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Offline bluesman

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Mak Fireball Suit
« on: November 15, 2012, 09:48:33 PM »










This was a fun little project. the 1/35 AFS was pre built and painted. I got some sand and a rock from my yard, brass rod and cotton and in a  little over an hour I had a neat little model.
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Re: Mak Fireball Suit
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2012, 02:20:00 AM »
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Re: Mak Fireball Suit
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2012, 08:30:55 AM »
Nice little action scene you have come up with.  Now who makes these 1:35th scale assembled prepainted MaK fighting suits?  More to the point, are there any other MaK fighting suits in the product line? 
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Re: Mak Fireball Suit
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2012, 10:29:14 PM »
Not sure who makes the little guys, this one was given to me a few years ago in a box of models for a Christmas gift.

I wish I still had the package....maybe an online search will turn up something.
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Re: Mak Fireball Suit
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2012, 02:14:41 AM »
Quote from: bluesman on November 16, 2012, 10:29:14 PM
Not sure who makes the little guys, this one was given to me a few years ago in a box of models for a Christmas gift.

I wish I still had the package....maybe an online search will turn up something.


A quick search netted two results for a 1:35th scale MaK Fighting Suit that was offered by Hasegawa which included two models in the box.  I had never seen these before and I did know of Hasegawa offering some of the MaK stuff previously though the fighting suits were not mentioned.  Or I it could have been me not recognizing what I was looking at which is quite possible.  :)


Click on thumbnails to go to Comet Miniatures where you will have to scroll down to find the item.


Hasegawa P.K.A. Ausf M Melusine


Hasegawa P.K.A. Ausf G Gustav

Some of the other results seem to indicate that there are other sources for 35th scale MaK fighting suit kits but no real names are given so they may be limited run garage and basement operations.  I always thought the MaK had ptotential but the scale was not compatible with other armor or aircraft subjects so I usually ignored it. 
« Last Edit: November 17, 2012, 02:35:23 AM by Jeffry Fontaine »
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Re: Mak Fireball Suit
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2012, 02:32:56 AM »
Gorgeous!!  Too bad no one does the suited figure from King of the Rocketmen; that'd make a nice companion piece.
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Re: Mak Fireball Suit
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2012, 04:51:42 AM »
Nice 'Ball launch !! :)

I always thought a kit of the 1960's Commander Cody flying suit would be cool -- used to watch that at the cinema every saturday morning .... (yes I am that old).

for everything MaK see here http://maschinenkrueger.com/forum/index.php --
warning these guys are friendly but non-MaK questions can be answered with spikes -- especially if you don't read the FAQs, so have a look around the site first :-\

The 1/35th range is expanding, there are various sets of six 35th suits but they are only available in Japan (not for export) -- you can buy them thru a Japanese auction site (not English language).  You have to buy this stuff when it comes out as it can be several to 25yrs between re-pops of kits - some never get re-made.  The neatest stuff is resin garage-market & only available at Wonderfest in Japan, one day per year.  Beware of ebay, many poor-quality resin copies.

MaK is neat stuff but is severely limited by the designer's ego vs business sense :icon_sueno:
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Re: Mak Fireball Suit
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2012, 07:49:50 AM »
Quote from: raafif on November 18, 2012, 04:51:42 AM
I always thought a kit of the 1960's Commander Cody flying suit would be cool -- used to watch that at the cinema every saturday morning .... (yes I am that old).
Commander Cody, both serials, was a re-use of the King of the Rocketmen suit by Republic pictures.
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