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Author Topic: 28mm service caps non peaked  (Read 1205 times)

Offline Poiter50

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28mm service caps non peaked
« on: August 18, 2023, 02:40:20 PM »
Are there any plastic figs with service caps (fore & aft style)? I want to do some RAF types for Crete in 1941, paint would solve most of this but caps would finish them off nicely.
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Re: 28mm service caps non peaked
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2023, 02:43:59 PM »
Not plastic, but Warlord does a sprue of forage-capped heads in metal.
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Offline Poiter50

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Re: 28mm service caps non peaked
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2023, 02:51:33 PM »
Ta, JF.

Not plastic, but Warlord does a sprue of forage-capped heads in metal.

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Re: 28mm service caps non peaked
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2023, 05:58:06 PM »
Known as the Chip bag hat in my time!

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Re: 28mm service caps non peaked
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2023, 06:06:50 AM »
Known as the Chip bag hat in my time!
Indeed! :)

Offline Poiter50

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Re: 28mm service caps non peaked
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2023, 07:01:34 AM »
Known as something quite different and NSFW where I'm from.

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Re: 28mm service caps non peaked
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2023, 05:46:30 PM »
Yeah, we had a very colorful (and unrepeatable in mixed company) name for them when I was in the US Army....
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Offline carlos marighela

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Re: 28mm service caps non peaked
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2023, 11:58:47 PM »
Known as something quite different and NSFW where I'm from.

Yes but the cap was deliberate ploy to draw attention away from the fact that they were wearing suede desert boots and short shorts.* Rather the appellation be directed at the headwear than the man wearing it. Viewed in plan form the local name for the cap is obvious.  ;)

By the by I have found that many 1/48 figures will work with 28mm, especially if some judicious trimming is made below the knee. Heads usually transfer seamlessly. In this vein I offer you:

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/airfix-a04702-wwii-raf-ground-crew--943248

Plenty of spare heads and readily available in local model shops.

Also:

https://www.modelsandhobbies4u.com.au/catalogue/product/raf-pilots-and-ground-personnel-1939-1945




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Offline carlos marighela

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Re: 28mm service caps non peaked
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2023, 12:08:51 AM »
Mystery contents but coming up and may be better in terms of theatre specifics.

https://www.metrohobbies.com.au/products/icm-48080-1-48-raf-pilots-in-tropical-uniforms-1941-1945

Offline Poiter50

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Re: 28mm service caps non peaked
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2023, 02:01:55 AM »
Seems that Revell do a licensed version. Bit expensive for 3 C Caps. Might look for 3D printed.

Mystery contents but coming up and may be better in terms of theatre specifics.

https://www.metrohobbies.com.au/products/icm-48080-1-48-raf-pilots-in-tropical-uniforms-1941-1945

 

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