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1/350 World War II USS Aircraft Carrier Crews & Pilots Set B - Dynamic Pose
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April 2021 |
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| While looking for additional figures to add to a 1/350 USS Hornet (CV-8) I was building, I came across a few sets of 1/350 figures, including this one, WWII USS Aircraft Carrier Crews & Pilots, Set B (Dynamic Pose), from a company called "Tori Factory" out of Korea. Intrigued, I bought this and one other set. | |||||||||||||||
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| The packaging is a small reddish orange
box. Inside is a plastic bag with two print rafts with figures on
them. Also included is a very small slip of paper giving "parts
information". According to this, there are 140 figures across both
print rafts. One of the print rafts has "MIDWAY USS Navy" on it.
The figures are in a variety of poses - running, crouching, climbing onto an aircraft, a few standing as if posing by an aircraft. It appears that this set is predominately deck crew. As with the "normal pose" set, the detail is pretty good, the heads all look to be wearing the typical soft helmet that US air and deck crews wore during WW2. On the pilots you can make out what look to be Mae West vests, goggles and "earphones" on the helmets. The faces are non-descript. I noticed the head on one figure isn't fully printed (it's hollow) and the two figures that look to be posing appear to have only one arm - so this set is by no mean perfect. The print rafts are done in such a way that you should be able to break apart the rafts and separate the rows of figures, which will help with removing the figures from the rafts and painting. |
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| This is another interesting set of figures from
Tori Factory. Along with the "normal pose" figures, I'm curious to
see how they'll look, once painted and added to my USS Hornet model.
While the faces are a bit soft, the rest of the detail is decent, and the
variety of poses should help you depict a busy flight deck, if you are
so inclined. I also like how the print rafts are made, to facilitate
painting and removal of the figures.
This is Tori Factory's set FS-04A, WWII USS Aircraft Carrier Crews & Pilots, Set B (Dynamic Pose). The set retails for about $26.00 USD, and are available from BNA ModelWorld in Australia, which is where I purchased them from. Recommended for those building 1/350 World War II USN carrier models. |
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