As da Rck stated, the model is semi-scale. Almost all ARF "scale" models are strictly just more look-a-likes than scale models. The wings are designed for FLYING and therefore are larger and thicker than any true scale model. That is good because up in the air it looks fine, looks like the real airplane and you have fun which is what it is all about.

Now the subject Pilot? Just my opinion, however having spent some life-time in cockpits, which are normally very cramped, I suggest you go with a larger pilot than the advertised scale. I have seen so many warbirds with small pilots that totally distract from realism yet they are advertised to the same scale. (Measuring works.) It is the head and shoulders that make the real looks in the cockpit. If you have access to some Warbird pictures, you can see that a Zero canopy was filled with the head and top of shoulders of the average person. In this case size does matter.