A faithful reproduction of the early Spitfire .303 guns-only version of the control column, with separately printed chain covers, brake lever, articulating aileron control, and even a separately printed trigger surround (which moved from fire to safe positions). It’s up to the modeler to supply pneumatic line; shown is ModelKasten .2mm “stretchy” rigging material, which is tad underscale. It’s also up to the modeler to adapt the control column to which ever kit you are basing your build on.
Flugzeugwerke is what I called my Shapeways shop, specializing in 3D detail parts for 1/32 scale Wingnut Wings WWI airplane kits. And for awhile it was a great ride — I designed stuff, uploaded it, they printed and shipped and let me collect a little markup. Nothing lasts forever, though; Shapeways, for reasons of their own, enacted policies that made it less and less viable to create parts for this market. With the demise of Wingnut Wings it seemed my niche market would evaporate completely,
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