Beautiful casting, no bubbles, positionable legs, two sets of arms, four heads,
lots of possibilities!
Cons
Skill Level
Intermediate
MSRP (USD)
$14.95
Master Details is back with their next pilot figure, this
time representing a typical USAAF fighter pilot wearing
uniform and survival gear typical of mid-to-late war operations.
This crew figure is posed seated to perch into your favorite
model's bucket seat. The figure is wearing the standard kit
of seat parachute pack, standard seatbelt and shoulder harness,
leather flight jacket, and leather flying helmet.
Two sets of arms are included, one each grasping stick and throttle,
the other set with cupped hands as if resting on the stick and
throttle (though these can be worked to do just about anything,
including holding the separately cast O2 mask and hose).
Four different heads are included in this set, all wearing
the leather helmet:
Mask off, goggles up
Mask off, goggles down
Mask on, goggles up
Mask on, goggles down
One thing to note when installing your pilot: he is not wearing
a seatbelt nor shoulder harness. These would be visible over
the parachute harness. I made the mistake of forgetting to
strap into my trusty Citabria while wearing my parachute. Never
again! You might want to strap your figure in as well.
This figure would look great in any of the available P-51D,
P-47D, P-40E (including the upcoming new-tool Hasegawa kit),
or even one of the USAAF Spitfire kits.
While most modelers tend
to pose their aircraft parked, the more advanced modelers are adding
nice figures to their models to add a more dynamic element or story
to their project. This figure will defnitely help to bring your
next large aircraft to life! At the moment, this figure is available
directly from the manufacuter at Master
Details' website.
