1/35 Scale Styrene Figures U'd Like 2 C

Hi there.

I have the very good fortune to be in contact with someone at a styrene plastic firm that makes WW2 1/35 scale figures and some accessories. My contact there has asked me what kinds of styrene figures would I like to see them produce. I have mentioned I would like to see 1940's era civilians including children to go with some of my armour I'd like to display with a "Liberation" theme. Since many of you over the years have helped me I thought I'd ask you these questions.

What figures would you like to see become available in Styrene?

Do you prefer combat or other poses? If other poses, what sort of poses would you like?

Are there any particular accessories you would like to see included in the figure sets?

Please limit any replies to 1/35 scale *STYRENE* figures.

Thanks and cheers from Peter

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TankBuilder2
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1) I'll second the nomination for civilians. I would like to have some factory workers that could enhance dioramas that center around factory fresh AFVs or AFVs still under construction. Generic workers that could easily be 'Rosie The Riveter' stateside grinding out the 'Arsenal of Democracy' or Helga the Hausfrau picking her way through the ruins of a bombed out panzerwerks to bring a desperately needed Tiger or Panther to life. Workers need tools - lots of them. They need machines too - knee mills, lathes, drill presses, grinders and a myrida of benchtop tools - and of course, the benchtops. 2) Someday, someone, somewhere is going to release a 1/35th kit of a dual or quad 40mm Bofors pom pom gun mount with gun crew and additional figures. Someday... I just know it. Not before they release a 1/35th German U-Boat deck gun kit of course, but someday.

WmB

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WmB

What figures would you like to see become available in Styrene?

Three thouights come to mind - factory workers such as those doing final assembly on a new tank - maybe somethinmg like a Stug-IV, German Railway workers from WW-II to go with some of the Trumpeter kits especially in making a diorama of a train, and a slightly way out one - based on a musical posting of females in German service using Lil Marlene as the background that shows women in uniform servicing homeland defense anti-aircraft equipment such as searchlights and an 88. Not sure how much of this was pure propoganda versus actual operations - but it would be a unique set.

Val Kraut

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Val Kraut

...or rail yard workers to go with that big Trumpeter loco...or a dance hall band and cabaret performers to back Lily up?

...and I just saw a 1/35 V-1 kit yesterday - how about a ground handling crew for that?

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Rufus

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Could do two sets here - young Bob with Stars of the 40s like Gene Tierney, and old Bob in Vietnam. Need some smiling clapping GIs to complete the diorama.

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Val Kraut

How about some late WW2 British/Canadian support weapons crews? Mortars, Vickers MMGs.

More "basic" infantry in combat poses, "resting" poses and "on the march".

Tank crews in Battledress or pixie suits doing maintenance etc,

Airborne (including support weapons), snipers, snow suits and ski troops.

Commandos in their battle jerkins (WW2 version of the modern chest rig).

Staff officers with their various Regimental headdress, such as Tam o' Shanters, Glengarrys, side caps etc.

A couple of pipers, radio operators, artillery FOOs and an RAF FAC (go nicely with the Humber armoured car...)

Engineers with mine detectors and some prone figures with mine probes (spike bayonet on the entrenching tool handle)...

Medics and a Padre?

Just think of all the German figure sets available under the Dragon label and switch the subjects portrayed from German to Allied.

You could also suggest similar sets for the Soviets and the US forces.

Then there's N Africa, Burma and the Pacific... Gurkhas? Aussies? Kiwis? Indian Army?

Civil Defence and Home Guard for GB - and a few "Bobbies"? "Dad's Army" Home Guard?

The potential is limitless!

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Chris Hughes

I've heard rumours, although I'm not sure that there's any actual proof, that nationalities other than Germany and the US were involved in WW2.

How about 1939 Polish troops? 1940 Norwegian, Dutch, Belgian, French? 1941 Greeks, Yugoslavians?

Japanese troops? Chinese? Hungarians? Romanians? Finnish?

Just anything other than still more Germans and Americans.

Bruce Melbourne, Australia

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Bruce Probst

Didn't Tamiya do a series of French Maquis (male and female) in 1:35? I seem to remember seeing these a looooong time ago.

Reply to
The Old Man

Yes, they did. I bought them but I don't know where they are. They're in a box in the attic somewhere.

Reply to
willshak

Hi there.

I don't remember Tamiya doing a Maquis set but I have two sets of the ESCI Resistance fighters.

Cheers from Peter

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i_am_cycle_pathic

Yep, the ones I have were Aurora/Esci figures, not Tamiya. I found the instruction sheet. Kit# 6305. There were 6 figures with weapons, included one woman assisting a wounded man, one with a Molotov cocktail, and one with a detonator. They were a mix of French, Polish, and Russian Partisans.

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willshak

bring back the old French Resistance figures. And more and more civilians are needed. Girls climbing up on tanks as we entered Rome, etc.

I think we can agree that we have enough Germans, right?

Missing also are British figures. I think there are maybe 3-4 sets?

Support staff for the Dragon 1/35 V-2

What would be best though would be decent drivers for all the truck kits out there. Hard to build dioramas with no drivers.

And if I can go OT a bit, what are more desperately needed are 1/32 pilots for all the aircraft kits out there. I know of only one company who makes a few different versions. I grew up with the Revell pilot figure with his arms fused to his legs. All kinds of things could be done with pilot figures. WWII USN deck crew figures too !

Craig

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Musicman59

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