ah, the Good Old Days, when models came with crew figures,
Monogram, Airfix and Revell usually did a good job with the sculpts
pilot figures from the recent HS-123 build
I have to admit that I preferred the days gone by when model aircraft came with crew figures. Now I am expected to spend several dollars each on 3D printed minis. Granted modern kits are worlds away from the primitive models that we were being served back in the 1960s-70s. However I am a wargamer, nobody that I'm gaming with is terribly concerned about our models having the right sort of throttle or the correct seat-belt latch. Empty cockpits, on the other hand, are a bit of a distraction. The lack of crew figures has driven me to desperate measures, even going so far as to steal seated infantrymen from my half-track models and carve away their rifles and helmets.
infantry that have volunteered to become pilots
with some judicious knife and file work they make passable crewmen...
... especially when compared to some of the pilot minis provided
frankly, some are simply terrible
There are some sets of pilot figures available in soft plastic but they are almost always dismounted and I find that the soft plastic kits often have significant amounts of flash and prominent mold-lines that are very difficult to clean up. Additionally, once you divide the price by the number of usable pilots figures they cost nearly as much as resin figures online. What I really need is a basic pilot figure that I can print using my Bambu Mini. Just shoulders and a head.....is that too much to ask?
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