strez Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 couple questions , does anyone make helmets and are there any after market mers available .i dont even recall if any of my kits have mers cheers andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 1) Are you talking about real 1:1 helmets or scale models? 2) What is a mer? Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strez Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 sorry , no , scale helmet and i mean multi ejector racks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strez Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 ive seen 1/48 helmets , but not the right ( 32nd ) scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Verlinden did some with their Top Gun pilot, Also 1/35 AH-1 W cobra set. Master Casters did one for the High altitude USSR. Master details does pilots to Ask Harold here on the boards He may want to make some for us https://www.verlindenonline.com/1-35-cobra-ah-1-w-detail-set-1795.html ( on the open gun bay ) http://masterdetails.com/ On the MERs Cutting Edge did a set. Some others where to come out from other manufactures. But never saw them. Tamiya has some in their F-15E. Also Trumpeter does them but they aren't very great. See A-7, F-8, A-6, kits Cheers Edited March 29, 2015 by Vandy 1 VX 4 Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I always rated Tamiya F-4 MERs as the best but I've been reliably informed that the beams are too chunky and the Trumpeter ones found in many of their kits are very good for 1960s-1970s subjects. Also looking for little plastic people dressed in the right gear, but in my case 1/32 seated 1970s era RAF/FAA aircrew figures. Please John Wilkes, sculpt a seated version of your excellent standing figure with multipose head/arms - and he can lose the moustache. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strez Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 i think helmets sitting on the sill or seat of jets look very cool and give a sense of scale , hopefuy one of the resin folk will produce some . i think they would be popular andrew . geedubelyer and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Shultz II Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) Master Details have a new Modern pilot figure plus older style jet pilots. http://masterdetails.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=367&category_id=8&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=6 Edited March 29, 2015 by Sgt Shultz II Uilleann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Hi Tony, Unfortunately, the Trumpeter MERs are completely useless... I started correcting one as well as a TER some years ago to make a master and finally stopped as I was really fed up in spite of the fact more than 80% of the work was done! The Tamiya ones are far more closer to the real ones. BTW, the main dimensions of the Cutting Edge ones were not far from the Tamiya ones. So, currently, the only option if the sprue from the Tamiya Phantom (the F-15E has another type of launcher that was never commonly used). HTH Thierry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 If you do not find pilot helmets, try to find figures and simply remove the head from the helmet with a Dremel tool! More time-consuming but already done by many modellers...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stusbke Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) Academy 1/32 F16 and F18 include very fine modern helmets. Tamiya"s 1/32 F16 kits are also a good source for helmets they even have the late style oxygen masks with the tube coming out of the side. as for the MER tamiya and some of your fine tuning stuff is going to be the only route for now..... HTH Cheers Fred Edited March 30, 2015 by stusbke Youngtiger1 and Vandy 1 VX 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Hi Tony, Unfortunately, the Trumpeter MERs are completely useless... I started correcting one as well as a TER some years ago to make a master and finally stopped as I was really fed up in spite of the fact more than 80% of the work was done! The Tamiya ones are far more closer to the real ones. BTW, the main dimensions of the Cutting Edge ones were not far from the Tamiya ones. So, currently, the only option if the sprue from the Tamiya Phantom (the F-15E has another type of launcher that was never commonly used). HTH Thierry Thierry, the Tamiya MER beams are over scale - much too chunky. Don Logan pointed this out to me some time ago (after I'd happily discarded loads of Trumpeter racks and hoarded Tamiya ones!). Yes, the Strike Eagle BRUs are unique to that type. I'm going to use Tamiya MER & TER racks myself (starting with the two SLUFs underway) simply because of the quality mouldings and the fact that the beams are largely hidden once there's a load of six or flat- or slant-four stores attached. Still in need of seated, posable 1/32 RAF/FAA aircrew figures from the period roughly 1970-1985. In fact, I'd settle for new heads/bone domes to plonk on Tamiya or Academy figures. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strez Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 thanks people , guess ill start grinding some heads ! think ill take guys advice and contact the Aerobonus folk and see if they will produce helmets only cheers andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandy 1 VX 4 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Still in need of seated, posable 1/32 RAF/FAA aircrew figures from the period roughly 1970-1985. In fact, I'd settle for new heads/bone domes to plonk on Tamiya or Academy figures. Tony Didn't REHEAT make some RAF 1980 era Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Yes tornado pilots! It is sad this range completely disappeard... Vandy 1 VX 4 and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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