mikeragonese Posted June 23, 2014 Share #1 Posted June 23, 2014 I can't believe that after extensive online searching I can't find any scale nautical figures for a 1:90 scale ship model I am finishing. Does anyone know of a source for appropriate scale figures for period wooden ships? Help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted June 23, 2014 Share #2 Posted June 23, 2014 Here's the solution: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1006-in-need-of-shipyard-workers-or-boats-crewmembers/ Also: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/6276-matching-human-railroad-figures-to-warship-scale/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPEXEC Posted June 25, 2014 Share #3 Posted June 25, 2014 I plan to have no figures and let everyone's imagination go to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uss frolick Posted June 25, 2014 Share #4 Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) Part of the problem is the rather odds scales, like your 1/90th scale, that model companies make their kits in. Marketing tells manufacturers that the average ship kit-builder is looking for something about "x" inches long that will fit a display table about "y" inches long. Therefore, they scale their vessel down to fit the desired size, and in so doing, they end up with some pretty strange scales, to be sure. (This I got from the manager of the long-gone Sarasota Model Expo Store.) That also makes it hard to find replacement cannon, etc., should the kit be lacking. But you're close to 1/87th scale, which I believe is a common railroad modeler scale, (HO Scale - yes?), so you might find conductor and townsfolk figures to start with, should you want to modify them to look like sailors. Edited June 26, 2014 by uss frolick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeragonese Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted July 2, 2014 Thank you for the input. I ended up buying a bunch of HO scale sets from which I modified several figures. I guess the 1:90 scale is a bit of an oddball but i've never really seen nautical figures in any scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMBROOK Posted July 9, 2014 Share #6 Posted July 9, 2014 I believe Artesenia Latina now offer 1/84 crew figures as part of their fittings range. Kind Regards Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted July 17, 2014 Share #7 Posted July 17, 2014 Hi Mike, you may want to look into scale 1:87 (common H0 model Train scale), search for sailors or ships Crew. I have not found figures in 1:87 for historic 18th century on the web yet. Nils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clausewitz The Younger Posted July 24, 2014 Share #8 Posted July 24, 2014 18mm wargame figures would work, too. I bought these, and they're quite nice: http://www.warmodellingminiatures.net/gallery/18mm-naval/ Mirabell61 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waitoa Posted August 4, 2014 Share #9 Posted August 4, 2014 (edited) Hi At the request of my son I am going to try to crew the HMS Surprise I am building. Had locating anything but found a company that does 20 mm war gaming naval Napoleonics. At 20 mm that should roughly be around 1/87. Not convinced that the look quite right for the size of the build but the figures themselves are pretty well made and have posted some. Web site http://newlinedesigns.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=410_415_428 Edited August 4, 2014 by Waitoa mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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