Putty Animal Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 And a good Dragon Rapide! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WLJayne Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 These are all wonderful ideas! We would definitely like to do those, I think once we have a well established customer base that we have attracted through offering more mainstream stuff, we could definitely branch out into the interesting areas, as collectors will be quite invested and interested in anything we produce by that point....hopefully :D. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Humm Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 And the Kickstarter is live - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beacon-models/the-few-part-1/description. I'm backer number 1... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaztiksquadron Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Just do not overdo the panel lines...they should be non existent in this scale.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Animal Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 15 minutes ago, Plaztiksquadron said: Just do not overdo the panel lines...they should be non existent in this scale.... yep! smaller lines are definitely better. 🤞 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, Plaztiksquadron said: Just do not overdo the panel lines...they should be non existent in this scale.... Unfortunately like a tank without weathering, planes without panel lines look wrong even in this smaller scale. Eduard and Sweet have some nice very fine panel lines that apparently Beacon will be basing theirs on. Edited May 19, 2021 by Tim R-T-C 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 34 minutes ago, Tim R-T-C said: Unfortunately like a tank without weathering, planes without panel lines look wrong even in this smaller scale. Eduard and Sweet have some nice very fine panel lines that apparently Beacon will be basing theirs on. having built the 3D printed prototypes I'm pretty sure these will end up with very good panel lines for the scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Wow - you got huge matchsticks in Australia!!! The model is pretty darn nice, though - the blind-flying hood is a very neat touch! John 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Backed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roberts Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 9 hours ago, John Thompson said: Wow - you got huge matchsticks in Australia!!! The model is pretty darn nice, though - the blind-flying hood is a very neat touch! John You should see the match boxes we have here! And lighting the b*st*rds is another thing altogether..... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutcastJoel Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Only 11 days left on the kickstarter folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Unfortunately it does look like the KS itself might not fund but they are taking the high demand as positive signs and are making arrangements to produce and sell directly. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beacon-models/the-few-part-1/posts/3201026 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Been a while since anything was posted on this thread. They have just received the first test shots of the Bf109E 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=450993086759757&id=107033651155704&fs=0&focus_composer=0&m_entstream_source=timeline Via their Facebook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Box art Source: https://beacon-models.com/product/messerschmitt-bf109e-7/ V.P. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Don't forget the recently shown off box art for the E-1 https://m.facebook.com/beaconmodels/photos/a.120854106440325/449813573544375/?type=3&source=48 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 The 109 looks fantastic, but "Battle of Britain 80th Anniversary Edition"?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WLJayne Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I thought it would be good to post an update in this thread. We've received some test shots for the 109, but the tool has some alignment issues that are being seen to. But overall we're very happy with the result and we're looking forward to doing some test builds. Full image album here https://imgur.com/a/ScpIbiF 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 https://m.facebook.com/beaconmodels/photos/a.120854106440325/483278500197882/?type=3&source=48 Quote The toolmakers have sent us a proposed layup for the canopy frames. As you can see, each kit will comes with a few canopy choices including early, mid and late Bf109 variants (including provision for the F and G variants etc) and the spitfire includes both the early flat canopy, and the pre-MkV blown and PR canopies. We will do another canopy frame for MkV onwards down the line when we do those Spitfire variants. From Beacon Models' Facebook page. The canopy at the top left is an Erla canopy, which is only relevant for Bf109Gs and later 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Canopy tools for the Spitfire are being manufactured 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Proposed Spitfire sprue layout. Minor changes from 3D printed prototypes that I built. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=521698336355898&id=107033651155704&m_entstream_source=timeline 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 The Spitfire and canopy moulds have been produced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Roberts Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Are these kits available through retail outlets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 13 hours ago, Peter Roberts said: Are these kits available through retail outlets? Not yet, still a few things (box, decals, instructions, testing spitfire moulds, etc) need to be finished before Beacon Models is ready to release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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