Does anyone know we’re I could get like a good 1/35 ww2 us marines? It’s been a vision of mine to make a pacific diorama
A Google search turned up some available sets,as well as ebay
This is what Scalemates shows being out there for 1/35 USMC WWII figures
MasterBox is probably your best bet for WWII US Marines in 1/35.
MasterBox has these sets listed on its website, but you can probably find them from other vendors:
US Marines in the jungle:
US Marines at Tarawa:
and a dog team
MB also has this set of US Marines and Japanese infantry in hand-to-hand combat:
as well as this set of Japanese Imperial Marines at Tarawa:
With those sets, you could produce some vignettes right out of the box. But the figures also lend themselves well to conversion, too.
Dragon also makes or made a set of US Marines (at Peleliu):
There is a current eBay listing for another Dragon set, listed as US Marines at Iwo Jima, with a set of Japanese Marines:
My other thought was Tamiya, but I haven’t yet found a dedicated set of Marines, only figures included with Tamiya’s kit of the Marines post-war M60 tank.
As far as other makers go, Italeri put out a set of Marines, but I’m not sure it’s still in production. But this is a current eBay auction for it:
Those are all good examples for you to look at. Like I said, out of the box, you can use them, and they lend themselves to conversions, too.
Hope that helps!
Best regards,
Brad
A PS-if you haven’t already, you might want to look in the Figure forum and see if anyone has every discussed this question.