I've only come across this today and I'd say you have a marvellous looking model there.
I prefer the new cockpit with its more curvy design.
You've mentioned 6mm and 28mm have you thought about 15mm?
On another point have you thought about this ships fighter equivalent; a sort of hawk to this designs eagle? You were talking about releasing the cockpit separately so I thought how about a sleek, armed fighter body to stick the cockpit on to. Here's a picture of a hawk just in case no one knows what I'm talking about
http://community.coreldraw.com/resized-image/__size/1040x703/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/13-511-00-00-00-06-98-53/1999Hawk.jpg
Thank you for the feedback Hopeful. The Resilient has been a long time in the gestation and there's still a fair way to go.
Yes, i have 'thought' about 15mm. Very briefly. I dont game in 15mm, but when i look at the cost of 28mm i often wish i'd chosen 15.
The purpose of this model is to have a hollow 28mm for posing on a flight stand for display or on the tabletop. Hence my choice to build it with lasercut components. It's a tech i know, unlike resin casting. I also wanted to see how far I could push lasercutting. At 28mm the ship is just about viable, at 15mmm lasercutting would be ruled out completely.
It is true that once a digital shell/outline model is complete then rescaling it is relatively straightforwards, so 6, 15, 28, 54mm etc scales are pretty easy in resin casting. Rescaling the lasercut skeleton on the other hand is a major problem, and if it gets much smaller than 28, then it just isn't going to be viable.
If I do a 15mm scale version, then it will be a full resin cast.
And i still have a lot to learn about designing for resin casting just to get the 28mm made. That's one of the reasons for looking at casting the 6mm first.
As i said on the Lead Adventure forum (LAF) all this talk of scales is making me thinking of nesting Russian dolls - dropships deploying dropships!