Ryan
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6 minutes ago, Zola25 said:
Somebody just bought a 3D scanner..
But I like the idea and I considered something similar myself but for the upcoming Jetmads Draken kit. I really want the Recce nose so I was thinking to scan the 1/48 Hasegawa nose and print it in 1/32. Its still a pretty big investment in equipment to get started with that so I am following your Super Hornet build closely to see if it is worth it
Niels
You would actually scan both to know what the profile of the JM kit will be at the cut point. You have seen the scans in my build, they wont be crystal clear but it will give you the data for the CAD work. You won't be able to scan the 48th nose scale and print it.
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14 minutes ago, ScottsGT said:
And ScottsGT slides the A-10 kits back into the stash…..Please, please, please…..DO IT!
If I remember correctly Paul Fisher was working on this when the fire hit.
I’m good for two if you do. Maybe one with missle detectors, one without?
The thing to do would be to scan the monogram kit and then enlarge and tweak to fit the Trumpeter unit. I think the blend could just be forward of the canopy or start with the fueling door rectangle and then just the area ahead of it. Hmmmm.
- Marcel111, ScottsGT, themongoose and 1 other
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Compressor face done, I'll run some test prints soon. Its a 2 part affair to allow for better access to the fan for painting.
Sorry there is not a lot of plastic in this thread so far, I'd like to get some of the replacements parts squared away first.
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It will be a little while but I’d like to take a crack at fixing that nose with my new scanner!
- Uncarina, blackbetty, LSP_K2 and 5 others
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GE 414 Compressor face.This is the front support; the fan blades will be in a separate part behind this to make painting easier. The assembly shown must be a complicated affair in real life, it looks like the metal behind the diverter vanes are blade shutters that open and close depending on airspeed, Mach number etc. I left the shutters half open to show the compressor face. (Not drawn yet.)
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Here are the printed intakes, just 7 hours.
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Since my printed pit worked it was now time to add the scanned IP to the tub. @Starfighter had the great idea to use the Academy pit as it has better proportions. So, I think I will scan the Academy tub and see what needs to be done sculpt the Trumpeter pit to fit those proportions.
- Starfighter, patricksparks, chrish and 3 others
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Nice update today, I was able to print a small test section of the seamless intake and it came out pretty good. There is only a very slight encroachment into the intake which is just fine. The production prints will be in white and any small swipe with a sanding stick will be invisible, the resin sands quite easily so I will be able to true up the mouth to the tunnel.
On to the pics, note that these are held in place with blue tack and trying to photograph it was a challenge while not upsetting the join.
- Shoggz, themongoose, scvrobeson and 14 others
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I think the intake tunnel is finalized.
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Moving away from the perfect CAD world I did cut up some parts and assembled the wings in the unfolded configuration....spoiler alert the kit prefers the folded option!
The fit is butt joint at best, so I crammed some scrap styrene styrene to improve the fit. I also cleaned up one of of the intake tunnels and capped off the ends. A closed part will help with scanning as the machine has trouble seeing into holes. The purple scan above was a open trunk and it was not the greatest scan.
Ryan
- geedubelyer, TankBuster, Shoggz and 9 others
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Another area of improvement is the seamed intake...yuk. If I can recreate the trunk and print in white resin then hooray, no seams and its already white.
I ran a scan of the intake tube and modeled a simple replacement part. The rough elephants trunk is the scanned part and the shiny portion is the CAD model peaking through the mesh. Ideally you would want to have more of the CAD model closer to the mesh surface.
It was late and I wanted a nicer scan but this illustrates the process. You can even see the tape I used to hold it together while I scanned.
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26 minutes ago, Landrotten Highlander said:
What scanner did you use? Might be looking for one myself but for different projects...
Creality Raptor.
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@LSP_Kevin I'm a dope and posted this to RFI instead of WIP, can you move please. thanks - Ryan
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More on the transition from scan to print.
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This is what the scanned pit looks like right out of the oven.
- Youngtiger1, Starfighter, Martinnfb and 5 others
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Here are shots from the 1st print, its damn near identical...so close that the (unscanned)kit IP panel fit perfectly.. Note that I did not the print the scanned kit part I simply overlayed new CAD to the profiles of the scanned part.
- Youngtiger1, geedubelyer, Fanes and 9 others
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Hey guys, I recently bought a laser scanner to improve and edit kit parts. This kit is a good candidate!
First up is the pit, I want to retain the kit geometry but add and refine features such as panel and sidewalls, etc.
This first pit will just be a test to see if the new print lines up with the kit, so no buttons etc.
- Youngtiger1, Fanes, Paul in Napier and 2 others
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Final rework commenced, should have these done this weekend.
- LSP_Ray, Artful69, CRAZY IVAN5 and 1 other
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1/32 Trumpeter F/A-18E
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I will have the same 1/32 new release schedule!