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frick - 11 Mar 2006 22:40 GMT

I am getting reacquainted with making models after a 30 year break. ;-)

I just got a 1/72 Tamiya kit for a Spitfire. It looks beautiful
compared to the Airfix models I've been used to. There's only one
drawback: no pilot! What's my best course of action here? I'd like to
have a pilot on the plane...

Thanks!

F-M

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Enzo Matrix - 12 Mar 2006 18:04 GMT

> I am getting reacquainted with making models after a 30 year break.
> ;-)
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> drawback: no pilot! What's my best course of action here? I'd like
> to have a pilot on the plane...

To be honest with you, I think you're better of modelling the aircraft
without a pilot. Have it sat on the deck with the cockpit open. That's how
most aircraft spend the vast majority of their time. If you *must* include
figures, have the groundcrew stood round in a circle, scratching their heads
and muttering "What the bloody 'ell is wrong wiv it *now* ?"

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frick - 12 Mar 2006 20:31 GMT

Granted that's the usual state of affairs, but most of my planes are to
be found suspended from the ceiling of our shop. I suppose that it's
impossible to tell whether there's a pilot at a distance of several
feet through pseudo-perspex, but I would still know that there's no-one
flying the bird...

F-M

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Enzo Matrix - 12 Mar 2006 21:10 GMT

> Granted that's the usual state of affairs, but most of my planes are
> to be found suspended from the ceiling of our shop. I suppose that
> it's impossible to tell whether there's a pilot at a distance of
> several feet through pseudo-perspex, but I would still know that
> there's no-one flying the bird...

The following may help. I know that they are German, but hopefully they can
be painted to represent the correct uniform.

http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=PJ721110

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frick - 12 Mar 2006 22:48 GMT

Thanks - I'll check those out. Since they're in England and I'm here in
the States, it might just make more sense to buy a $2.99 Sopwith Camel
or something and just take its pilot...

F-M

"I've got all the cheese arranged."

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Red_Baroness - 15 Mar 2006 20:26 GMT

Have you tried Hobby-Lobby.com? They have a goodly amount of pilots for
planes - I just got done working on one for my husband's Alfa
Fockewulf. It had to be sanded a bit, but it looks fairly good.

Let me see if I can find you a direct link

http://www.hobby-lobby.com/pilots.htm There ya go. Might be too big for
the 1/72 scale though.

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Ultan Rooney - 13 Mar 2006 04:52 GMT

> I am getting reacquainted with making models after a 30 year break. ;-)
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> F-M

I have plenty of spare pilots. I'm in Australia but I post them if you want.

Cheers
Ultan

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Rob de Bie - 14 Mar 2006 17:11 GMT

>I am getting reacquainted with making models after a 30 year break. ;-)
>
>I just got a 1/72 Tamiya kit for a Spitfire. It looks beautiful
>compared to the Airfix models I've been used to. There's only one
>drawback: no pilot! What's my best course of action here? I'd like to
>have a pilot on the plane...

I too like to put pilots in models, like this one:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~robdebie/models/bf109-04.htm

But it's not easy to make a convincing figure in 1/72 scale! That Bf 109
pilot was built with parts from Airfix, Hasegawa and Preiser. To get the
posure right, I studied my own anatomy.

I bought only one set of resin pilot figures so far, because they were so
nice. They are PJ Productions figures:

http://www.pjproduction.net

The painting of the figures on the site does not do them justice I think.
Possibly the German pilots are equally nice as my US pilots.

Good luck!

Rob

My models: www.xs4all.nl/~robdebie/models.htm
Me 163B site: www.xs4all.nl/~robdebie/me163.htm
AQM-34 site: www.xs4all.nl/~robdebie/aqm34.htm

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