Mike Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 An absolute horde of new stuff from Aires, Quickboost and their subsidiary companies, available from Valentines Day, 14th February 2014Aires1:32 A-4E/F Skyhawk details set1:32 Bf 109G-10 cockpit set1:48 Spitfire Mk.IXe gun bay1:48 JAS-39C Gripen cockpit set1:48 Ilyushin IL-10 control sufaces1:48 Sepecat Jaguar GR.1 cockpit set1:72 MiG-15bis exhaust nozzleQuickboost1:32 Bf 109G exhaust1:32 Bf 109G-6 gun barrels1:32 B-17G Flying Fortress gun barrels1:48 PV-1 Ventura exhaust1:48 Westland Lysander exhaust1:48 IL-10 oil radiator 1:48 Me 410 propeller w/tool1:48 PV-1 Ventura gun barrels1:48 LaGG-3 series 7-11 gun barrels and pitot tube1:48 N1K1 Shiden undercarriage covers1:72 Ju 88A propeller w/tool1:72 Hawker Hunter ejection seat with safety belts1:72 Bf 110G correct details1:72 F-14A Tomcat front undercarriage coversAerobonus1:32 Fire extinguisher point1:32 Flightline universal box1:48 Sovier Air Force colonel, Korean War 19511:48 US Army helicopter gunner - Vietnam War 1960 - 19751:48 U.S.A.F. pilot & instructor with seats for T-28B trojan VietnamWheeliant1:48 F-14A Tomcat weighted wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyK Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Finally, the Jaguar GR.1 cockpit - I thought they forgot about it after the Jaguar A one. And that Hunter EJ seat looks incredible - in 1:72! Not my scale, but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 We never had it so good with resin... Rapid Prototyping (RP) is the thing that's bringing resin casting into this millennium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Wow, that's some selection. The details are so crisp, no matter which scale they're in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyK Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 We never had it so good with resin... Rapid Prototyping (RP) is the thing that's bringing resin casting into this millennium. But it's not as easy as one might think. There are still VERY (very very very...) few machines out there that are actually capable of producing the kind of detail and surface finish that we require and a lot of thinking has to go into orientation of the parts in space, material choice, spit up of parts into smaller sub-assemblies etc. to ensure you actually can get the results you're after. I'm going to release my first product made from a 3D printed master soon, but my quest for finding the best print solution is far from over as I had a lot of problems along the way. Those companies that have already found a reliable and effective way of successfully incorporating 3D printing in their production (Aires, Eduard, Barracuda...) deserve a lot of respect for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Indeed - and the machines are bloomin' expensive too. It requires a substatial investment if you're going to use your own printer, and patience if you're using someone else's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Indeed, the one we're looking at buying is £680,000. Mind you it has a very high resolution of 13 microns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I'm utterly gobsmacked by that Hunter ejection seat in 1/72. Bit clean through the stem of my Magritte pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Do you know if the Wheeliant F-14A wheels are for the Hobby Boss kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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