Laser-Cut 1/12 Scale Lewis Gun Kit

In addition to my love for historical miniature wargaming, my other main hobby is radio controlled airplanes. Where the two hobbies meet is in the skies over europe, 1914-1918. I wargame the war in the air during WWI and I also like to fly scale WWI airplanes. Radio controlled flying is not only a hobby for me, it's also a business. I run a small internet-based business, Wright Brothers R/C which sells laser-cut aircraft kits that I design. Recently I've purchased my own laser engraver that can cut balsa, hardwood, cardstock and thin plywood in order to be able to design and cut more of my own models for sale.

One of my product lines is lightweight scale models of World War I machine guns for use on electrically-powered scale WWI R/C planes. This Lewis gun is the newest addition to that product line. While I don't want to bother readers of my wargaming blog with R/C stuff, I thought this might be of interest as it is a 'Military Model' and that's also what our wargaming figures are. It also explains the lack of figure posts here lately as I've been pretty busy learning how to use my new tool. I do expect to get a lot of wargaming use out of the laser: cutting bases, terrain pieces and specially-scaled rulers all come to mind. Hopefully future laser-related posts here will include wargaming items made with the laser.