Uilleann
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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~- 407 replies
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Zvezda Star Destroyer - a new detailing project
Uilleann replied to The Madhatter's topic in Non-LSP Works
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Scratch building a landing ship medium in scale 1/35
Uilleann replied to rammstein's topic in Non-LSP Works
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Have you given thought to (or tried) an actual tea bag? The silken material used by some companies might be just the thing. I've been searching for the exact right micro mesh myself for years, and even at 1/32 everything is too big/coarse/wrong shape etc. I looked at aerospace engineering companies galore, and super highly specialized micro screen manufacturers, even looked into trying to design a screen myself and having it custom etched. Nothing seemed to work out right. The tea bag fabric stuff was actually the closest match I could find. A spray with a nice mist of dark metalizer paint and it certainly looked the part. Getting it to attach in a secure, taught fashion proved...difficult for me anyway however. Just a thought. Brian~
