RAF officers cap (Repro)

[flyboy]

So sorry if this has been talked about before, but who makes the best WWII RAF officers caps. In large sizes.
I have looked upon WPG's and Soldier of Fortune's examples - but are there some better ones out there?
I need it for a photoshoot and later exhibition - so it must be pretty accurate.
I can take care of the weathering and beating up myself. (Guess it's just a matter of leaving it outside for a week, with the weather we've got at the mo.)

 

[flyboy]

As I said: Don't even think about it :lol: :lol: :lol:

OK one small question then:
The so called "Duck Bill peak" should be the sign of a WWII period cap. (Or so SOF claims) Can anybody comment on that, then? Please??
I am no expert - but for my use, the cap needs to be right (WWII)

 

[Tim P]

its a very specialised area and easy to get wrong.. have you tried the raf reenactors network54 forum?

 

[flyboy]

Oh yes - but they are obviously too busy with other - and more important - things.

 

[stanier]

I too would like to know the answer to this question. Something with the quality of Diamond Dave's caps but RAF. I'd like early war. I'd love an Eagle Squadron uniform to go with with my 4th Fighter Group. Just who does make the best repro RAF gear?

 

[horseback leader]

I have an early original cap (it has green paper under the visor, detailed stitching inside where the sweatband would be) and a close friend owns a What Price Glory cap (cloth under visor, later-style than an early style). They both, honestly, look good. The WPG cap is, of course, just about new, looks dressier than field-worn-jaunty, and of course, it isn't broken in. It's a good, solid cap (most DEFINITELY not in the vicinity of what Dave could make if he were doing RAF) but decidedly quite passable. The thing I would do if I had the repro cap, is buy, wet it, put it on a mannequin-head, crush it down a bit, then when dry, leave it outside for a few days, and then sew on an original WW2 cap device. Inside, it'll still be obvious it's not an original (they were made so very well and the WPG repros lack... something) but for reenacting it's quite passable, and not just from "ten feet away".

Dan