A few more future releases. (2 Viewers)

Donivanp · Apr 23, 2025

A4K said:
That's no way to talk about Meier guys!

Oscar?

Lucky13 · Apr 23, 2025

Warbirdnutball · Apr 24, 2025

Lucky13 said:
Is it just me, or does the pilot look too big to fit in the cockpit?

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He does seem rather large for the enclosure there. Like he'd be stuck there in times of urgency.

SaparotRob · Apr 24, 2025

Like trying to pick up a dropped candy bar?

CATCH 22 · Apr 24, 2025

Warbirdnutball said:
He does seem rather large for the enclosure there. Like he'd be stuck there in times of urgency.

Guys, I think you all exaggerate a bit. Check the next photo - it looks like the canopy will hit the head of the pilot when closed.

There were bigger pilots and there were smaller ones.

special ed · Apr 24, 2025

And a few old bold pilots.

Warbirdnutball · Apr 26, 2025

CATCH 22 said:
Guys, I think you all exaggerate a bit. Check the next photo - it looks like the canopy will hit the head of the pilot when closed.
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There were bigger pilots and there were smaller ones.

Ok. I see your point. That's one tiny space for a person to sit in.

Donivanp · Apr 26, 2025

Warbirdnutball said:
Ok. I see your point. That's one tiny space for a person to sit in.

The one oh nine was built around the pilot. He just stayed there. The one ninety had more room.

Snautzer01 · Apr 26, 2025

Going by the average heights for the birth cohorts most likely to have served in WW2, making up soldiers in their late teens and twenties, it would be around 170 cm.

The records for Germany are sparse for the period, but the 1891–95 cohort had an average height of 168.48 cm but these would have been middle aged men during WW2, possibly serving as fairly senior officers. The 1926–30 cohort, young soldiers towards the end of the war, had an average height of 172.99 cm.

Chat gpt: pilot 165–175 cm. Hartmann was 170 cm. Galland was 178 cm but lean build so fitted well, Molders 169 cm Priller 173 cm Rall 175 cm Barkhorn 174 cm
Last were considered tall.

What was the average height of a German soldier in WW2?

Answer (1 of 2): Going by the average heights for the birth cohorts most likely to have served in WW2, making up soldiers in their late teens and twenties, it would be around 170 cm. The records for Germany are sparse for the period, but the 1891–95 cohort had an average height of 168.48 cm but ...

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Viking1066 · Apr 27, 2025

On the must have list.

Part.II and III

Zippythehog · Apr 27, 2025

Viking1066 said:
On the must have list.
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Woah!

Lucky13 · Apr 28, 2025

Is it the same JOHAN as the old JO-HAN, is the name returning (sort of) from the dead?

MIflyer · Apr 28, 2025

A number of names are returning from the dead, from Atlantis Models, which reissues older kits under their own label as well as under the original label.

CATCH 22 · Apr 28, 2025

Lucky13 said:
Is it the same JOHAN as the old JO-HAN, is the name returning (sort of) from the dead?

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This is a detail set, not the full old model as per Scalemates. But I've seen the company logo in this form (not Jo-Han!) before. Maybe after the old company has been sold?