A-10 & F-15 pilots by Reedoak, 1980s-2000s era

[norbert]

Hello
i'm still on USAF aircrews from the 80s-2000s era : we adapted the F-16 pilot that was designed recently in order to get A-10 and F-15 versions, modifying arms and legs positions :

 

Inside the A-10 :

 

and inside the F-15 :

 

cheers
Norbert

[Niels]

So cool! Would you possibly make one where the pilot looks straight forward aswell? Possibly with loose possitionable head?

[Glynn Jacobs]

BEAUTIFUL job!

 

Have you considered making modern, seated French helicopter pilots/crews in 1/72nd scale?  There are NONE that I know of out there for my Gazelle, Super Frelon, Lynx, and Puma kits!

 

Merci!,

 

WARDOG

[Niels]

Norbert, 
Have you considered doing a similar mod of the "fully dresses" F-16 pilot(s) - ie full combat and survival gear? 

[MattP]

Will ANY of these be available in 1/144 scale?

[norbert]

1 hour ago, MattP said:

Will ANY of these be available in 1/144 scale?

We have already F-16 and F-18 pilots in 1/144. For this one, we will design before the WSO for the 2 seaters

 

[Murph]

As somebody that was flying for the USAF at the time, there are a couple of things I would point out.  What is the cable going from the left side of the helmet to the oxygen mask?  BTW, if you're going back to the 80's and 90's, the the older style oxygen mask was still being used frequently.  The other points are that it was typical to fly with a survival vest in peacetime, and mandatory in combat and the figure is missing the SEAWARS around the neck which was fitted the vast majority of the time on any unit that had to fly over the water.

 

Regards,

Murph

 

 

Edited April 28 by Murph

[Murph]

Forgot to mention is that the first thing every fighter pilot did when getting issued a new flight suit was to rip or cut off the survival knife pocket on the left leg (because there was one on the G-suit) and then cut off the flap on the left sleeve (which was only there for a short time) covering the pen pocket.  Because.

 

Regards,

Murph

[mrvark]

Murph,

I think the cord you're referring to is the comm cord--it's just not executed correctly, if my old F-111 brain bucket is anything to go by:

 

[Collin]

7 hours ago, Murph said:

Forgot to mention is that the first thing every fighter pilot did when getting issued a new flight suit was to rip or cut off the survival knife pocket on the left leg (because there was one on the G-suit) and then cut off the flap on the left sleeve (which was only there for a short time) covering the pen pocket.  Because.

 

Regards,

Murph

Check…and check. 
 

Beware the young lad that entered the bar with either attached…for by nights end, they will not.  I’ve seen more than a knife pouch depart, depending on the technique used…a good portion of the flight suit leg could “exit”. 

This young Ensign in 1992 made that mistake at the Cold Lake AFB bar…it was quick and painless for me…not so much for my buddy who decided to put up a fight. He lost a lot more than the knife pouch. 

Cheers

Collin

[Murph]

11 hours ago, mrvark said:

Murph,

I think the cord you're referring to is the comm cord--it's just not executed correctly...

 

 

 

 

Jim,

  I assumed it was the comm cord, but I've never seen a life support shop let one go out the door hanging that loosely.

 

Regards,

Murph

[norbert]

22 hours ago, Murph said:

As somebody that was flying for the USAF at the time, there are a couple of things I would point out.  What is the cable going from the left side of the helmet to the oxygen mask?  BTW, if you're going back to the 80's and 90's, the the older style oxygen mask was still being used frequently.  The other points are that it was typical to fly with a survival vest in peacetime, and mandatory in combat and the figure is missing the SEAWARS around the neck which was fitted the vast majority of the time on any unit that had to fly over the water.

 

Regards,

Murph

 

 

Many thanks for your input. Here we have what I would call a demo team version, as was requested to me by some modellers. The cable on the left side is the com cord. I know that the MBU-5 from vietnam war era was still sometimes in use, but you usualy see MBU-12 mask on pictures from the desert storm era.

SEAWARS were, as you said, in use at this time, but they are fixed to the parachute riser buckle, which is not provided here, as it connects to the seat, and may be provided with the seat straps. For the fly over water, a LPU life preserver is also missing on this version, will come with other versions we are working on.

[norbert]

20 hours ago, mrvark said:

Murph,

I think the cord you're referring to is the comm cord--it's just not executed correctly, if my old F-111 brain bucket is anything to go by:

 

many thanks for the pictures. Your mask seems to have an extra short cord from the divider to the helmet connection. Mine is much longer.

Even on the video here : 

first picture shows it short (under the combat edge hose), and at 4:11, you see that there is even a prolongation cord in use (the one in spiral) that you see hanging, but your remark is interesting and I will take it into account

[RichB63]

Great looking figures Norbert…easily the best available!

[norbert]

On 4/28/2024 at 6:05 PM, Murph said:

Forgot to mention is that the first thing every fighter pilot did when getting issued a new flight suit was to rip or cut off the survival knife pocket on the left leg (because there was one on the G-suit) and then cut off the flap on the left sleeve (which was only there for a short time) covering the pen pocket.  Because.

 

Regards,

Murph

I know that, it was even so in vietnam, in the Air Force, and even Robin Olds had his knife pocket cut by some of his guys when arriving in his unit in Vietnam.

However, The knife pocket you see is the one on the G-suit and I never saw it cut out (and also never saw a knife inside)

Cheers

Norbert

[zerosystem]

Norbert, might you have an A-10/F-15 Pilot with a JHMCS helmet in the works too?