Very tempted by the recently announced JU-388. The rivet counters on Britmodeller (where else!) have started rubbishing the 388 already which ,more or less guarantees I'd buy it. Of course, it'll depend on price. I was also tempted by the recent XB-51 until I saw what it cost.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 21, 2023, 02:07:24 PM1/35? That's on the big side, almost big enough for radio and a motor etc..............

Bluebird K7 next?

Someone has asked me to print them the parts for this https://www.printables.com/model/203993-bluebird-k7-hydroplane-model-kit happily let you know how it comes out. Intrigued as to how you'll add long span wings to it

What a fabulous looking boat! But why 1/28? It's a rather odd scale.

Perhaps move the sponsons further out on longer struts? 

Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 23, 2023, 12:47:20 AMWhat a fabulous looking boat! But why 1/28? It's a rather odd scale.

Perhaps move the sponsons further out on longer struts? 

Not a clue - probably had an electric motor and battery in mind and scaled to fit. Can easily print smaller by %

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Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 23, 2023, 12:47:20 AMWhat a fabulous looking boat! But why 1/28? It's a rather odd scale.

Perhaps move the sponsons further out on longer struts? 

Not a clue - probably had an electric motor and battery in mind and scaled to fit. Can easily print smaller by %

Interesting point. I think that's how 1/35 became the most widely used Armour/AFV scale. If I recall, Tamiya was the pioneer in this scale and, their first model was produced at a time when remote control toys/models were all the rage. So, it had to accomodate a battery box and, all the other associated gubbins. The model turned out to be 1/35 scale which. was the smallest practical scale which could accomodate all the working bits.
The rest, as they say, is history!

I'm building the Ukrainian sea drone right now. For a Mikro-Mir kit, it fits well. Also for a Mikro-Mir kit, its missing parts that are on the instructions but nowhere on the plastic or PE sheets. Luckily, there's quite a bit of variation between the drones, so whiffing is not only realistic, but required.

I just got the Mikro-Mir 1/35 Crusader K6 jet speedboat from Plastic Models store in Ukraine. I was pleased to see that it contains a fairly well detailed de Havilland Ghost jet engine, rather than just the tube that's shown on the pictures. The box is huge, though and could easily hold four copies of the kit. In fact, PM Models used it to hold some of the other kits I ordered, with plenty of room left for candies...

Quote from: frank2056 on December 04, 2023, 05:45:46 PMThe box is huge, though and could easily hold four copies of the kit. In fact, PM Models used it to hold some of the other kits I ordered, with plenty of room left for candies...

The "one size fits all" approach seems to be the way a lot of manufacturers are going.

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Quote from: frank2056 on December 04, 2023, 05:45:46 PMThe box is huge, though and could easily hold four copies of the kit. In fact, PM Models used it to hold some of the other kits I ordered, with plenty of room left for candies...

The "one size fits all" approach seems to be the way a lot of manufacturers are going.

Well, it makes stacking the shelves easier...

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Quote from: frank2056 on December 04, 2023, 05:45:46 PMThe box is huge, though and could easily hold four copies of the kit. In fact, PM Models used it to hold some of the other kits I ordered, with plenty of room left for candies...

The "one size fits all" approach seems to be the way a lot of manufacturers are going.

Well, it makes stacking the shelves easier...

Hardly good from a use of resources point of view though.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 05, 2023, 04:45:39 AM

Quote from: zenrat on December 05, 2023, 02:32:28 AM

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Quote from: frank2056 on December 04, 2023, 05:45:46 PMThe box is huge, though and could easily hold four copies of the kit. In fact, PM Models used it to hold some of the other kits I ordered, with plenty of room left for candies...

The "one size fits all" approach seems to be the way a lot of manufacturers are going.

Well, it makes stacking the shelves easier...

Hardly good from a use of resources point of view though.

Although better than the infamous box scale.

True.

Airfix rather kicked off the 'standard size box' idea in the 70s when they only made 3-4 sizes for all their range. That resulted in the box for their Banshee being able to take TWO of the kits easily!

It probably comes down to bulk purchasing being cheaper.

Yes, I realise that they could bulk order different sizes of boxes.

However, their supplier may reduce the cost per unit sufficiently, for larger orders of any given size box, that it's more economically viable to only purchase one box size (maybe two).

Standard size boxes save money on several fronts:
1. box production: the larger the production run, the lower the unit cost
2. box filling: if the boxes are packed by a machine, every time the box size changes you have to adjust the machine. Fewer size changes means less downtime
3. shipping: when all the boxes are the same size, it's easier to fill shipping cartons with boxes. No playing Tetris to fill a box, just stack 'em up.

All true Harro and economy of scale will always triumph in the end. However I do wonder if the manufacturers ponder on the fact that if you open a massive box only to find a small kit (or whatever) rattling around inside then some people will think they've been conned ?