Greg Gale
Well-Known Member
Nothing new in here, really. I've just been looking at photos of McQueen in The GreatEscape, and I discovered something - something that's not new to anyone, but I thought it would be interesting to point out and share with you. It's not meant to start any discussion about "proper fit", we all know it varied massively, don't we? It's more about pointing out a "feature" of our beloved A-2s that many tend to ignore, or regard as a defect - including me from time to time. Let this be a sobering reminder of what A-2s are really like
So McQueen is wearing a RW (27752? 16159?), quite a generously sized one, definitely not on the trim side, sleeves tunneling and all (Even if wearing the jacket unzipped relaxes the shoulders and makes the sleeves a tad longer)
But let's see what happens to the sleeves when he folds his arms, or raises them:
Sitting down only exacerbates the phenomenon:
and now, look what happens when he wants to pick up his baseball:
Also, when he raises his arms, the jacket raises with them!
I thought it would be nice to have these pictures in one thread, sorry if I wasted anyone's time
So McQueen is wearing a RW (27752? 16159?), quite a generously sized one, definitely not on the trim side, sleeves tunneling and all (Even if wearing the jacket unzipped relaxes the shoulders and makes the sleeves a tad longer)
But let's see what happens to the sleeves when he folds his arms, or raises them:
Sitting down only exacerbates the phenomenon:
and now, look what happens when he wants to pick up his baseball:
Also, when he raises his arms, the jacket raises with them!
I thought it would be nice to have these pictures in one thread, sorry if I wasted anyone's time