1/72 WW II RAF aircrew, standing

[Michael51]

Does anyone on The Forum know of a source for RAF WW II aircrew figures (standing)?

 

Thanks,

 

Michael

[alex]

something like this?

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/102155-revell-02401-pilots-and-ground-crew

 

Not sure if still available, it was not so long ago.

 

Alex

[CedB]

Hi Michael (I like the Badger avatar!)

My favourite figures are from PJ Productions - website here. They have a distributor in Aus too; Star Hobbies in Bellambi.

Airfix did a 'pilots and ground crew' set but it's nasty soft plastic - polythene I think. I used one for George 'Johnny' Johnson in my T Tommy build but only out of desperation!

The Revell set has been a 'Holy Grail' for me as they're no longer in production. There's a set on Amazon for £70 - ah ha ha ha! That said, other members say they're a bit oversized.

There's a thread here on BM with some more suggestions:

 

 

HTH

Ced

 

[Stew Dapple]

If you just need one or two for a display or diorama I can recommend Al Gunthwaite's figures, they are mostly naval, but if you scroll down (here http://www.gunthwaite.co.uk/Range.html) there are standing RAF & FAA air- and ground crew. They're excellent little figures.

 

Cheers,

 

Stew

[Vicarage Vee]

The Revell RAF figures come up pretty regularly on eBay: going rate seems to be £12-20.

[Marvel Onkey]

I like to include figures in my models; there are some very nice ones around, but some are quite expensive. If you search on Hannants website for 1:72 figures there are a number of different options come up for varying costs that will give you an idea of what's out there- as well as the options others have noted above.

 

The Revell figures are good- they are technically out of production but as noted above they come up on EBay fairly often for a reasonable value. The Airfix figures have some nice poses and a nice mix of pilots and ground crew and WAAFs standing around to allow for different scenes, but the aforementioned nasty soft plastic does make it a swine to get paint to stay on them.

 

[elger]

these figures from Armory are quite nice http://armorymodels.com/category/catalogue/172th-scale/172-figures/

[Michael51]

Alex, Ced, Stew, VV, MO and elger,

 

Thank you for your suggestions. Very helpful indeed.

 

I have half a box of the Revell figures left and will use the two remaining likely candidates from those.

 

Michael

 

 

 

[593jones]

Reedoak do a small number of RAF figures, which may be worth looking at.  Link: http://reedoak.com/#!/1-72/c/14086006/offset=0&sort=normal