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  1. Some teeny weeny parts to improve a resin cockpit ... The small switches rack in the middle on the extreme right was my fifth attempt and took me some 8 hours overall before I called myself happy :wallbash:. It's made of 14 components overall ... and I confirmed I have to improve my soldering skills :rolleyes:

    And to think nobody will ever notice... :hsmack: :help:

    Hubert

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    PS: A special salute to the first who guesses which cockpit this is from ;)

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  2. 15 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

    Not by a long shot. My bench "area" pretty much looks like that.  I'm in the middle of trying to make room on my bench for my boys but I'm failing miserably. 

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    Anything not on a shelf is technically a work in progress. I don't even know what everything is. So I'm definitely not as organized as CAT is. 

    My plan for the new year is to try and get through at least one pile of started kits...

    I admire that you work in this area, Carl. If I had a work area and workbench like this one, I’d probably tackle it with a fork, or more likely a D-12 dozer, followed by a high-pressure rinsing. But then, it’s just me :D.

    Each to his own, as they say.

    Hubert

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  3. Well, I had to go back to work and switch-on the PC on which I do Solidworks' designs, but I recovered some screen captures of what I did 4 years ago. The cylinder design is not complete (and has some bugs) and you will notice that I even "assembled" one cylinder in a reverse way :wallbash:

    That gives you an idea of what I had achieved so far. The design is in 1/32 scale.

    Hubert

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  4. They do, and despite their typically British ungainly design, they somehow looked cool (at least until they got pregnant - and useful at last - with the big tank).

    As for the kit:

    1) This is life when you have young children at home

    2) I should have stored them better if I wanted to keep them longer

    3) it was just an advanced call on their ultimate fate. Until recently, and my new wife, I was binning the finished kits after some time. It was a way of keeping some free shelf space, and also a reflection that I was more interested in the building process than the finished kit ;)

    Nice work again on that icon of Britishness.

    Hubert

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  5. 38 minutes ago, Clunkmeister said:

    Hmmm. I can see the advantage from a sales perspective no doubt. But will the extra sales offset the much larger development costs?

    The technology involved is short-run molds. They can be developed from the traditional masters HpH used for their resin kits. And selling 1000 units is no doubt better than selling 100 to 300. Especially as the cost of silicone molds is repeated as these molds wear out quickly ...

    27 minutes ago, TJTX said:

    I will buy the C-47 if it comes out plastic in a heart beat.   I've wanted that kit so much but I can't reason spending the money on the resin version. 

    I am with you Tony. I wanted a DC-3. I might even have bought a C-47 kit to make it into a DC-3, but not at 700 € (European price including VAT)

    Hubert

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  6. 29 minutes ago, Jeff said:

    https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/harbour-air-to-test-fly-world-s-first-electric-plane-tuesday-1.4721986

    And NOW 'Electric'  airplanes.............

     

    I can't agree MORE, Rog................................

    Given that a battery has only 20% of the energy capacity of the same weight of kerosene, and that, AFAIK, chasing unnecessary weight is still the ABOLUTE #1 rule in aircraft-design-dos-and-don'ts, the time when we see an all-electric passenger plane is still very very very very far in the future ...

    Hubert

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