Roktman Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) Based off an illustration by Christophe Deese comes this future retro flyer. It comes with a lot of resin parts, a lot of TINY PE, and some clear resin, wire, and thread While the thread if for cabling for the steering vanes, I think I will replace that with some stretch sprue (for durability). There's a lot of WIP pics, that I put on my site. Here's the finished flyer. Thanks for looking. Edited June 2, 2018 by Roktman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewahl Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Hi, Kevin, I must admit I have never seen such a vehicle before. I like that you have a figure of the driver/pilot/whatever-title to establish the scale. Now you need the two-seat version for a flight training instructor. The model looks excellent! Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanKrueger Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 Way cool. I haven't seen many finished. A local club member has been working on one for a few years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roktman Posted June 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 Thanks guys! Ed: As a garage kit, there's definitely low distribution of these kits, basically word of mouth I guess. Mike Fitchenmeyer had the brainstorm to make deals with these sci-fi/ fantasy artists to turn their 2D images into 3D models. He's got quite a few now, of all different categories. True, they are a bit expensive, but after building this one, I know why. It's not a difficult kit to put together, but with all the resin, wire, and PE parts, there's a lot to them. If you want to take a look, his site is : https://industriamechanika.com/shop/ Bryan: Thanks! Mike doesn't really let on to how business is going, but as said above, I don't think any of thee garage kit guys makes enuff from sales to retire or make this full time business. Plus how many people do more buying than building. LOL 😉 I know my kit was on the pile for quite a while. 😉 While the kit is involved, it's not an impossible, so I think your club friend is just taking his time. Also to be honest, the instructions are just two exploded diagrams and are a little vague in spots,. I also get to my hobby room almost everyday for a few hours during the week. So I most likely have a lot more filming time than him. 😉 so that will slow you down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aldrich Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 That is just too kool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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