I'm going to be starting a build of Bronco's Land Wasser Schlepper, and I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on crew figures for it. I know Warriors has a dedicated set for the boat, but they're a bit pricy and I was hoping to buy everything together from the same store (since Lucky Model has the LWS for 1/3 the price of all other online stores).

Would the Italeri Schnellboot Crew set provide some good figures for this build? I'm not so into the historical aspect of modeling, so I'm not sure if the figures in that set would be appropriate given their uniforms and related garb.

u-model of France offers a large set of crew figures for the cockpit and the hull. Also detailup parts and the large amphibios trailer. You will get them via blast model

Thanks for the tip. I checked though and virtually all of the LWS related items at Blast Models have been discontinued. Well, it says they've been "deactivated", so I don't know if that means discontinued or just out of stock in bad translation.

The few figures they do have are intriguing. Again though, a bit pricy since I could get that Italeri kit for slightly more than one U-Model figure. Assuming I couldn't get those U-Model figs though, do you have an opinion on whether the figures from the Italeri kit would suffice?

Sorry for reserecting a long dead post, but i was searching for this very thing and came across the post...

anyways. i contacted them directly:
http://www.u-models.com

and they have all of the stuff available direct. just give them a shout! word of warning; it took them a week or so to get back to me, your patience will be rewarded.

Hi,

try out the new CMK Figures. They have two Schnellboot crew Figure sets. All in all four Figures.One pair at rest and the other with binoculars.
CMKF35205 and CMKF35204.

Greetings

Stefan