Memphis Pete Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Hello, As the title implies, been looking for a seated pilot to place inside a 1/48 Spit Mk IX. I've found plenty of the early war period but besides the ICM pilot set have found nothing. Don't have an issue with the ICM set, it is just that the pilot is not quite seated, and only provides one pilot in full gear. For the price of one I am hoping I can get a resin figure better detailed. I can do some surgery, have done it many times. So any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattp7999 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 I know of a couple, PJ Productions do one but its more Battle of Britain era The other one I know of is by CMK and is already seated in a Spitfire Pilot seat. More mid/late war than the PJ Productions one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Pete Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 Thanks Matt, will definitely get that one, body looks good, if only they had made the head/helmet part a little more realistic and not Star-Wars like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattp7999 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 No problem 🙂 flight helmet looks more like a rigid helmet than a leather one which it should be. Probably due to way it was sculpted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Not sure if that one would fill your bill, but the late 70s Airfix kits included very nice (at least for their time) figures. I'd have to check but IIRC they were not generic (in contrast to their "one size fits all" 1/72 figures) but tailored to the type - so the Mosquito pilot may be suitable (admittedly not much can be seen on the pic), and I'd imagine quite a number of them lead a prisoner's life in spares boxes around the membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 On 18/06/2022 at 02:58, Memphis Pete said: been looking for a seated pilot to place inside a 1/48 Spit Mk IX. the recent Airfix Spitfire XIV kit has a seated pilot figure As you are in the USA, I'd ask on Hyperscale if anyone has a spare, as they have a large US readership. As @tempestfan suggests 16 hours ago, tempestfan said: I'd imagine quite a number of them lead a prisoner's life in spares boxes around the membership. They will be out there in spares land.... PS a couple of US based Spitfire fans are @gingerbob and @Bruce Archer HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilj Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 13 hours ago, Troy Smith said: the recent Airfix Spitfire XIV kit has a seated pilot figure As you are in the USA, I'd ask on Hyperscale if anyone has a spare, as they have a large US readership. As @tempestfan suggests They will be out there in spares land.... PS a couple of US based Spitfire fans are @gingerbob and @Bruce Archer HTH How suitable would the pilot figure (very nice) from the recent Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire 1 kit 61119, that has a 1940 pilot, be? Would the appearance have changed significantly compared to a late ww2 RAF pilot? ilj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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