Hi everyone.
My first post here, but delighted to have found this section of the forum.
I'd love to add a custom ROTJ Y-wing pilot to my collection - one that looks and feels like it could have come off the Kenner production line in 1983/4. I've seen a couple of beauties online and I've duplicated these images below - the first is from Pintrest - I can't find a link to the maker to give credit (though they may well be a member here - be great to find out who), the second is from a creator called "Iron-Cow Productions":
The recipe in both cases seems to be AT-ST driver arms, an X-wing or B-wing pilot torso and legs, a trimmed head and a trimmed helmet from a modern era pilot.
I could track down these parts and I could physically assemble the model, but unfortunately due to a medical condition, my hands shake and I wouldn't be able to paint the figure to the standard I would like (factory-standard) to fit into my Y-wing display. Equally, I wouldn't be able to fill the transition between the helmet and the pilot's face (most evident in the first image above) that makes the figure's head seem to have been cast in one piece in keeping with the 1970s/80s mouldings.
So I was wondering if anyone made such a model commercially or could do so to order? I'm new to this part of collecting and have found Iron Cow productions and the Vintage Studio Store but neither seem to have such a figure for sale. I've been scouring Etsy too with no joy. The ideal is of course an injection moulded figure, but I don't think anyone has made the tooling for this - so I expect I'd be looking for a customiser that could adapt factory Kenner parts - I think I'd like it to be quite hardwearing in case the kids found it.
Any pointers/links or conversations with forum-members who could do this would be massively welcome. I'm based in the UK.
Thank you very much.