My solution to the need for a table-top representation of a bailing-out balloon observer...
One bold observer (jumped second!) and one a little more nervous (jumped early!).
Each is built from
1) a 'Litko' clear flight hex base (one is a 3" pole, the other 4")
2) a plastic figure, bought from ebay, and
3) a 'Shapeways' "Parachute Canopy" in 1/144 scale
Simply glue the Canopy onto the top of the pole (it will be slightly offset from centre), and glue the painted figure to the pole, directly under the central hole in the canopy.
A 1/200 "Parachute Canopy" is also available (above, Right), for WW2, or for representing an earlier bail-out, now approaching the ground...
I often use 1/300 scale ground targets; I'm considering a 3-phase bail-out model, with the 1/144 parachutist "scaling down" to a 1/200 model on a subsequent phase, then being replaced by a 1/300 figure gathering his parachute having landed safely!
The 'Shapeways' item order number...
...and the Chinese-made plastic figures I bought from ebay...
...3 figures of which are suitable for parachutists hanging from drag lines.
The 1/200 "Parachute Canopies" might lead to a "stick" of paras leaping out of a Ju.52 or C.47 transport aircraft......
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