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  1. If I remember correctly, Tony ( @TheBaron ) did a wing-fold some time back using a pair of hinges salvaged from a pair of glasses. Might be worth looking into (see what i did there? 🤣 ) On my Fly build I cheated and used a brass rod as a brace for additional support.
  2. oooh, I'm interested in seeing how the tail fold turns out. (NO! I'm not designing a printed version. I did consider it but couldn't think of a decent way to create the hinge in a way that it would be strong enough to withstand all the manhandling required during the fit).
  3. WSX72 Set D (cockpit) now ready for general consumption I've shown the set here along with a 1/48 center console as a comparison. WSX72 Set D will comprise of: 2 x pilots seats Rear bulkhead console Center floor console Roof console with rotor brake 3 x Servo valve (forgot to take photo again) There are a couple of print striations on the forward edge of the seat. I will try and eliminate them, but at worst, a swipe with a sanding stick will take care of that. Here's another couple of shots to highlight the detail There is no brake lever included with the WSX72 Set D - it is just too small and fragile at this scale, however, it is easy enough to scratch one using a small length.of fuse wire, or similar.
  4. Thanks Alex. If I'd known they were going to be so popular I would have doubled my prices at the beginning. 😁 just a heads up to everyone I am working on all the orders, but was taken by surprise at the volume of orders so it is going to take me a little while to catch up. I'm trying to keep everyone up to date whenever possible. This next week should see a bunch of orders going out. Thanks for your patience while this old croney slaves away in the basement.
  5. Pete, I don't plan on adding any more parts for the Wessex. However, I said that then ended up doing the cockpit set, but I think I've done all that can be reasonably done with the kits at this point. Parts are available in 1/32 for the Fly kit but there are a few caveats. Since I no longer have a Fly kit available for test fitting I cannot guarantee as good a fit as on the Italeri parts and it's likely there will be some tweaking involved. The engine bay set may require some filler strips on the lower engine bay firewall to get it to sit nicely in the fuselage without gaps, and there will be the usual file/test fit scenario. The fuselage set should be fine though I'm not sure about the cabin bulkhead and it may require tweaking. The MRGB set should all be fine though folks should be aware that Fly have the cabin ceiling (trans deck floor) about 7mm too low and you will have to compensate for that somehow. The cockpit as far as I can remember was halfway decent in the Fly kit so I don't plan on offering Set D especially as I have no way now to test everything would fit in the available space. All said and done, yes, parts are available for the Fly kit but you should be aware that some rework will be required and being honest, I really have no way of knowing how onerous that would be. I have sent a few 1/32 kits out and haven't had any complaints, so...? It's also a real pig to print some of the 1/32 parts for some reason. I just finished a set and had to print 4 main rotor gearboxes before I got one I was happy with, so it's very time consuming and wasteful in some respects. That's the reason I haven't openly offered those for sale. PM me if you're interested and we can discuss. Alan
  6. In case anyone missed my edit to the above post... I forgot to add the two pilot seats in the photos. I'll add them as soon as I get a chance.
  7. Greetings folks. Good news at last, WSX48 Set D (Cockpit) is complete and ready to go. I spilled some primer over them and tried a white background this time instead of the normal blue background and it seems to have helped a little. Not much, but a little. Here we have on the left, the servo valve (?) which mounts on the floor directly in front of the cyclic lever. Two will be needed but as you can see by comparison with the rule, that they may be a little fiddly to trim and fit, so I'll supply three just in case. On the right is the rotor brake lever. The diameter of the lever is 0.4mm so I'm printing off a 0.5 & 0.6 mm diameter version to see if they still look in scale and perhaps be easier to handle. I'll supply two of those as well. Next up we have the meat of the cockpit set. On the left is the center floor console. In center we have the roof mounted console with rotor brake, and on the right we have the rear bulkhead console, complete with a dinky little map light. (I'm not sure why the rear bulkhead console appears to be out of focus when the other two look fine) A slightly angled view which shows the map light better, and you can just make out that there's a pressure gauge attached to the rotor brake. The full set. ***EDIT*** No, it's not - I forgot to add the two pilots seats when I took the photo I tried my best to get as close a fit as I could with the roof console and I think I got it pretty close, however the mounting surfaces on the three consoles are also the surfaces which I had to use for supports, so a little fettling will be required to get a perfect fit. Introductory price for WSX48 Set D will be $12.00. I shall update the first post in this thread to add the new set. and add photos of the two seats as soon as I get a chance I'm test printing a 1/72 cockpit set as I type this so I'll see how that turns out in a few hours. I'm hopeful that the results will be acceptable, but not for the brake lever. Scaling it down to 1/72 is just not going to be feasible for printing but I'll give it a try. Worst case in 1/72 the brake lever could be scratched from a length of 0.2 or 0.3 wire.
  8. Nice work Crisp. It's not the easiest part to replicate but you're doing a fine job
  9. Good idea.... I can make all of those switches as individual items. They're only 0.25 diameter by 0.75mm long. Would that work for you. 🤣
  10. That looks much better though I think it now needs a center support going directly back to the bulkhead, otherwise that "tail" would flap and flutter in the airflow
  11. I would have taken then further outboard - to the bottom of the window pillars. (I think) They'll let more of the engine be seen that way.
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