1/72 Naval Figures

QUOTE: Originally posted by Rob Gronovius This guy has several British/Allied figure sets listed amongst the U-boot crews.

Those are the Heckler & Gros figures I mentioned above. They're available from Historex Agents of Dover in the UK. I think they're a bit expensive but very good

http://www.modelsbymickster.com/cgi-bin/hobbyshop/hobbyshop.pl?inv=Uboote
This guy has several British/Allied figure sets listed amongst the U-boot crews.

I have a couple of Verlinden 1/72 Navy figs. Theye're pretty old, but you could probably find them at a model show or IPMS swap meet (where I got mine).

Try www.milicast.com. I have several of their US and British sailors. figures are 1/76 scale but, are beautifully done.
Ch

Hi

I have been sculpting some WWII 1/72 Royal Navy figures for the Vosper and Flower Class Corvette but mainly to accompany Fleet Arm Arm aircraft. Whilst it's likely that I shall produce them for sale they're unlikely to be available for some time.

Have you seen the Heckler & Gros RN figures? They're very good and with quite a lot of character.

The Revell and Airfix kits of the Vosper are different versions.

H&K does some German figs for Uboats and a few Allied sets
http://misc.kitreview.com/shipreviews/hg209previewbg_1.htm
http://misc.kitreview.com/shipreviews/lcvpcrewpreviewbg_1.htm

Milicast also offers a US and British Landing crew sets in 1/76th

Thanks, I'll have to pick up the Revell PT-109 to get the figs. You know if the Revell Vosper is different from the Airfix kit?

Sean

I think Hasegawa or Fujimi had a set of modern aircraft carrier deck crew a few years ago. The revell PT109 figures aren't too bad, given they were originally released over 40 years ago. Good detail that paints up well (I did several on commission a year or two back). Airfix is not noted for good figures, but I can't say for sure about any Vosper or other crew figures.