This is a big day for 1/32 Dornier 17 fans, the final design for the Injection moulded parts has been approved with mould cutting starting next week, so this will definitely be a thing now. Hopefully test shots will be complete by September and perhaps full release by Telford which would be amazing.
I have been on 15 hour days, 7 days a week for months and little remains to be designed so it has been time to start some test printing and assembly of the full cockpit - I ask myself sometimes if there is such a thing as too much detail, if there is, I just ignore it... if I can see it in reference then it needs to be present..
The CAD images are the design with rough panel lines and rivets for the box art coming later, the moulded parts will be more finessed, while the test prints are low res fit tests so the design will evolve from here - for example I am not happy with the floor sections, there are some weak spots so back to the drawing board for that.... It has been a lot of hard work to get here, with multiple design revisions, but now, with 15 moulds about to be started, I feel I can relax for a bit and just fiddle about with the remaining parts and optimising fit, construction and print orientation
The idea that with enough time and money, the Holy Grail of 1/32 kits (for me anyway) can be realised is quite sobering
TTFN
Peter
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