Hi Des - you may recall that when I did my Camel build I felt that the Barracuda seats were out of scale width wise. I contacted Roy Sutherland of Barracuda -
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 2:30 AM, Tug & Sue <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello ‘Guys’,
I have a question pertaining to the superbly detailed wicker seats you have produced.
I have purchased the small single seat package for fighters. I am just about to fit this to a Hobby Craft Camel (the model build is here should you feel you need to see - http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=6180.0 ) and whilst forming a cushion for it yesterday began to feel it looks rather under scale.
Measuring it across the open end gives a 10mm width which scaled would be 320mm just around 13”. Given the amount of clothing a pilot would wear I’m sure you would agree that this would be a bit of a squeeze.
Having used several Barracuda items in the past accuracy and detail is obviously foremost in your products so I am wondering do I actually have a 1/48 seat in a 1/32 package? as at 480mm scaled this would be a much more a likely width. Having said that however, checked against a Wingnut Wings Sopwith Snipe seat it is the same height at the centre back but much much narrower at the opening.
I should assure you, though I no longer have the package I definitely bought a ‘1/32’ package as marked.
Any help you can shed on this would be much appreciated
Kind regards
Yours – Ramon Wilson
He replied -
Hi Ramon.
Sorry for the slow response.
You are correct. I went back to the artist and asked about the sizing. He was embarrassed that he had forgotten to make the 16" dimension on the inside of the seat, instead of outside. Being wicker, the structure is about an inch thick, making the usable seat dimension too small.
We will be reprinting this seat, but its going to take 3-4 weeks to get the new seats into production. I am gone for the next week or so to a show in the UK. Then we need a few weeks to get the set into production. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Can you send me your mailing address so i can be sure to get your order shipped ASAP?
Thanks. RoyI'm assuming - indeed hoping Des, that given that you say the number is the same, that Roy has reproduced the seats to the correct scale - even if it has taken a bit longer than three to four weeks he thought it might
Can't think why he would announce announce it as a new moulding? We'll have to see. One thing's for certain the originals are well underscale
widthwise but fine in all other directions and as you rightly say superb mouldings
Regards - Tug
PS I should point out that this concerned the single seat package - I don't know if the pack of two suffered in a similar manner though I would have thought the smaller of the two seats inside would have been the same as in the single package