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1/32 - BAC TSR-2 resin kit by Icelandic Fine Art & Lost British Projects - released

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bentwaters81tfw Blabber Mouth

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BLP are printing the exterior, Alan is casting a full interior, equipment bays as well. Been waiting for the 'official' announcement. :wicked:

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Ali62 Very Obsessed Member

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4 minutes ago, nicholas mayhew said:

they are talking a price tag of £500+ btw...

How much?

where did you see that Nic?

spruecutter96 Completely Obsessed Member

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55 minutes ago, nicholas mayhew said:

they are talking a price tag of £500+ btw...

Rikki Wolfe (BLP) is going to be selling his 1/48th Vulcan for £185, if my memory serves me correctly. That price includes a very comprehensive weapons load, strong undercarriage parts and decals. 

 

Bearing that in mind, 500 quid plus for the 1/32 TSR-2 sound a bit "over the odds", to be frank (but I am only basing that on a potential price comparison between the two).  I'm sure the big TSR-2 will involve a huge amount of work to produce, so I am happy to be proven wrong on this one. 

 

Cheers. 

 

Chris. 

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1 hour ago, spruecutter96 said:

Rikki Wolfe (BLP) is going to be selling his 1/48th Vulcan for £185, if my memory serves me correctly. That price includes a very comprehensive weapons load, strong undercarriage parts and decals. 

 

Bearing that in mind, 500 quid plus for the 1/32 TSR-2 sound a bit "over the odds", to be frank (but I am only basing that on a potential price comparison between the two).  I'm sure the big TSR-2 will involve a huge amount of work to produce, so I am happy to be proven wrong on this one. 

 

Cheers. 

 

Chris. 

Alan's Vulcan is £184. The BLP offering was £245 at St Ives show.

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Icelandic Fine Art

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I see Rikki Wolfe has made this official, we were just throwing ideas around and sort of agreed that a 32nd TSR.2 would be a good idea. I had already decided that I wanted to do a TSR.2 but the huge amount of work involved would delay other projects and whilst I was prepared to go it alone, it made sense to work a joint project with Wolfe Aerospace, since Rikki is well experienced in this sort of field and frees me up to do other parts of the project. Its a huge project but no price was mentioned and I certainly did not mention cost. The ultimate cost lays with Rikki's 3d printer designer, so the costs are out of my hands. I am not doing this for money anyway, but for the sheer technical challenge and end result, a TSR.2, in glorious white!

 

Alan

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Don't forget Alan, as you are at Telford, there is the TSR 2 at Cosford for you to get a good look at.. I would most certainly be interested in this one! 

 

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I wish Alan and Rikki all the best with this project. I reckon a 1/32nd TSR-2 will sell well. 

 

Chris.  

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Thirteen years ago I was reliably told by someone connected with the TSR.2 project that most of the avionics on display behind opened hatches on the flanks of the museum examples is a mish-mash of spares made "to look the part". Meteorological black boxes and so on.

But that they've existed like that for a long time makes for an accurate model of what survives.

 

I would relish a 1/32 TSR.2, if affordable. It may cost a bit more (says he potentially inflating things) but investment cast brass LG legs might be nice. The quirky undercarriage is an essential part of its character. 

 

Tony 

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stringbag Completely Obsessed Member

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8 minutes ago, tony.t said:

 but investment cast brass LG legs might be nice. The quirky undercarriage is an essential part of its character. 

 

Tony 

I would hazard a guess and say they were essential given the scale of the subject. 

 

Chris.

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That is more or less correct, not much remains of the equipment, electronics wise, as some of the electronics was new developments, whilst other items was off the shelf commodities. Having worked in the defence industry for many years, one becomes acquainted with common equipment, its I.D.s and operational type. In the military we use to have a saying, if it looks right it is right, regardless of whether something is representative of the real thing or not. The Canadians have done a good job of preserving and reconstructing lots of the Arrow programme and they have many of the original people who worked on the project. The difference is, there are actual TSR.2s that are preserved. 

Its all a question of using methods to depict an aircraft representative of the period.

 

Alan

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IvanVasili New Member

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Lovely subject ! It will have a dear price tag, I'm sure, but I would not want to miss such a rarity. 

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GrahamS Very Obsessed Member

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£500 or not, come what may,  I’m having one (and any of the extras they produce)!!!

 

Graham

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JohnT Completely Obsessed Member

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I said I wouldn’t and I’d save my money for Alan’s Phantoms 

 

Well who listens to me anyway :D

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Hobbes Newbie

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On 10/27/2019 at 3:13 PM, spruecutter96 said:

Rikki Wolfe (BLP) is going to be selling his 1/48th Vulcan for £185, if my memory serves me correctly. That price includes a very comprehensive weapons load, strong undercarriage parts and decals. 

 

Bearing that in mind, 500 quid plus for the 1/32 TSR-2 sound a bit "over the odds", to be frank (but I am only basing that on a potential price comparison between the two).  I'm sure the big TSR-2 will involve a huge amount of work to produce, so I am happy to be proven wrong on this one. 

 

Keep in mind that 3D printing is expensive for such large parts. Commercial printers charge by volume of material used, and as you scale up a model the volume goes up at least by x^2 (where x is one of the main dimensions), if you design very carefully. I've done this a few times: designed parts in 1/144, then scaled them up and optimized for 1/72. The cost quadrupled.

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On 10/27/2019 at 11:13 AM, spruecutter96 said:

Rikki Wolfe (BLP) is going to be selling his 1/48th Vulcan for £185, if my memory serves me correctly. That price includes a very comprehensive weapons load, strong undercarriage parts and decals. 

Hi Chris,

Mind you telling me what this BLP 1/48 Vulcan is all about, please?

Thanks a lot.

Cheers,

 

Unc2

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exdraken Blabber Mouth

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Wow, looks impressive!

 

Is this nose a bit too pointy? Maybe just the perspective though...

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