Actually Greg, Over on The Airfix Tribute Forum, the Hawker Typhoon topped out the poll they had there for the most wanted new tool 1/24 scale kit. I guess they got what was voted for --- Now they need those people to buy it --
Sounds very much like parts of my workshops at work. We still use a pantograph at work...but only for name plates on people's desks, doors etc...
Quote from: GTX_Admin on November 10, 2013, 04:43:15 PMSounds very much like parts of my workshops at work. We still use a pantograph at work...but only for name plates on people's desks, doors etc...Not the same kind of 'pantograph', the ones used for mould sinking were a very differentanimal from the flat engravers like the nameplate type. The term pantograph is broad and imprecise, covering everything from the simplest drawing tool to very large milling machines.
Quote from: jcf on November 11, 2013, 02:31:07 AMQuote from: GTX_Admin on November 10, 2013, 04:43:15 PMSounds very much like parts of my workshops at work. We still use a pantograph at work...but only for name plates on people's desks, doors etc...Not the same kind of 'pantograph', the ones used for mould sinking were a very differentanimal from the flat engravers like the nameplate type. The term pantograph is broad and imprecise, covering everything from the simplest drawing tool to very large milling machines.Yes I was referring to a large milling type, used wood models to provide the profile and would rough out the die core and the a toolmaker would finish it with die grinder, files and stones
Well, I was actually using the term as a verb, not a noun...
I know Greg would like a 1/48 C-133 kit to convert to C-130 style gun ship.Perhaps Airfix will release it in 2014.
Quote from: finsrin on November 11, 2013, 01:18:55 PMI know Greg would like a 1/48 C-133 kit to convert to C-130 style gun ship.Perhaps Airfix will release it in 2014.I like your thinking!
Well, in CATIA V4, it would be TRANSFORM-->SCALING and then follow the prompts; saving the solid model under a different name to avoid confusion. It's an intermediate step to producing a .STL, or equivalent file, for a scale model.
What a fantastic build ---
There's a survey from Hornby, asking for feedback and modeller's wishes: LINKItem 7 ("Are there any products that you would like to see Airfix produce?") may be a tad difficult to figure out. Revelling the correct answers is out of the question, of course. Let me put it this way: If you were to put down "1/72 D.H. Sea Vixen FAW.2" or "1/72 Blackburn Buccaneer S.2", you'd not be wrong. But, shhh, don't tell anybody I told you!
Quote from: ChernayaAkula on November 27, 2013, 09:38:24 AMThere's a survey from Hornby, asking for feedback and modeller's wishes: LINKItem 7 ("Are there any products that you would like to see Airfix produce?") may be a tad difficult to figure out. Revelling the correct answers is out of the question, of course. Let me put it this way: If you were to put down "1/72 D.H. Sea Vixen FAW.2" or "1/72 Blackburn Buccaneer S.2", you'd not be wrong. But, shhh, don't tell anybody I told you!My $.021/72 XB-151/72 XB-511/72 XP-67