Battle of Britain RAF fighter pilot.

Aujourd'hui, au Royaume-Uni, il est l'anniversaire officiel de la bataille d'Angleterre en 1940.

Voici mon modèle de l'un des pilotes de chasse de la RAF, fait aussi précisément que possible.
Il porte le casque de vol en cuir "type B", et son uniforme est de type plus formel encore portés par les pilotes lors de cette phase initiale de la guerre.
La plupart de cette tenue a été conçue ou modifiée par moi. Le parachute et lifevest sont de BBI.

Today is Battle of Britain Day, as this forum has already noticed.

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.

J'adore Tony !!! Et là au moins il n'y a pas d'erreur uniformologique ! Du grand art ! Comme toujours !

superbe ce pilote bravo belle figurine

superbe pilote

Un travail de très grande qualité

Hi, Tony. I like your pilot because of the choice of materials, the care for details and the excellent technique you used... as is your custom!

Je me faisais la réflexion il y a quelques semaines que les pilotes de la RAF n'étaient pas trop représentés au 1/6 et voilà Mr Tony l' a fait .alors je dis et

God Save The R.A.F

Superbe figurine Tony

superbe pilote, bravo tony !

A beautiful figure and a great tribute to those men on this special day.

Thank you to give us the opportunity to remember that "never was so much owed by so many to so few"

And congratulations for your French !


Une très belle figurine en même temps qu'un superbe hommage envers ces hommes en ce jour spécial.

Merci de nous donner l'opportunité de nous rappeler que 'jamais autant n'a été dû par tant de gens à si peu d'entre eux' (Winston Churchill)

Et bravo pour le français employé !

Fabulous !!!

la classe supérieur, le but à atteindre..... un modèle pour tous.

Merci Monsieur Barton . Votre figurine est merveilleuse. Quelle qualité !!!!





Merlinharley77.

ha ouais c'est la classe !!!!!!!

great work mister Barton

Tony, du grand art !
Un vrai régal pour les yeux.

Some few words!

Now R.A.F. means:

Really...Absolutly Fabulous!

semble rèel....merveilleux