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..anyone fancy a 1/32 Defiant kit? ...can't really believe this is actually happening not out yet, but coming soonish Peter

Hi Rog, thanks for your interest There is nowhere to order yet as the kit is not ready and I am not taking pre-orders. This is for the simple reason I don't want anyone's money until I am 100% happy the kit is the best I can make it. Currently that depends on the transparencies, once I see those I will be more relaxed Even so, there will not be any pre-orders - it's a bit like Glastonbury, I will announce well in advance the date and time the kit is available which will be hopefully a universally comfortable time of day for everyone and then make it live. There are 100 copies and once they are gone (if they are gone) then more will follow about a month after. This, I think is the fairest way. I will try and set a limit on purchases to two, someone has already said they want four as soon as it is out, so again, while I of course hope they sell out, I do want everyone who is interested to have a chance. All the best Peter

If you want hundreds of period images that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, then check this out..

woohoo - final box art in production .. So masks will either be available separately for a small fee on the website, or the decals will have a QR code where you can get the file if you can print your own I have spoken to Dimitry at Uprise about a few projects as Ray at Fantasy Printshop is retiring so I am getting a boatload of airscale stock before he does and then they will likely become my supplier Hi Jay - yes, I am having 500 made as it's not much more and who knows if the kit sells over time I may need that many TTFN Peter

Aww that is very sad news indeed. Harv was a wonderful chap on here, I missed him when he left and I will miss him even more now Bless him and all those close to him, so sad.

big, big day for me and this kit... check this out... # the single thing stopping me doing anything are transparencies - now that problem is undeniably solved so thrilled Peter

thank you, thank you it is a surprisingly close race (to me anyway) Agreed, though I can see a solution to that with a one piece fuselage section with gear and wing struts already in place - probably with wire internal bracing to give both strength.. ..and therein lies the rub and I will tell you why... I actually have the CAD for one which is good enough and in a format I could work with.. this could, within a fairly short time be a fully detailed kit for which I am very encouraged by the poll results to support doing. But as Thierry said, it's quite big at 45cm span (a Spit is 35cm) but the big unknown is while it's a popular choice, is it stump up the best part of £300 popular... The Firefly is a very good shout indeed, I was aware of one in development so will check on that I encourage it Max, I like to hear suggestions as with the Firefly, there are other options that make commercial sense.. Umm no, my email works, or you can get me here on PM - there are no slots for the Defiant, it will be announced & released on a first come, first served basis in the Spring So much to think about - thank you all for your input Peter

very interesting - thanks & please keep voting This is a worry for sure, I guess all manufacturers have this problem when choosing subjects, so while my turnaround may be months, not years, I don't want to be in a bad place with it.. the same may apply for the HS126 for all I know too - maybe ICM? That said, I am determined not to not do something because someone else might a twin might be a bit ambitious right now, but at some point who knows Yes, when the production run is done and I don't need the machines running 24/7 - by commission only I would interesting aeroplanes for sure... one brute force, sleek and pretty straightforward.. ..the other, surprisingly large, intricate, unusual and probably bloody hard to kit with all that bobbins going on ... TTFN Peter

With the 1/32 Boulton Paul Defiant heading for production and a Spring release, it is time to start thinking about what is next. I have two subjects that I think would be popular, but of course will listen to options (sorry, no Jets yet ) please choose one, or drop a comment with what you would like to see No promises, but if the Defiant sells, I definitely want to bring more 'MIA' aircraft to 1/32 Thanks in advance Peter

those fillets look amazing Jay and I know exactly how hard they are to do Peter

Looks fabulous, it is so special to me to see this endeavour come to life in such masterful hands so a few notes about this particular kit - Tolga's is printed at 0.060 microns so has some visible layer lines, the kit itself is being printed at 0.030 microns so twice the resolution and will have virtually no layer lines. This is the big decision in 3D retail as the prints take twice as long - for example the mid-section fuselage is doing it's last run and I started printing that a week ago. I could turn out twice as many in the same time but I want the best quality and that takes time The transparencies are also unique to Tolga's build. In this case, I vacformed a set and fixed them to 3D printed frames - a tricky task and why people don't like vacforms in their kits... they look great actually, but the production kit will have injection moulded transparencies which are being tooled now by the folks that do Dorawings & Reskit (& their stuff looks outstanding so I have high hopes..) There seems to be quite a bit of interest, and even some folks asking for 2 kits when it comes out, but the first run will be 100 and will be released on a date and time I will announce when I have received the transparent parts - expected in 6-8 weeks. The design is complete, the instructions complete, the decal design is complete and I am about a third the way through part production The prototype is on my website as a placeholder advertised at £250+ and that's where it will be for sale when released, though may be nearer £300. That's a lot of money, but I can assure you not only is it expensive to produce in volume, but each part, let alone kit is personally curated to be the best I can do and that takes a lot of time. I don't have designers, production staff, logistics, packers, printers, I just have me, so if you want a 1/32 Defiant and you can afford one, buy one, if you can't, I can do no more than apologise for teasing you TTFN Peter

Looks wonderful Jay I use foam pipe insulation to protect fine edges. We have it here in 1m lengths that is a foam pipe with a slit down the side for putting on outside plumbing to stop them freezing i tape it on until paint, though you would have to use bands or something as it’s already painted works wonders peter

that is utterly showstoppingly gorgeous Marcin what a feat to pull off ..simply the best model I have seen in many a moon... Peter

ok so there may not be a right or wrong answer here but I have another question... decals must have a minimum of 0.5mm carrier film border all the way around them, so when doing markings for the side of an aircraft, you can have: a) all the decals in their own carrier film - means you work harder to locate them, but there is far less carrier film to deal with b) all the decals in one piece - assuring correct location, easy to apply but you have to deal with the carrier film the choice is yours, what would be better? TIA Peter

fabulous project Max & beautiful execution - please tell me, do those Typhoon drawings have fuselage cross sections? ...asking for a friend 😎