Terry1954 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, wellsprop said: Hi Terry, Both the UK and Canadian versions will be £40 including free UK postage (decals are not included). The engine set, should follow soon after and will be £10. As I'm just producing these as a hobby (rather than as a kit making company) and doing it on a small scale, I don't get the economy of scale, hence it pushes the price up. That said, if all goes well with the Chipmunk, I may be able to buy a new Anycubic Photon Mono X which should have double the capacity of my Photon, this could cut the price significantly. Cheers Ben That's excellent new Ben. I shall look out for this as one can never have too many Chipmunks! Thanks for getting back Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gantt Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) @wellsprop honestly I am not sure about the engine. He bought it surplus and flew it down to Texas to be outfitted by a top acrobatic company, fellow named Spinks. he sold the plane around 72 after getting a brain tumor. The plane went to Arizona for a few years. I was able to follow the plane to its current owner from the tail number. At some point it had further modifications, including a larger engine. It is now a single seater. In North Carolina, a doctor owns it now. I have some pictures of it from the 60’s but I have to find them. put me down for a kit, would you be willing to ship to the USA? Not for free, of course. Edited December 12, 2020 by Gantt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 @Gantt I'd love to see some pictures if you can find them! If course I can ship internationally, costs will follow, once I'm ready to sell a few kits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 3 hours ago, wellsprop said: @Gantt I'd love to see some pictures if you can find them! If course I can ship internationally, costs will follow, once I'm ready to sell a few kits. Great project! If you want to keep your international sales costs down then sell them on eBay & use the global shipping program. You only pay UK postage. Yes there are ebay fees but cheaper overall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 @At Sea thanks! Do you know what, I've not thought about that! I'm going to have to take a look into it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 I've added some canopy frames, I'm really not sure how this will turn out on my DIY vacformed canopies, but I think it's worth a shot, hopefully it will be better than a vacformed canopy with no frames. I'm using a 0.2mm offset for the frames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 0.2mm offset for the frames at 1:48 scale... what chance do I have at 1:144? I love your projects but they're just not my scale; however, it won't stop me following along with great interest though. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 I added frames to the canopy, printed it and vacuum formed a test canopy, all looks good. The new cockpit has been printed and looks good, fits well in the fuselage. I have also test printed the whole aircraft and I've found a few things that I need to correct, some design, some print related, before I can put this into production. The kit was assembled VERY roughly as a quick test. Im getting somewhere close to being ready to produce these! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 This looks fantastic, wet dreams are made of things like this! I have been reading through all of your posts and am very impressed as somebody who is also trying to learn fusion, this isn't easy! Makes you respect kit designers a bit more yeah? Andy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 CAD Complete! I've completed both the UK and Canadian variants, including the canopy framing, which makes a big difference I've learnt an awful lot making this Chipmunk and I've been using it as practice for another project I'm working on. The amount of mistakes I have made on this is shocking, I've bodged a few fixes and learnt an awful lot I'm aiming to make this available more like a very limited run kit (rather than my previous kits which have been ad-hoc) and hopefully these will be available in mid-late January - watch this space! Cheers Ben 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Great What decal options are available to buy for the British chipmunk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, flarpen said: Great What decal options are available to buy for the British chipmunk? Good point. I've been really racking my brain trying to figure how to do decals (I want to build myself a few Chipmunks, hence I need decals myself and I wanted to supply decals with the kit. Unfortunately, that isn't possible - however, I intend to supply reasonable instructions on what decals to use (based on research and drawings), I'll attempt to list now most of what is needed; Fuselage Roundels - 18" - Xtradecal X48037 Wing Roundels - 30" - Xtradecal X48037 Fin Flash - 18" x 24" - Xtradecal X48037 Fuselage Serials - 8" - Xtradecal X48044 Underwing Serials - 24" - Fantasy Print Shop FP895 These decal sheets would allow the modeller to build any one of the UAS/AEF Chipmunk, the limiting factor becomes the amount of roundels on each sheet (I don't yet know as I haven't bought the sheets). The difficulty comes with the individual unit markings or specific markings, they aren't available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Well I'm both incredibly happy and slightly frustrated!!! As airfix are releasing a 1/48 Chipmunk, I will no longer be producing this 3D printed model as a kit. https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2021/de-havilland-chipmunk-t-10.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Very sorry to hear this Ben. You’re in the same situation as Silver Wings with their Tiger Moth! But in your case you have produced a Canadian version and you probably also have enough data to produce a Rolls Royce Continental/Lycoming re-engined versions. Not models I would buy but you have that potential should you choose. Of course you could also scale up to 1/32 so your time most certainly wasn’t wasted !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Yes, thats a shame in one way but as Simon says, nothing to stop you upscaling. Could be popular? Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Nothing lost, I thoroughly enjoyed the CAD modelling and I've learnt an awful lot! I intend to offer conversion kits now There have been other things in the works too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 You never know, yours might be a better kit!! Does this mean that you might have capacity to do more Fairey IIID’s in 1/32? I might be interested if you could!!! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 hours ago, wellsprop said: Nothing lost, I thoroughly enjoyed the CAD modelling and I've learnt an awful lot! That's the spirit! I wonder what other things you might have in mind .............. 🤔 Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Simon Cornes said: You never know, yours might be a better kit!! Does this mean that you might have capacity to do more Fairey IIID’s in 1/32? I might be interested if you could!!! Simon I wish! Yep, I've now got a lot more free space and I'm printing a few 32 Faireys! 10 minutes ago, Terry1954 said: That's the spirit! I wonder what other things you might have in mind .............. 🤔 Terry Any suggestions?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Great, I’ll drop you a pm later then about ordering one - in the middle of something right now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcB Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 6 hours ago, wellsprop said: I wish! Yep, I've now got a lot more free space and I'm printing a few 32 Faireys! Any suggestions?! 1/48 Beagle Basset please 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Bugger. Your so far down the track you will not be 'after market', you can offer market leading conversions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 The only trouble will be the undercarriage. The Canadian version looses the aerodynamic fairing and just has straight legs. These arent very strong when 3d printed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunzo Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 3 hours ago, wellsprop said: These arent very strong when 3d printed... Can't this be resolved by producing parts to thread onto suitably sized metal wire/rod/tube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 minute ago, gunzo said: Can't this be resolved by producing parts to thread onto suitably sized metal wire/rod/tube? That's what I would like to do, but there is a wall thickness issue, the undercarriage legs are only just over 1mm dia, so even a 0.6mm rod gives a wall thickness of 0.2mm (far to small for a 3D printer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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