That's a V-1 with a pilot. It's also why I didn't do an 'under construction' thread, as I've just built one without a pilot! This one was a gift and will shortly be off to be smashed to pieces by a three year old, so I thought I'd better take some pictures.
This allegedly a 1/32 scale model, but none of my selection of 1/32 German pilots came close to fitting. In the end I volunteered the closest fit, not the best figure. I reckon this model is somewhere between 1/40 and 1/35 scale. He might have been dismayed to be volunteered to fly this contraption but he would have been more alarmed if he had any idea of the surgery required to make him fit. It makes Douglas Bader's injuries look like a grazed knee! He has had one arm shortened by about 6 scale inches to enable him to hold the control column, the other amputated at the wrist and both legs amputated below the knee. If that wasn't enough he also had his shoulders trimmed to fit inside the cockpit sills. There's only about 60% of him left :flushed:
Anyway, here are some pictures.
You might ask where did you find a sky with some clouds in it, given the beautiful weather we are enjoying at the moment?
On my work bench!
Cheers
Bob Ross
This allegedly a 1/32 scale model, but none of my selection of 1/32 German pilots came close to fitting. In the end I volunteered the closest fit, not the best figure. I reckon this model is somewhere between 1/40 and 1/35 scale. He might have been dismayed to be volunteered to fly this contraption but he would have been more alarmed if he had any idea of the surgery required to make him fit. It makes Douglas Bader's injuries look like a grazed knee! He has had one arm shortened by about 6 scale inches to enable him to hold the control column, the other amputated at the wrist and both legs amputated below the knee. If that wasn't enough he also had his shoulders trimmed to fit inside the cockpit sills. There's only about 60% of him left :flushed:
Anyway, here are some pictures.
You might ask where did you find a sky with some clouds in it, given the beautiful weather we are enjoying at the moment?
On my work bench!
Cheers
Bob Ross
I guess the pilot would have sat in a laid back position? No point in being unnecessarily uncomfortable as you reach top of descent...
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