would be out of date now in terms of looks and styles and besides model engineering has moved on.

Going back to a bygone age Himax has produced a set in 1/72 called Wild West Pioneers, and from the photos I've seen these figures look very well molded. They have also produced a set called Pilgrims and are model figures of, I'd say, people in 17th century New England. But these seem like rarities because models of civilians in any era are hard to come by. I fancy buying the Wild West pioneers as they seem as the best shot for manning my scratch-built boat made of balsa wood which is going to be that of a Civil War blockade runner. I can also adapt some figures from Revell's Confederate Pioneers (Which I've already bought) and turn them to look a bit more like civilians (Blockade runners were usually crewed by civilians).

But going back to modern day figures I seem to be stuck. does anybody know something differently?

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  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Monday, January 25, 2010 7:06 PM

Visit the Walther's website and check their online catalog.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

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  • From: East TX
Posted by modelchasm on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:10 AM

The only things that come to my mind are Verlinden's middle eastern civi's. 1/35, I think.

Other than that ...... You got me on that one.

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  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:17 AM

Depending on what scale you are looking for, Preiser probably makes teh largest line of figures, some are more for WW2 and others are more current... their prime customer base is railroad  folks.

 

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Posted by Ffowcs on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:35 PM

Thank you for your replies. I hadn't heard before of the makes Walthers and Preiser, but having just taken a quick look now at their web sites they certainly look like they have the type of models I'm looking for. Great!

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    April 2010
  • From: Lexington, VA
Posted by USAFSPOOK on Monday, May 10, 2010 11:31 PM

This is kind of late, but Firestorm of Australia makes some neat  1/35 protestors and a news reporter under fire; also, Warriors and Lincoln County Line -associated with squadron products-also make some civilians, mostly of WWII variety, but some can be modified.  Legend has some 1/35 nude females if  you need something along those lines, mainly around a beach type scene (how about some SEALS on a practice mission stumbling upon some "bathing beauties" or some ladies teasing the tired troopers of a passing convoy?).  MK35 of France also has some mostly WWII civilians that can also be modified.

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  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:11 AM

Ffowcs

Thank you for your replies. I hadn't heard before of the makes Walthers and Preiser, but having just taken a quick look now at their web sites they certainly look like they have the type of models I'm looking for. Great!

Yupper.. Never overlook the Model Railroad section at the LHS or anywhere else...  They usually need some work in the larger scales, but in small scales they usually look pretty good after a repaint..

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