*** Finished *** 1/32 Airscale Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.1 "Test build"

[orion2]

Beautiful work...are the u/c legs one-piece parts ?

 

MB

[Tolga ULGUR]

6 hours ago, Greif8 said:

Really beautiful work Tolga!

 

Ernest

 

Thanks Ernest

 

5 hours ago, Pete Roberts said:

Excellent Tolga! Nice work.

 

And the Defiant is coming along nicely too.... 

 

Edit: one concern I have is that there are layers evident from the 3D printing in some photos. Hopefully Peter's changes to the printing process will help, but is there any other way of eliminating these? Sanding?

 

Thanks Pete

Yes, this print is for testing purposes. Peter stated that the final production would be different.

 

5 hours ago, orion2 said:

Beautiful work...are the u/c legs one-piece parts ?

 

MB

 

Thanks 

Yes the leg is one piece pat

[Haggis]

Stunning mate

[Tolga ULGUR]

I am still waiting for the decals. Turkish Customs tripped me . Customs confiscated the customized code letter decals
So, a small upate for today

 

[Landrotten Highlander]

nice work

 

hope customs gets fair and frees, I mean gives, your packet back to you

[Tolga ULGUR]

2 hours ago, Landrotten Highlander said:

nice work

 

hope customs gets fair and frees, I mean gives, your packet back to you

 

Thanks

No they wont
Altough my 4th attempt to explain the ingredent, they insist on not understanding. It s all bullshit. 
They don't care even though I told them to open it, look at its content and then decide

No way out

[nmayhew]

On 3/6/2025 at 7:51 PM, airscale said:

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

Hi Peter,

 

I will admit I can’t help thinking you would have sold five times as many kits if the price was say £150? But then again I guess it’s probably costing you north of £200 to make, and God knows how many hours you have put into it, so maybe that was never a realistic prospect?

 

I’m sure the initial run will sell out and if that means you get funds (and experience) that help you in future projects, then it’s still all good.

 

I wonder whether initial buyers might be like YouTube patreons etc, and maybe have some privilege or discount on future projects? I can’t participate at £295 btw so this is not me angling for future freebies

 

News of the project is now starting to percolate outside of LSP btw - lots of excitement!

 

Wishing you all the best with this and future projects

Nick

[thierry laurent]

Indeed, looking at the price of other 3d printed kits (Lukgraph, Halberd or Jetmads) and the size of the plane, I also thought the price would be around 200£.

[Pete Roberts]

Price sounds more than reasonable to me, especially given all the work and expense of development, let alone production, the latter including IM canopies and two forms of markings, mask and decals as well as all that printing. Personally, I'm surprised that it is so low.

[thierry laurent]

10 hours ago, Pete Roberts said:

Price sounds more than reasonable to me, especially given all the work and expense of development, let alone production, the latter including IM canopies and two forms of markings, mask and decals as well as all that printing. Personally, I'm surprised that it is so low.

I agree for the IM canopies but all the other producers have the same requirements. One thing I'm sure of is that Peter will guarantee a perfect printing and this is something some others don't do.

[Kagemusha]

In fairness, Peter is producing the kit on his own, economies of scale and all that jazz funk thang.

[Tolga ULGUR]

The lack of decals stopped me. Progress is very slow, even non-existent. For today I can share a few pictures that show that the propeller is ready. The rest is a mystery

 

[Phartycr0c]

Tolga, a superb build in every respect. The feedback is great and bodes well for the forthcoming kit and Peter, you should be congratulated on applying your engineering skills so effectively to a great subject. 

 

Im looking forward to the kits release! 

[Landrotten Highlander]

25 minutes ago, Phartycr0c said:

Tolga, a superb build in every respect. The feedback is great and bodes well for the forthcoming kit and Peter, you should be congratulated on applying your engineering skills so effectively to a great subject. 

 

Im looking forward to the kits release! 

me 2

[Bonkin]

I've just read this from start to finish and am stunned . Absolutely brilliant work by Peter and Tolga... and I'm very much looking forward to seeing it completed.

 

I want one (but in 1/24 scale )