Looking for crew members 1/100 scale

[oudi2311]

Hello

 

I am looking for 1/100 crew members for my occre albatros, 1/100 schooner. I am not sure if it’s a good idea especially with the colors of the ship until now.

 

Any recomendations or if I want to purshase? Or any tips if I want to make them myself ?

 

Thank you in advance.

[paul ron]

ive been looking for crew as well. so far, there are many threads in the forums about 3d printing them as well as finding figures for model railroads that can be modified and repainted to fit your needs. you would think finding proper scale figures being so difficult to find raises the question why hasnt anyone capitalized on this market yet? too small, not enough demand, just not worth the time?

 

i did find one place mentioned in those threads that has figures...

 

https://www.megahobby.com/categories/figure-models/1-72-scale-figures/late-1800s-and-early-1900s.html

 

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Edited November 1 by paul ron

[oudi2311]

Thank you, I going to check this out.

 

I think I wont put figures on this ship maybe the next one.

[wefalck]

The biggest market is that for model railways and there are a lot of offers in 1/76, 1/87, 1/120, 1/160, and 1/220. Or the military scales of 1/32, 1/48, and 1/72. 1/144 seems to be popular with aircraft modellers.

 

Ship model tend to be built in the scales in which the old drew their plans: 1/96 (1/100), 1/48 (1/50), or larger.

 

I chose railway scales for my projects to have access to the respective ranges of figures.

[paul ron]

10 hours ago, wefalck said:

The biggest market is that for model railways and there are a lot of offers in 1/76, 1/87, 1/120, 1/160, and 1/220. Or the military scales of 1/32, 1/48, and 1/72. 1/144 seems to be popular with aircraft modellers.

 

Ship model tend to be built in the scales in which the old drew their plans: 1/96 (1/100), 1/48 (1/50), or larger.

 

I chose railway scales for my projects to have access to the respective ranges of figures.

 do you have any sources we can check out? 

 

 

[wefalck]

I wouldn't know what is available in the USA.

 

For me, at railway scales the manufacturer to go to is Preiser: https://www.preiserfiguren.de. Preiser has a small range of 1/100 figures, but basically only modern pedestrians for architectural models.

 

There a dozens of manufacturers for military figures in styrene, casting resin, and white metal. I am not familiar with the current market in that respect.

 

There are also numerous offers for 3D-printed figures on the respective platforms, mainly in the military and aircraft scales. Many of these figures seem to be of good animation and detailing, but the printing quality may vary. Sometimes they are scaleable and you can specify the scale you want.

 

Another route are service providers of files for 3D-printing, which can be customised in sometimes quite sophisticated way, say with respect tot he animation and clothing. The problem is that they seem to mainly aim at the 'gaming' community, where there seems to be a fashion of gnome-like appearance. The latter is also a problem with many of the 1/72 scale figures that are available commercially (see https://www.plasticsoldierreview.com).

 

[oudi2311]

Thank you for the links