Aviation subjects dominate 1:32 model figures. The largest part of the listing is seated pilots for open cockpits, many supplied with the ejection seat of one named aircraft, and around them the people who keep aircraft flying: mechanics, armourers, tow-tractor drivers and carrier deck crews identified by the colour of their jerseys.
The second group is the traditional one, injection-moulded infantry sets, most often of eighteen, covering the Napoleonic wars, the American Civil War and the Seven Years War, with ancient warriors, paratroopers and genre figures alongside. At roughly 54 mm a figure paints easily and shows real detail without asking for resin-figure patience. The guide below explains how to choose within each group.
1:32 Messerschmitt Bf-109K-4
99.96 €
1:32 Greco-Persian Wars Series. Hoplite. Kit №1
11.16 €
1:32 Greco-Persian Wars Series. Hoplite. Kit №2
11.16 €
1:32 Greco-Persian Wars Series. Hoplite. Kit №3
11.16 €
1:32 ”Photo to remember” USAAF Pilots (1944-1945)
11.56 €
1:32 Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-6 Eastern Front
47.96 €
One thirty-second of life size corresponds to the classic 54 mm figure height, but the listing has two centres of gravity. The larger by far is aviation: pilots sculpted in a sitting position, frequently paired with the correct ejection seat for one specific kit, and with them the ground and deck trades — mechanics, weapons handlers, drivers of airfield tractors, and carrier crews whose coloured jerseys encode the job each one does.
The second centre is the familiar one: polystyrene sets of infantry, most often eighteen to a box, released in matching marching and action boxes so opposing armies can be built up in parallel, with ancient warriors, paratroopers and genre pieces beside them.
An aircrew figure is bought for one model: the pilot has to sit in the cockpit and the seat has to fit the fuselage, so read which kit the part was sculpted for. Ground personnel are freer and build into an apron scene instead. Infantry boxes follow different logic, where marching sets make columns and parades, action poses belong in the melee, and one named battle is best bought as both sides at once.
Because these bodies match the height of 54 mm model figures, they are a low-risk way to rehearse figure painting before you commit to a resin display piece. If you would rather have bigger battles with more bodies, drop down to 1:72 and 1:76 model figures.
Mass infantry sets are often moulded in a flexible polymer: wash them in warm water with detergent and prime them properly, because paint over bare soft plastic lifts the first time you handle a unit. Aviation figures are mostly printed or cast, are bonded with cyanoacrylate and will carry very fine face painting. The machines they belong to are in 1:32 aircraft model kits.
Every size and genre of figure is indexed under model figures.
