Shawn M Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 killer work! flying while sitting in a recliner, nice gig to have lol kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 28 minutes ago, Shawn M said: killer work! flying while sitting in a recliner, nice gig to have lol Yeah, there doesn't even seem to have been any seat belts? Cheers: Kent Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Those seats look just brilliant Kent and with no seat belts was probably safer than the occupants of the cabin below I'm guesing!! Regards. Andy kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) I've been 'hunting' for some fitting figures for the 1920's theme for quite a while now. To me It's important to get the right figures for my builds, almost as important as the kit itself. I've decided to use some of Copper State Models very nice RFC pilot's for the flying crew. The standing pilot is OOB, but I've done some modifications to the sitting pilot. I think they correspond OK with these guy's... But the passengers, were a tough one. There's a lot of WW2 civilian figures around, in 1/35 scale. I probably would have been able to live with the size issue, but I imagine it would have been a massive undertaking, converting them into 1920's flapper's and the like. Anyway I finally caught a break when I came across these Preiser train figures: They are almost perfect for the Aeromarine build, perhaps a little on the 'old' side, but nothing that is easily 'fixed'. And they are 1/32 scale! The sprues in white styrene, just like the good old 'multipose' figures from Airfix. There's even a guy with a 'boater' hat. It's almost too good to be true, many of the figures are fitting the seats right away and they are even looking out the window! The standing 'conductor' is almost an exact match to the guy in the middle of this photo... Sorry about the excitement, but I just had to share this amazing find with you! Cheers: Kent Edited May 24, 2019 by kkarlsen patricksparks, Gazzas, Kagemusha and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Excellent, Kent! Great find! Juraj Out2gtcha and kkarlsen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Nice find, Kent! I have some of those Priesser figures myself! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 See what you mean about the conductor guy in the middle Kent! Forgot about those Airfix multi pose figures from way back as well. Regards. Andy kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 I love watching what you do Kent - this build is already hyper-special and those figures just add something completely unique wonderful Peter kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 22 minutes ago, airscale said: I love watching what you do Kent - this build is already hyper-special and those figures just add something completely unique wonderful Peter Thank you Peter, the atmosphere in these photo's from the 'roaring twenties' is just irresistible. I really hope I'm able to to transfer that atmosphere into this build... Cheers: Kent Lothar and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 It just keeps getting better, nice cast. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Dear Kent Your last post made me giggle when I was thinking of the amount of cursing I heard this weekend at the figure painting workshop ( just joking ) I think the Preisler figures look absolutely perfect and the Cooper state reeeeally nice. It will be good ! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Damn that’s good work so far Kent, super impressive - so wonderful to catch a great bunch of suitable figures too. Torben kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robthepom Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Superb modelling Kent, and thanks for the great information you provide in this thread, your reference photos are brilliant kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Nice modification. Good capture. Nice find. You are so creative with your builds. It's always a pleasure to peek in to see what's new. Sincerely, Mark kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 On 5/24/2019 at 1:16 PM, Trak-Tor said: Excellent, Kent! Great find! Juraj Thank you Juraj Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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