1/32 RFC Head With Cap

[PropBlast]

Does anyone know if there are any available 1/35 1/32 (54mm) WW1 British RFC heads complete with officers cap and cap badge? Failing this could anyone make the cap badge for this scale?

 

[NRG]

Elan13 do a range of WW1 pilots and ground crew, perhaps they could supply a suitable head?

 

[NigelR]

Elan13 do a range of WW1 pilots and ground crew, perhaps they could supply a suitable head?

They are 1/32 rather than 1/35, so might not work. All the RFC figures I am aware of are 1/32, not 1/35 (Tommy's War, Model Cellar, Elan13, Copper State Models, Black Dog, Kellerkind). AFAIK these are all full figures (the heads aren't separate). There aren't any RFC heads in the Hornet range.

 

[PropBlast]

Sorry I meant 1/32!

 

[PropBlast]

Maybe one of the following Hornet heads might be suitable but they are WW2 -

5 heads, British officer's type peaked cap (resin)

 

[NigelR]

Now you are really confusing me - those heads are 1/35. The only heads Hornet do in 1/32 are bareheaded. Why not buy a suitable 1/32 figure and hack its head off...? Even better, the Elan13 RNAS/RFC Pilot in Flying Coat WW1 comes with two separate head options, so you wouldn't have to hack the head off....

FWIW if you are going to use 1/35 heads those heads aren't great IMO because the RFC "stiff" cap did not have a curved top. You could always use HBH13 because after 1915 the RFC had soft "gor blimey" caps like these in addition to the more formal "stiff" cap..

 

[Malkie]

It is relatively easy to replicate an uncomplicated cap badge using a mixture of enamel and talcum powder built up in layers. I have never tried this with acrylics but it would probably work.

Malkie

 

[NRG]

Have you tried asking Rob Lane at Elan13 if he would supply you with a head (for a fee plus p&p natch)?

 

[PropBlast]

Now you are really confusing me - those heads are 1/35. The only heads Hornet do in 1/32 are bareheaded. Why not buy a suitable 1/32 figure and hack its head off...? Even better, the Elan13 RNAS/RFC Pilot in Flying Coat WW1 comes with two separate head options, so you wouldn't have to hack the head off....

FWIW if you are going to use 1/35 heads those heads aren't great IMO because the RFC "stiff" cap did not have a curved top. You could always use HBH13 because after 1915 the RFC had soft "gor blimey" caps like these in addition to the more formal "stiff" cap..

I'm replacing the head of a Tommy's War figure to suit my needs.

 

[NigelR]

I'm replacing the head of a Tommy's War figure to suit my needs.

I've just held up one of the Hornet HBH13 heads against a Tommy's War figure and it doesn't look too bad. Certainly not ridiculously small. But until you try it with your figure you won't know for sure......