Mike999 Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 This one's obscure but they turn up on eBay fairly often: years ago, TAMIYA did a few American and German WWII 1/25 military figures. Most were done in both plastic and metal. I've found these very cheap at kit swap meets, since they're sort of "orphan" figures - not many 1/25 scale tanks were ever made. Along with the "right scale," they come with useful weapons and equipment. The set of German staff officers from the 1/25 Tiger tank kit should look good with one of the ICM 1/24 Mercedes or Opel cars. Here's the Patton figure, they all had similar box art: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 (edited) Don't forget the "Fonzie" version of the Monkee Mobile had a Fonzie figureI had one wayback when!!! AND.... Didn't the original Paul Revere & The Raider's Coach include them?? Edited May 26, 2017 by Edsel-Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Don't forget the "Fonzie" version of the Monkee Mobile had a Fonzie figure I had one wayback when!!! AND.... Didn't the original Paul Revere & The Raider's Coach include them?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 (edited) Another good reason to pick up a Raiders Coach - along with that cool Hammond organ, it has speaker cabinets with Vox nameplates molded in. Perfect for your diorama of a Sixties-era garage band and their van or hearse!The Raiders Coach box mentions that the figures are "molded in 'soft' thermoplastic." Many years ago, figure modelers used to modify Elastolin and other "soft" plastic figures in amazing ways. The British magazine "Military Modeling" had a lot of articles about that. The biggest problem was painting them and the experts came up with all kinds of solutions - base-coating them with a mix of white glue/water, using white artist acrylic as primer, etc. Enamel paints/primers would melt them. Edited May 28, 2017 by Mike999 error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 And don't forget that a few "Big Daddy" Don Garlits kits came with "Big" in scale.... -RRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) How about the venerable "Ulrich Mini Men"??? Pose 'em any way you like!!! -RRR Edited May 30, 2017 by Rocking Rodney Rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 (edited) And don't forget that a few "Big Daddy" Don Garlits kits came with "Big" in scale.... -RRR Yeah, I think all of the Revell Racer Figures where the same body with different heads, even Shirley Muldowney's! And don't forget the Mongoos and Snake rails with driver figures and a crew member. And a Christmas Tree! Edited May 30, 2017 by Daddyfink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57peppershaker Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 I bought the Mongoose rail for those parts & sold tge rest on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) http://www.rocketfin.com/diorama-figures.cfm Edited May 31, 2017 by Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmdm4 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 there is a company called American Diorama that has tons of figures in 1/24-1/25 scale. They are prepainted and they aren't too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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