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The 1940 and 1941 patterns were exactly the same - made of a heavy canvas, front zipper, removable fur like collar and inner kapok liner. The only difference was the 1941 pattern had an electric D Type personal heating. This was the last model of the sidcot to be manufactured by the RAF. I do believe the RAAF had their version of the sidcot as well - I know of one version with off set side button front.

In regards to the belt - I am not sure. It may have came with the suit but I am not aware. A "Rigger" perhaps may have made one for him, or this item could be a just a private purchase.

Pilots during these times did not use just issued items. German fighter pilots purchased allot of their own items and stole from the Allies - wearing a RAF Sidcot was a real prized trophy item. I would have to look into it further down the road.

I have provided a link to a reenactors forum that have a few pictures that should interest most BOB lovers.

LOL... yes the "Boiler Suit" youre referring to is known as a Sidcot Suit (they came in white & kaki tan). They were issued to most pilots in 1940 and went over the normal service uniform like overalls. The average Hurricane and Spitfire pilot dislike them because they restricted their movement while flying in a tight cockpit (kind of flying short sheeted), but Douglas Bader used the sidcot all the time. I will be making a pilot with a Sidcot Suit as well but a little later.

Thank you Ellocolobo for your wonderful comment. The Buckle probably does look a little strange if you have never seen a pair before. The female strap and buckle are located on the left out side corner of the boot - it is much shorter. The longer inner male strap is longer goes across the front of the boot and pulls the buckle in towards the middle when tightened. If you are making reference to the left side of the buckle itself - the left side has the roller part of the roller style buckle and seems different or short. I hope this helps and clears all things up.

Yes you are correct that the pilots had many problems with keeping their boots on when parachuting from their planes almost everyone did. There where many models of boots created during the war - some just to try to cure this very problem. The most common boot available to pilots in the summer 1940 was the pre war 1936 Pattern boots like the basic un-textured model above (it's very accurate).

The boots that followed this model where the following:

Pattern 1939 (P-36 boot with just a canvas top desert use only)

Pattern 1940 (leather uppers, gum rubber soles and a zipper in front (no straps))

Pattern 1941 (P-41 boot with big strap added around the ankle to keep them on better)

Pattern 1943 Escape Boots (zipper on side of uppers, lower shoes looked like a plain civilian - the tops were cut away with a knife after they bailed out in enemy territory, so the would blend in better)

AntoniaTiger I see your prospective cleary. I am using the Battledress here in the forum very loosely to give every one here a basic visual idea what he / she (WASP) will /could look like. I guess the term I should use is Battle Ready. The short Battledress Tunic never really came out for the RAF till about 1942. For those who are militaria savvy the RAF Pilot will evenly I hope will come out in a 4 different configurations, year and theater versions over time.

1940 -1941 (Battle of Britain: Summer)

Pre War RAF Service Tunic and Pants (Air Force Blue)
(three-quarter length tunic, single-breasted with a four button front closure)
RAF Side Cap
RAF High Neck Wool Sweater / Shirt and Tie
RAF Wool Socks
RAF Flying Boots - P 36
RAF Gauntlets - P 33
RAF Oxygen Type D Mask / E Carbon Microphone
RAF Flight Goggles Mk III A
RAF Flight Helmet Type B
RAF Mae West - P 32 (Early Lime Green)
Additional RAF Field Equipment and Personal Items

Hi Lilybelles The Hot Leather Mini is very similar in design to Hot Leather Dress with these differences. 1. Overall length is much shorter. 2. The Mini's back has no leg split up through the back nor leather strap as the Hot Leather Dress does. It has been sealed over with a new set of seams. 3. The Mini has new leg spits up along both sides of the Dress Hot Leather Dress has solid seams. NOTE: these differences are in the .OBJ model structure and not create by bump or trans maps. Dale MacMullin

Perhaps your application has a no smoothing feature - it will be listed as a tool that is used to Split Vertices. If your application does not have this feature as well you can do the following. But you will need patience. If you have square edges you would like to keep from smoothing in poser you can always open it up in UV Mapper and apply under Edit Menu > Tools> Split Vertices. This will remove any smoothing. Then you can import it into Poser. This is great if all vertices are being split and all edges are sharp. If you have a model with both smooth and sharp edges. You will need to divide your model into two groups - a sharp edges group, and smooth and then export the groups separately as objects. Run the UV Mapper and open the sharp edge group and apply the Split Vertices filter. Then import them separately into Poser (the same scale) and attach them together by creating a prop or re-export to group ( but do not weld on export).

Personally I would create the shirt without a collar first and then attach a collar to the existing shirt with the normls on the out side folded over. Leaving surfaces on the inside and outside of the neck. The second thing I would do is then select all the polygons and then use a face extrusion to give it a little thickness.

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