Woodstock74 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Any opinions out there on best figure in 1/350 to depict submarine crew on deck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 You can frets of photo-etch sailors of different nations in 1/350 - 1/400 scale. Mostly they are pre-painted but some are not. Hannants keeps them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) Jim Baumann used the L'Arsenal Resin figures here: http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/ss/hms/otus-350-jb/otus-11.jpg Personally, in 1/350, I don't like the PE figures as they look too flat unless you bulk them up with glue before painting. John Edited July 10, 2016 by johndon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Housesparrow Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I bought some WW2 german kriegsmarine sailor figures in 1:350 some time ago. At least they are real looking figures and not flat photo etch pieces. I have them in my stash, and haven't fiddled with them yet (I have a Graf Spee kit for them). Hm, I bought mine from http://northstarmodels.com/product-category/figures/1-350/ The figures I bought sort of looks like this (from their website) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Fujimi makes a couple of figure sets in 1/350: I have them myself and they are not flat, like the ones Tamiya brought out some years ago, but are full figures. They are japanese, but in this scale I reckon you can paint them as from anywhere! I bought mine from Hobby Link Japan. Cheers Hans J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagou Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Hi Agree with johndon PE is too flat for this scale , for me best sailors in 1/350 are Northstar or Arsenal Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Housesparrow Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (...) for me best sailors in 1/350 are Northstar or Arsenal Do you have an url for the Arsenal products that you can share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) Starling Models from sunny North Wales, stock both l'Arsenal and North Star 1/350 figures (personally having seen both I prefer North Star) Link below........ http://starling-models.co.uk/index.php?id_product=310&controller=product&id_lang=2 Malcolm I should of said North Star produce figures for a number of navies. Edited July 11, 2016 by Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Housesparrow Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Be mindful that what you are looking at, in that link, is probably a 3D rendering, and not real photo of the figures. Which is why I used the image I used above, which is showing the real figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) Be mindful that what you are looking at, in that link, is probably a 3D rendering, and not real photo of the figures. Which is why I used the image I used above, which is showing the real figures. I've seen a number of the sets of the actual figures (I've seen them in the flesh) they are amazing, I placed the link in my original post to help Woodstock find Starling Models. Malcolm Edited July 11, 2016 by Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I agree with the comments above that PE figures are too two-dimensional. I used PE naval figures in the scene below, and even though I coated the figures liberally with PVA glue in an attempt to pad them out a bit, from the side they still look like a cunning Admiralty ploy to use cardboard cut-out crew to make the Navy look bigger than it actually is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagou Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) Do you have an url for the Arsenal products that you can share? Sorry for the delay , I 'm back at home since yesterday evening . This is the link for the new shop of Arsenal (usually called Arsenal 2.0): http://www.larsenal.com/ You can find the sailors with filters diorama and 1/350 scale Pierre Edited July 13, 2016 by Kagou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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