1:48 Vietnam War Aces R.S. Ritchie is a resin figure of a pilot in 1:48 scale, conceived as a particular person and intended for a scene with a twin-engine fighter.
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A resin figure of a pilot in 1:48 scale. It is not an aircraft kit but an accessory that is added to a finished model. The casting is conceived as a particular named person, not as an anonymous crew member: both the face and the stance are modeled on one man, so the figure stands up to a close look and belongs in the foreground of a display case rather than in the middle of a group.
A standing figure in 1:48 scale comes out at roughly three and a half centimeters. Beside a sizeable twin-engine fighter it looks small, and that is precisely its point, because from it the viewer immediately reads off how high the fuselage is, where the leading edge of the wing ends and how high the cockpit sits. It works best off the longitudinal axis of the model, a little to one side of the nose gear leg or at the wing tip, so that the outline of the aircraft does not swallow it. On a bare board with no other props it needs free space around it; in a denser diorama, by contrast, set it next to something low so that it does not hang in the air.
The casting is held on a casting block, usually under the soles or behind the back. Cut the block off with a fine-toothed saw rather than with nippers, as resin tears when nipped. Sand the remainder down flush and go over the parting line from the mold with a scalpel drawn flat. Before painting, wash the parts in lukewarm water with detergent so that residues of the release agent disappear, otherwise the paint will not hold. Then follows a thin layer of primer, then the base tones and lastly the face and hands. Glue any separate parts with cyanoacrylate glue, and sand wet and with respiratory protection.
The figure is supplied unpainted, as a resin casting. Paints, glue and a base are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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