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Old 12-12-2019 | 04:02 AM
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I've seen several excellent 1/16 tank crew figures on various dioramas and in the gallery, but I haven't been able to find any sets/kits/busts beyond Tamiya's Leopard crew set and a resin Abrams crew bust here in China. Trumpeter has one or two 1/16 figures, but not in tanking attire.

Aside from making your own with Sculpey, would anyone care to share where I can buy tank crews figures online? All eras, preferably. I can hack and modify poses myself, but I'm not a sculptor. I have various 3D printers, FDM/SLA/DLP, so that's an option, however so far I haven't found anything on Thingiverse that is accurate and actually made for 1/16 scale tanks.

Top of my list is a driver for a T-34/85, gunner for an M4A3, and accurate crew for a Challenger II.

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Old 12-12-2019 | 04:41 AM
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https://www.rctank.de/FIGURES

https://www.asiatam.de/Figuren/
Old 12-12-2019 | 04:48 AM
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There is definitely a preponderance of German and a lack of British, American, and Russian tank crew figures in this hobby.
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I'm a sculptor and used to make them for RC, but there isn't enough interest compared to other markets. Plus recasting is a big issue to a point where it's just not worth it.




Old 12-14-2019 | 09:27 PM
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These are the American figures I use on my shermans
https://www.taigentanks.com/search?q=figures
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I also did likeness sculpts.




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ausf's head grafted to the heng long US tank figure...



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