Uilleann
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Trumpeter buys KH / PM molds
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F-35A Italeri 1:32
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Italeri CF-104 Starfighter "Kicked up a Notch": KLP Publishing eBook now Available!
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1/18 P51C Mustang - Lopes Hope 3rd - Finished
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F-117A • Nighthawk
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Hey Kev and crew! It's been a hot minute since I've poked around these parts. But recently I've been inspired to pick up my old build and see if i can make a reasonable push to get the darn thing done once and for all. Though, looking at my old thread, it appears none of my photos are linking properly anymore. Has a protocol changed on the site here that I should know about? It would be quite an undertaking, but I can reformat everything image by image if needed. Just not sure what's happened. I'm using yahoo web hosting if that makes any difference, and linking directly from my image files to the respective posts in my thread. For example, my initial post has 7 images linked, but they all show as broken now (they used to work). The direct link to the first image is this for example: http://uilleann.org/117/kit-mainwheels.jpg So far as I know, Yahoo hasn't done anything to turn off image hosting/sharing like this...but is there anything I should check on here on my end as well? Confused! Hope you guys are all excellent!! Brian~
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Hey Milan - just wanted to check in. Any further progress on your '117? I was just up at our local museum, and visited ours on display here. #799 is still undergoing a lot of restoration work, and it isn't all 100% to my liking if I'm being perfectly honest. But regardless it's cool to see her up close and real! Got a peek in the cockpit today in fact. Hope all is well in your world! Brian~
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That is one area that every kit gets wrong (likely due to mold limitations I guess?) is the sharpness of the facet edges. They're never as crisp as the prototype. Well done, looks great!
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Can you do the two pieces, thin each by about 25%, and use one on top, and one on bottom, so as not to thicken the bottom plate and lip too much?
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My biggest issues to date have just been life, and time, followed by CAD modeling skills (or the utter lack thereof). And of course, finding a printer capable of the resolution and fidelity needed to pull off the parts. Due to their depth, I actually think the printed parts would be plenty sturdy enough for our purposes...I just need to sort out the final design, and fine someone insane enough to make them for me. Long story short, I just haven't had a chance to really sit down and focus on that here since the latest move. Been busy dealing with work, the Covid, earthquakes, and any other number of life's little surprises. Love following along here as you go though! Keeps that flame of motivation burning in my mind...even if faintly for a while yet. B~
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One trick I use in my optician day job that might help to deepen the "dark" effect of the acrylic, is to paint the edges black as well, before gluing in place. I don't suggest scuffing them first as it will possibly give the paint more surface to "bite" into, it also gives the edges a frosted look that may be visible when they're in place. I do understand that painting the edges makes gluing them in place much trickier. But if you can pull off a nice black edge coat, I think it may help to deepen the effect even more. This is assuming you haven't already glued the acrylic in place of course! Cheers *Edited to add: it looks like perhaps you have already done the above, in your previous post, and I'm just slow to realize it! Also, the interior of F-117A intakes was a sort of dirty off white on the actual jets. Not that it matters terribly of course. I know these screens gave me no end of headaches myself - even after I figured out more about the actual mechanics and shapes of the vanes. I still hope to one day get them 3D reprinted, or perhaps done with stereo lithography to recreate them in better fidelity at scale... Brian~
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HOLY. CRAP. That is all.
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Looking great!
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Still around - just quiet. Life's curve balls keep coming. Love the progress thus far of course!
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OK, that looks spectacular!
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F-117A Nighthawk (channelling my inner scratch builder)
Uilleann replied to Uilleann's topic in Works in Progress
Wow. It's been more than a year since I checked in last. Sadly, I'm still waiting for life's dust to settle a bit, and then will look into resuming work on the 117. I'm not honestly sure if I'll ever quite get it finished the way I had hoped, but it certainly has been a fun time building it as I went! Thanks for popping in to say hello. Bri~ -
Damn. That is all.
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Epic!
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Woooooooooooooooow. That is all.
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Zvezda Star Destroyer - a new detailing project
Uilleann replied to The Madhatter's topic in Non-LSP Works
Just...WOW!