Simviation Forum - A reproduction fighter jacket

Mar 9^th, 2005 at 6:46pm

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I'm looking to make a repro. Flying Tiger jacket. I'm looking for a A-2 jacket for $100-200 range. I can get all the patches easily, I just need a jacket to put them on. Can anyone point me to a good website?

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Reply #1 - Mar 10^th, 2005 at 1:35am

Flt.Lt.Andrew Ex Member

I think you'd need to pay around 300-400 for a decent A-2.
For what purpose are you using it for?

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Reply #2 - Mar 10^th, 2005 at 1:38am

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Found one!
Replica A-2, 135 dollars.
http://www.mardonco.com/v0000023.htm

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Reply #3 - Mar 10^th, 2005 at 2:56am

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Lucky dog...

I've been looking for a reproduction Luftwaffe visor cap for a long time, but they're all so dang expensive! Must be nice to have a big budget eh? Tongue

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Reply #4 - Mar 10^th, 2005 at 4:34am

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I know where you can get a decent Schirmutze!

Type in Grant's Militaria on google, select pages from australian, I think he has a new page.
Decent schirmutze from 30 dollars upward!
(thats where I bought mine, plan to convert it to RAF soon...)

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Reply #5 - Mar 11^th, 2005 at 7:06pm

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not a big fan of the A-2...I rather like the B-3 though, if only because its so similar to the RAF Irvin jacket. I plan on buying a repro Irvin in a few years, such a good, quality jacket. I recently purchased a repro pair of 1936 pattern RAF flying boots from motorcowboy.com, along with a pair of repro 1933 pattern RAF gauntletts, and an RAF scarf. A bit hard on the wallet, especially when your saving for both a private licence and university, but its worth it. Hope to have the full RAF flying kit in a 4 or 5 years when I start flying Tiger Moths.

Oh, and while we're on the topic, does anyone know of anyplace whatsoever that makes/sells repro Royal Naval air Service caps? I have the proper cap badge, but I cant seem to find a modern navy hat that looks right, thought I might as well spend a little extra cash to get a proper hat that fits too...

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Reply #6 - Mar 13^th, 2005 at 9:18am

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Flt.Lt.Andrew I'm using it as a regular jacket. Everyone in my school has those bright neon plastic jackets. I want to show them what a real jacket is. Plus I am a huge AVG fan. I know alot about the history of the Flying Tigers and have always wanted a real AVG jacket. But since I cant get a real one, I'll make a repro.

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Reply #7 - Mar 27^th, 2005 at 7:52am