Hi Adam,
So are you saying that we can ask for a particular aircraft and you will print it, in any scale?

Whereabouts are you in the South West?

What are the fine detail limitations? What I'd really like to see is engines in 1/72 and 1/48...

I'm not really sure really... I just know that beyond Eduards new db601 most any aftermarket engine is not as good as modern technology should be able to get. And many, many engines simply aren't available. I'm going to buy one or two ha-115's and homares.

You might also want to consider aircraft ordnance at 1/72 and 1/48, that has not been done by any other after market manufacturer.
Off the top of my head I can think of RAF WWII depth charges. Despite the popularity of Coastal Command decal options in a lot of bomber kits (eg Revell's 1/72 Halifax and Hasegawa's Liberator GR.IV), no one has yet to produce these all important weapons to hang in their bomb bays!


I'm sure a lot of other modelers will have suggestions too.

Try as I might I cannot find any dimensions, but a ball park figure at 1/72 scale would be around 25mm in length by 6mm diameter. That's a guess going from photo's. To give you an idea of what the resin manufacturers, such as Pavla for example, would sell them at might be around £5-6 for a pack of 6. Certainly no more than £10. 1/48 would be more given the increase in size. Unfortunately they have yet to do any. I know printing is more costly, but that's the pricing range any competitor working in resin would be asking the consumer. Bits and pieces like bombs, engines, props etc.. would benefit from the greater degree of detail and should be popular.
Taking on board what you said earlier about producing in large batches to cut costs, a lot of the larger aircraft would carry fairly substantial loads of these Depth Charges. A Halifax could carry about 8 maximum, a Liberator much more! In the photo there are 2 trolleys with 4 each and what looks to be a third just out of shot.

I already wrote this in another post but it is ertainly relevant for this post as well:

There are heaps of subjects barely considered by the classic model manufacturers like:

- Anti Aircraft Artillery,
- radar,
- airfield installations,
- airfield fire brigade,
- Surface to air missiles,
- complete jet or turboprop engines,
- maintenance scaffolding and equipment,
- trucks, ...

All in 1/48 scale, of course

If you could make decent models of e.g. The Nike Hercules, or a hawk battery, or the oerlikon AAA, or even a Vulcan gun then that could possibly become a good product, and those things would not be all too big in 1/48 either.

Bristol bloodhound missile isn't available...