Popular Post airscale Posted January 4 Popular Post Posted January 4 Hi everyone I haven't been making models for about a month... but I have been modelmaking It has always been a little dream of mine to use airscale to make my own kit and take a tiny weeny bit of the power of what gets released and when from the big boys.. So, I started making my first kit in 3D - something I toyed with in 1/18 and I think is an interesting subject - the Defiant Mk1. Before I go any further I will justv say that this is a project that I thought might be interesting to share - I have no idea of what I am doing and there are some significant practical challenges to overcome on the way, not least of which are: Transparencies - I want these to be Injection moulded - If I can find clear parts on a toy in the pound shop, I must be able to get something made - if that fails then maybe resin but that is very labour intensive, failing that maybe 3D has advanced enough, and as a last resort vacforms Print dimensional accuracy - I have faces that are within a micron of each other on screen, but when printed have quite a bit of deviation - I expect this is a lot to do with the orientation & support placement, but for detailed surfaces you are kind of pushed into limited options Print time - All the parts for now are printed at the lowest, but fastest quality @ 60 micron layers, I usually print in 22 microns for my AM parts - but this speeds up the prints - even then, on 60 microns it takes about 9 hours to do the wing parts so each kit will take days to print at the proper resolution I think it's worth a shot, but for now can't say if, or when it might be available, or how much it would be.. Anyways, enough of the negative waves man, let's have a look at progress so far - this is the Mk1 but I also have a MkII nose and prop.. ..the kit currently breaks down like this.. ..and the first prototype prints - I primed and painted it because I wanted to see how the surface detail held up - should have painted it a lighter colour though.. So, I am quite pleased with how some of the parts came out, others clearly need work.. thats why it is here as a WIP as I want you to come on the journey with me. I also want to get some feedback along the way and although I will do my best, this won't be a Tamiya quality kit so I hope if it ever does come out you can help me not get it rubbished by the critics next up will be the gear bays, then surface detailing the wings & fillets and unlike every other model I have ever made, last of all will be the cockpit. Oh and by the way and drawings or reference pics are always welcome - just PM me TTFN Peter rafju, LSP_Kevin, Alain Gadbois and 51 others 51 3
dennismcc Posted January 4 Posted January 4 The Defiant is one off my wishlist kits, so I will watch closely. Cheers Dennis williamj, airscale, scvrobeson and 1 other 4
mozart Posted January 4 Posted January 4 This will be very welcome Peter, what a great choice of subject! I don’t doubt it will sell really well despite there being no price point yet. PM inbound! scvrobeson, williamj, dennismcc and 10 others 13
Tolga ULGUR Posted January 4 Posted January 4 I would like to get one airscale, williamj and Martinnfb 3
monthebiff Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Excellent subject choice Peter and I do hope this project does make it to kit form as I'm sure it would be very popular as it's a subject a lot of us would love to build in 32nd scale. Regards. Andy Martinnfb, williamj and airscale 3
Landrotten Highlander Posted January 4 Posted January 4 56 minutes ago, dennismcc said: The Defiant is one off my wishlist kits, so I will watch closely. Cheers Dennis x 2 williamj, dennismcc, Martinnfb and 1 other 4
Shoggz Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Wow, how exciting! I'd definitely be up for one of these. airscale, Martinnfb, williamj and 1 other 4
Steve Eagle Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Veeerry interesting! As Schultz would say. airscale, Martinnfb and williamj 3
Artful69 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 I'm in ... It WILL be expensive by the nature of the medium ... That's life ... package it well (Instructions, decals, multi media etc) similar to Jetmads ... and you'll have a winner. Rog Javlin1, airscale, williamj and 1 other 4
JayW Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Wow! What a great subject here! And this idea of 3D printing an entire kit, to sell to others. You and I have heard that one before! I don't know where to start. How about this for starters - - What will you do to the LG struts to make them robust enough? Is that not a problem at 1/32 as well as 1/18? Good luck on this most interesting project. Judging by the smaller projects you have offered up on Airscale, this will end up being a real gem. airscale, Martinnfb and williamj 3
firefly7 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Outstanding, looking forward to buying one. Martinnfb, williamj and airscale 3
europapete Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Colletion round!! Collection round!! mail your pre-order payments to... ( Peter, insert address here) williamj, Christa, airscale and 1 other 4
Martinnfb Posted January 4 Posted January 4 This proves one thing, everything that Peter touches turns to gold. thierry laurent, Javlin1, airscale and 2 others 5
thierry laurent Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Wow ! That turret is incredible!!! 👏 1/18th is impressive but this will ask ages to print parts. 1/32th would be probably more attractive and you can also consider 1/24th to go with the existing Spitfires, Hurricane, Mosquito and Typhoons. Christa, Martinnfb and airscale 3
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