Model Forum / General / Models / July 2010

What era are you looking for?

Cheers from Peter

Marx did several figures in (about) that scale for their Air Force
Base playset back when I was a kid. They're mounded in a metallic sky
blue and have outstanding detail. There was a pilot in a leather
jacker with a hard flight helmet squatting as though at a flightline
briefing, one in a leather jacket with a Class A cover, standing and
reading a letter. Three others that I remember were a pilot running,
wearing a flightsuit and hard helmet, one walking that looked like a
partagraphed version of the Aurora Steve Canyon and one in the early
Air Force High Altitude suit and full face mask.
I have seen these many times on ePay, usually cheap, especially if you
find them being sold individually.
That's the good news. The bad news is they are the soft plastic (think
Airfix 1?72 figures) and might be hard to paint.
One technique I have used with some success is to spray the figure
down with Model Master Clear Flat Lacquer first and then paint the
figure. When you're done, hit it again with the lacquer to seal the
paint. I've had some of these figures last for over ten years with no
peeling of the paint.
Hope this helps.

- John Braungart