Was looking for an upgrade on the crews for the M113 and the M48a5
how about these guys for starters, I’m thinking the vietnam crew could be on the M113 and the desert sotrm figures can be on the M48a5, or possibly mix it up, I want to have the modern looking desert storm figures hitching a ride on the M48a5 or standing on it as if its going slow enugh and steady enough to do that.
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http://www.squadron.com/1-35-Tamiya-US-Modern-Infantry-Accessory-Set-p/tm89772.htm
just read this description would these work as well
Those figures would work just fine. They are molded in BDUs and not ACUs as painted there. Plus it will give you good stowage for the vehicles. It is common in mech units to use the wooden ammo crates on APC floorboards to hold stuff.
Hey, Stik, I know that the TNG guys from that time did not do a lot of MOPP training, but, now I wonder how they toted the rest of their NBC gear. Mind, I know my sample is skewed–the TNG unit in my hometown was a Cav/Scout unit; the ones I worked with in Austin were a tad ‘special.’
I am a bit hazy on memory, but vaguely recall Infantry unit SOPs having the MOPP suit in the radio pouch of the rucksack, and the boots in one of the side outer pouches. I do not remember where the gloves were carried. The mask was always in its carrier attached to LBE or worn on the hip in the field.
Get murky thinking back that far. When they gave us the Saratoga suits, they came with the stuff sacks, which just got included with the resat of the Amphib, and later, Beachmaster, gear. Was a pure-d snafubar of masks and gear, needing a portable carrier for the/a mask whenever not on top of the gear. So, the carrier often got shoulder slung. Such is life.
Beware of the Verlinden Figures. Don’t get me wrong I like their quality and subject matter but in my experience the 1/35 figures are quite a bit bigger than other companies figures. They don’t look right with other companies armor kits and the body parts cannot be swapped out with other manufacturers figure kits. A guy will have a giant head or one puny arm and one hulk arm!
I’ve never seen this with Verlinden, but I havent picked up any of their 1/35 stuff. Their 120mm scale (1/16) are rather nice.
People vary in size, so having everything exactly the same height is not very realistic, a little variation is actually a plus, but if arm sizes and head sizes are not proportinal to the figure, then thats another story. If I came across this, I would contact Verlinden and ask for replacement parts or a new kit. I’m sure they would do their best to help a customer out.
Here is an example. The yellow figure parts are Verlinden 1/35 Vietnam U.S. parts. The grey are AFV Club Vietnam U.S. parts. The rifles are WW1 German GEW 98’s, yellow Verlinden and brown ICM. I’m just saying it’s quite a difference. Tamiya, Dragon, Italeri 1/35 scale are similar to the AFV and ICM scale as well.
Verlinde’n’s earliest stuff was based off of 1/32 Airfix multipose stuff. I think that they have continued down that route. Tamiya’s stuff today is far more petite than many of their older figures. Dragon started out on the large side of 1/35 but has scaled them back a bit. Zvezda’s figures tend to be larger, like old Dragon stuff. ICM started out smaller, but now their figures are larger like Dragon’s old stuff and Zvezda.
So would verlinden be a bad choice to go with, or should I jus tnot base most of my kits off of them?
Yeah, I complained about this a few weeks ago, the two figures on the left are Verlinden resin and the two on the right are Finemolds plastic ones. Yeap, thanks Verlinden for a couple of six foot four/two metre tall Second World War Japanese… [:|]
The Verlinden figures are really nicely detailed though and one of the cheaper resin brands out there. You can use them in a regular dio setting just don’t put them close to 1/35th figures. Having one standing by himself or using them together most people won’t notice the difference.
I agree. I think Verlinden’s quality and subject matter is great but their 1/35 figures should be used with Verlinden stuff only perhaps.
They will be ok for crew figures. Just keep the figures of differing sizes seperate and try to keep same sized items consistent. Especially in close proximity figures. Items like weapons and canteens are uniform, period. While Kpots, vests, etc come in sizes, offering you some wiggle room.
Here is a good idea of figure comparisons- all “1/35”. From left to right, Tamiya, Miniart, Verlinden
and here are the Tamiya and Verlinden next to a 1/35 ruler. As you can see, in scale the Verlinden guy is nearly 2 meters tall… way over average for a Japanese male (or female)
Well I think Ill have the M48a5 beign crewed by the Verlinden figures and have the Verlinden humvee crew as tank riders. Ill Probably add one track commander figure to the APC, or get Dragons tank crew to crew the APC.