A cockpit was then made up from plastic card and kitted out with miniature switches, levers, microphone, lights and dials (none of which worked!). The 'Virgil' figure was a soldier model coated in car body filler and roughly worked into shape. Basically, he supposed to be wearing a flame resistant suit and headgear, and this quick and easy process did the trick. He was then sprayed white with the face window painted.

I then heated him up (as you do!) and bent him into a seated position and glued him into a plastic card seat.