Is it normal for figures to bend, head down, head turned, body slumped etc. Also, a good place to lookfor such figures. Thanks Don
Not clear what you mean by “bend”. Do you mean out-of-the-box “bent” as in possibly heat applied?
Maybe a better word would e slumped. Pilot seated but slumped forward. Don
I’ve seen pictures of WWII pilots leaning forward to look at instruments. What are you wanting to do?
Hi, Don, I agree with Mike.
There’s an anecdote from the Battle of Midway that illustrates a pilot slumped over in his cockpit. Cdr. Max Leslie had to ditch his SBD when he made it back to the Yorktown, but ran out of gas before he could land. He set his plane down alongside the cruiser Astoria, and as his gunner climbed out of his rear compartment, he saw his skipper, “slumped over at the controls.” Thinking he had been injured when the plane hit the water, his gunner went to the cockpit to check, and found that the notoriously methodical Leslie was not hurt, but was putting all of the switches in the “off” position. (cf. Midway-Incredible Victory by Walter Lord)
I don’t know that you’ll find any commerical figures ready to use, but there are figures that can be modified easily enough. Verlinden’s US Navy pilots in 1/48th, for example, or the pilots from the old Monogram kits. also in 1/48th.
Hope that helps!
Brad