Airfix 1:24th Scale mossie - CAD on youtube

[gopher]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIiieWvcRK0

This is a video of the CAD behind the design of the new 1:24th scale mosquito from Airfix, it shows how the parts go together and the way the kit has been designed so that any version of the mosquito should be fairly easy to produce in future. It's the same video that was on display on the Airfix stand at SMW last November but for those that haven't seen it it's quite interesting.

Also there are some shots of an early test shot here as well as some more new airifx shots - the 1:48th Sea Vixen has moved into 2nd place on my wish list (Just after the aforementioned Mossie although I've no idea where I'll put it!)

[Eric Mc]

The Mossie will be a very expensive kit as well.

[gopher]

Hannants originally had it on pre-order for £80 it's now on there for £130 :gulp:

[Bushmaster]

Has it got removeable panels or is all that internal detail lost as soon as you glue the engine covers/nose cone, etc in place?

[gopher]

Can't say for certain but all the older 1:24th scale kits did so I would be very surprised if not.

[Shar2]

I don't care how expensive it is, I'm definitely going to buy one. If it's as detailed as the 1/32 Corgi Mossies I have then it will be a winner.

http://www.airfix.com/mossie

[RichB]

That's impressive, I must confess I didn't realise how well armed the Mosquito was! Quite a weapons platform eh!

[DIW35]

One of my all time favourite aircraft. I still have an uncompleted r/c model Mossie in the loft somewhere.

[Eric Mc]

RichB said:

That's impressive, I must confess I didn't realise how well armed the Mosquito was! Quite a weapons platform eh!

The armament varied hugely. The photo Mossies had none at all. Neither had the pure bomber variants (apart from their bombs, of course).
The ground attack and night fighter variants were, of course, well "tooled up".

[motormania]

I love seeing videos like this. Would be amazing to see a full size version from one of the car makers

[Yertis]

I hope they make the undercarriage legs out of something a bit stronger than polystyrene, or they're not going to last very long.

[Zad]

Update to this: Someone on the Airfix Tribute Forum has been to the factory and taken photos of the latest test build:

http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/ftopic15...

It needs registration so here are the photos:

[Engineer1]

motormania said:

I love seeing videos like this. Would be amazing to see a full size version from one of the car makers

A CAD assembly from a Car makers would be insane in the number of parts and the power of the PC required to do that Cad unexplode

[dr_gn]

Engineer1 said:

motormania said:

I love seeing videos like this. Would be amazing to see a full size version from one of the car makers

A CAD assembly from a Car makers would be insane in the number of parts and the power of the PC required to do that Cad unexplode

We've got a "Virtalis" virtual reality system at work. You can import CAD assemblies and walk around and inside them (when wearing special glasses). You can also 'pick up' parts and move them around. As a demo, there is a Rolls-Royce Trent engine assembly - fully detailled including all the tiny pipes that you can assemble/disassemble (using a handset/glove thing) and check for collisions. We've also got an Undercarriage animation that shows stress contours in real-time as the aircraft lands. The screen takes the whole wall of a room, and there are two projectors in the room behind, along with a fk off computer.

Pretty mind blowing stuff to be honest:

http://www.virtalis.com/content/view/58/566/

http://www.virtalis.com/

Edited by dr_gn on Saturday 10th October 22:29

[dr_gn]

Bushmaster said:

Has it got removeable panels or is all that internal detail lost as soon as you glue the engine covers/nose cone, etc in place?

Let's face it, it's Airfix, so in the end it will probably be crap. and £130??? Don't think so!

IMO the trouble with such a large scale model is that the detail requirement goes up almost exponetionally with size, so even though it looks really detailed, it probably won't look that amazing in the flesh when finished. You'd have to model every single pipe clip and screw to do a model in that sale justice.

It doesn't look HALF as good as Tamiya's new 1:32 Spitfire, which is a smaller scale, but still manages to have more detail than Airfix's 1:24 Mosquito:

http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/60319spitfi...

Check out that engine & the photographic reference book: Tamiya know how to make models...

Edited by dr_gn on Saturday 10th October 22:41

[DAVEVO9]

That is nice..

Some more images here..

http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM60319

[Zad]

Box art for the Mossie is out:

[dr_gn]

DAVEVO9 said:

That is nice..

Some more images here..

http://www.hlj.com/product/TAM60319

That really is stonking - 0.4mm thick removable panels held with magnets too.

Poor old Airfix - just when they thought they'd produced a show stopper...

[Eric Mc]

You are really down on Airfix, aren't you.

Of course they are not Tamiya - but they still make some unique models and for the average modeller they are still wortb a punt at times.

I do think £130 is a bit steep all the same. I still have a couple of £6.99 Airfix 1/72 Mossies to make - more my league.

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

You are really down on Airfix, aren't you.

Of course they are not Tamiya - but they still make some unique models and for the average modeller they are still wortb a punt at times.

I do think £130 is a bit steep all the same. I still have a couple of £6.99 Airfix 1/72 Mossies to make - more my league.

It's just every time I bought an Airfix model I wished I hadn't. I've no idea why I continued to do it (or did it).

Airfix reminds me of Rover in many ways...

BTW I *am* the average modeller, and still they disappoint me, which has got to be worrying.

Edited by dr_gn on Sunday 11th October 11:46