Tony Barton
Company Commander
Today is Battle of Britain Day .
Here’s my BoB Pilot.
This has been quite a long job , trying to find the right things to make it accurate ; I think I started him about three years ago .
Uniform : a DML Luftwaffe uniform ( can’t remember his name , bought it as a spare ) with retailored pockets made from painted brushed cotton , shoulder straps etc removed , and newly cast RAF buttons added. The whole was then lightly painted to even up the colour .
The cap is from onesixthunique : super job.
The 1936 type boots are German Newline with tops recut and straps added.
The B-Type helmet is the ActionMan version in vinyl.
I tried making it from leather,of which I have some perfect red-brown sheepskin , but the stuff simply would not feed under the machine. After many depressing failures I gave up , got the AM version from a friend, and added all the details and a chamois lining.
The D-Type oxygen mask is scratchbuilt entirely : a bit tricky.
Cloth , lined with chamois, with a Fimo microphone. Wire and oxygen pipe from an old radio or something .
The goggles are the Mk.IIIA , modelled, cast and fitted with acrylic sheet lenses.
The Lifevest is the BBI one, and is very good. A bit tight on the body , so I removed some of the elastic , and repainted the yellow more crudely. The original came in the khaki green, but was often hand-painted yellow after pilots realised that they might be invisible should they end up in the Channel
The parachute is also BBI , and is nearly perfect , apart from the release cable, which need the silly plunger removing, and the end of the cable fitted into the D release handle.
Big Thanks to my friend MisterScruff, who patiently provided me with all the info and pics to work from.
Here’s my BoB Pilot.
This has been quite a long job , trying to find the right things to make it accurate ; I think I started him about three years ago .
Uniform : a DML Luftwaffe uniform ( can’t remember his name , bought it as a spare ) with retailored pockets made from painted brushed cotton , shoulder straps etc removed , and newly cast RAF buttons added. The whole was then lightly painted to even up the colour .
The cap is from onesixthunique : super job.
The 1936 type boots are German Newline with tops recut and straps added.
The B-Type helmet is the ActionMan version in vinyl.
I tried making it from leather,of which I have some perfect red-brown sheepskin , but the stuff simply would not feed under the machine. After many depressing failures I gave up , got the AM version from a friend, and added all the details and a chamois lining.
The D-Type oxygen mask is scratchbuilt entirely : a bit tricky.
Cloth , lined with chamois, with a Fimo microphone. Wire and oxygen pipe from an old radio or something .
The goggles are the Mk.IIIA , modelled, cast and fitted with acrylic sheet lenses.
The Lifevest is the BBI one, and is very good. A bit tight on the body , so I removed some of the elastic , and repainted the yellow more crudely. The original came in the khaki green, but was often hand-painted yellow after pilots realised that they might be invisible should they end up in the Channel
The parachute is also BBI , and is nearly perfect , apart from the release cable, which need the silly plunger removing, and the end of the cable fitted into the D release handle.
Big Thanks to my friend MisterScruff, who patiently provided me with all the info and pics to work from.
