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Possibilities for accomplishing most or all of the suggestions on the Wish List!©SM®TM page using our own IRMA©SM®TM resources.
POSSIBILITIES FOR GREEN RESIN PRODUCTION
This month let's talk about a business possibility for IRMA members and any site visitors. One of the main issues in today’s society, whether scientifically legitimate or not, is the issue of global warming and making things friendly to the environment.
In a previous article we covered how resin models are better for ol’ Mother Earth than oil-based, injection plastic. Another advantage is that since resin does not require an injection machine, more variety is available and new possibilities are not so difficult to bring to the market.
Related to all of this is a project that has been under consideration by IRMA, mostly myself, and some resin enthusiasts. That is that we could form our own little company to manufacture kits on the Wish List! ourselves. These could also be marketed by the site under the name Green Models, Inc.©SM, Green Resin, Inc.©SM or IRMA Models Green Line©SM(just a few suggestions).
To cover costs we can take reservations, pre-orders and orders or just form a company directly. Of course for any resin producer we will need a minimum number of orders. So if anyone thinks this is a good idea, please let us know.
Our first kit, the Gloster CXP-1001, was financed by myself and then sold. As you can imagine, this can get quite expensive for an individual very quickly. However, going back to the saying "Many hands make light work." If we can obtain a few funds together, or if someone has deeper pockets and wishes to invest to form a company, we can do quite a bit!
For me this started out as just a hobby, however, from that it has grown into a passion. And this passion is my drive for our organization. Now, if we can get our own line going, everyone can get those models they have been waiting for and we can even turn a profit back to our participants!
And don’t think that your requests are going unnoticed or that you are the only one with a particular request. Often, models I thought were only unique to my collection are being sought by others. As an international organization in a global population of about 6,800,000,000, it should not be that difficult to find 10-20 others interested in the same things we are (for individual models).
In the interest of covering nations that have never had their first jet aircraft modeled before, here are a few examples based on requests received:
Coanda 1910 - Romania - Possibly the world's first ducted-fan(?) jet aircraft, 1910.
Varga RMI-1 X/H - Hungary - World's first designed turboprop, 1941.
Fokker F-26 - Netherlands - World's first designed commercial jet aircraft, 1946.
Avro C-102 Jetliner - Canada and North America's first commercial jet, 1949.
Heliconair HC-1 Convertiplano - Brazil's first jet aircaft, turboprop design, about 1950.
Shenyang JJ-1 - China's first indigenous and produced jet aircraft, 1956.
So let me know what you all think and we can take it from there!
-Zane R Nobbs - 2009
Model by Zane R Nobbs
The Lippisch DM-1 in 1/72 was a glider to test a fighter design with a delta, tailess configuration. Later a jet-powered version was developed as the Lippisch P.l3b.
This kit is currently avialable from KORA models along with the launch aircraft, Siebel Si-204A. It used to be produced in plastic from Huma Modell. KORA does fantastic details and is in many ways superior to the plastic version.
All photos on this page by Antonella C Codrignani
Next: Copied Kits: How and Why to Avoid Them
Model by Zane R Nobbs
Above is the Messerschmitt Me-263/Junkers Ju-248 in 1/72. Originally an all resin kit by Aeromodell, it was later released in plastic by Huma Modell then a resin, plastic, metal kit by specialhobby. All were a pretty easy build.
The Me-263 was basically the Me-163 with landing gear and would have proven a formidable adversary had the war continued.
Model by Zane R Nobbs
This is the Yakovlev Yak-17 in resin, plastic and metal by specialhobby in 1/72. An extremely accurate kit with great fitting parts, good metal details and minimal filing and sanding.
The Yak-17 was the next development of the Yak-15 namely with the adaptation of adding a nose wheel for easier handling on the ground and take off.
Model by Zane R Nobbs
A 1/72 kit by VEEDAY Models, the Yakovlev Yak-15 has been very popular and released in several formats by Czech Model, Matchbox, Amodel, Sutcliffe Productions and others.
The Yak -15 was the second production turbojet in the Soviet Union to fly. Basically a Yak airframe with a jet-engine slung underneath, it was produced in significant numbers until better quality jets arrived.
Model by Zane R Nobbs
The Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug DFS-346 was designed in Germany then siezed by the Soviet Union at the end of the war. A high performance, research aircraft, it was ironically launched by the Tupolev Tu-4, Soviet copy of the B-29.
This kit is currently produced in 1/72 by A+V Models and was available in plastic from Huma Modell. Not an easy kit, especially with the vacuformed windows and capsul.
Model by Zane R Nobbs
Another view of the Payen-Melot Pa-22/1R Flechair "Arrow" in racing colors for the 1939 "Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe" air race held in Entampes, France annually until cancelled due to the outbreak of the Second World War.
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International Resin Modellers Association ©SM®TM
Zane R Nobbs
405 Old Orchard Drive, 18
Essexville, MI 48732
United States
ph: 001-989-891-1401
fax: 001-989-891-1401
alt: 001-989-465-6241
info