The figure 1:16 Japanese pilot - WWII captures a Japanese airman of the Second World War in full flying kit, cast in resin in the large scale.
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Japanese pilots turn up among modeling figures far more rarely than their German or Allied opponents, and in the large scale hardly at all. That is exactly what makes this casting interesting: in 1:16 scale a standing figure comes out at around 120 millimeters, so the cut of the flying suit and the small items of kit that would be lost in a smaller scale all stand out on it.
Flying personnel wore a one-piece suit over the uniform, fur-lined in winter, and a leather helmet with goggles went with it, as did an inflatable life vest in naval crews. A characteristic item was the headband with a painted sun and the thousand-stitch belt, sewn for the pilot by the women of his family and meant to bring protection. Officer status was often recognizable from a sword carried even with flying kit, a custom that has no parallel in other armies of the time.
The flying suit tended to be in shades of light brown to olive green and is heavily sun-faded in photographs, so it pays to brighten the undercoat and only then to bring out the seams with a darker toning. Leather parts will take a sheen, while cloth calls for a matte surface instead. On larger figures skin is layered gradually: a base, shadow into the hollows and finally a warm transition on the cheeks.
The resin parts are supplied without paint; cyanoacrylate glue will serve for joining them.
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