The wife has “commissioned” a Roland so i can learn rigging but now sher wants a pilot in the cockpit, probably with a streaming scarf…[:(]
Anyway, a friend found one 1:32 figure on a site but I would have to cut her up.
Any direction to a woman pilot would be appreciated.
I know of no one who makes any seated female pilot figures, in any scale, and for any time period let alone in the garb of a WW I pilot. That’s not to say there isn’t one out there, but I haven’t seen one, ever.
However, there is a series of figures made in a what-if scenario, if WW I hadn’t ended when it did. That’s Luftkrieg 1919, https://www.luftkrieg1919.com/ They produce in 1/32, as well as 1/16. Their series includes a number of women, though, they’re all in standing poses, as far as I know, and they have a good deal of a steampunk look to them. But you might be able to modify one.
For that matter, you could probably find some other 1/32 female and modify the figure to fit in the cockpit.
If anyone else knows of a 1/32 seated female pilot in WW I gear, though, I’ll be interested to see it.
Hey, Pathvet9, I see that Creative Models Australia has some female WWI pilots. One is kind of in a leaning pose. I don’t know if they’ll do you any good. But here’s the link. Scroll down a little ways. If they work but are standing, you can always cut them at the waist and knees, do a little carving for fit, fill with putty, and make a seated figure. Barrett
Thanks for that input. Yes, I have seen the Creative Models pilot and will probably use her as I did not find anything else. Hope I can figure out a way to trim her and get her into the Roland cockpit.
Flying fashion in that era was much given to jodpuhrs and boots, so if you could find a male seated pilot so attired, you probably could not be faulted for severing said figure at the wasit and grafting a suitable female figure at the join.
Maybe you could just use the woman figure’s head and put it on any other WW1 pilot’s body.
Great thought! Thanks.