wunwinglow

All EMA's pipe, tube, girders etc are moulded in ABS, the fittings sometimes Butyrate which is a bit springier so snap into place really well, and some of the finer strip items in polystyrene. Plastic Weld is the best 'all purpose' cement I have found for this kind of construction! It works on acrylic (perspex/plexiglas) as well. https://ema-models.co.uk/ No commercial link, just a happy, if occasional, customer! Tim

High Speed Flight Mk 4....... Hence the waxed finish.

Exactly my thoughts. Mk III is a dead end, virtually nothing would be useful for any other versions. This like Tamiya's Churchill 7 tank, when had they done an earlier one, it could have been backdated to the first Churchills, fore-dated to cover most of the combat versions, AND all of the super popular AVRE specials. Big opportunity missed. I get the WWII aspect, but the Meteor had next to no impact on the war, there are only two colour schemes, bar the yellow bellied prototypes, whereas an F8 would have dozens and dozens and dozens of alternatives, in dozens of different air arms. A no brainer, as far as I can see......

Ah well, one more sale for Plaza Japan! Tom, you should be on commission! wunwinglow

Very interesting! I might need to buy another Tamiya Phantom...... Excellent project Tom! wunwinglow

Phwoooar! Eh?! PHWOOOAAR!!!

I have used several brands, couldn't really put a knifeblade between them. eSun, RS, Filamentum, all worked well, although I picked up a load of 2.85mm from Lulzbot when they had a massive sale, so I have to fit a new extruder to printer number 2 when I get it assembled. Another project on the list....

I run 235C nozzle, NO PART COOLING, bed at 105C, in an enclosure. But I have had successful builds with smaller parts on a little Monoprice at only 60C bed, its max. More important, is the printer is boxed in an enclosure, which immediately solves 95% of printing problems. And HIPS is far, far less affected by moisture. AND it glues, fills, sands, primes, drills, saws exactly like kit plastic, because, that is what it is!!

PLEEEEEEASE, ditch the PLA, get some HIPS!!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!

You sound surprised.....

Printed mine on a FormLabs2, came out really nicely. Will upload a pic or two shortly. First time I had used FormLabs white resin, and while you can't see the detail so much as the grey, it is still there! Must try the intakes into the Phantom next....

If the parts are printed in HIPS, which is the same plastic that injection moulded kits are made from. AVOID PLA AT ALL COSTS!!!! You cannot chemically weld PLA in the same way you can with HIPS, only physically bond it with glues like epoxy or acrylic adhesives, which rely entirely on physically gripping the parts together. No where near as strong as a chemical solvent welded joint. Excellent work Iain, but then that goes without saying!!

Yes, on the pic with the big drop tanks. A right mix, I can see the one on the boom has what looks like a yellow ring around it, but the white is too wide for a C1, closer to a D type. Looks like a C under the wing, but very odd, to my eyes!! Oh excellent work getting the kit into shape, by the way! Bought one on Saturday, so watching with great interest.... Tim

Proportions of the roundels are all messed up too!

Hi folks, just a note to say all the prototype parts I had have now gone to new homes, so hopefully there might be another build or two on the forum over the coming months. I won't be printing any more, not for a while at least. I am taking a bit of time off while I relocate the work room, as our younger daughter and her partner moved out to their new house a couple of weeks ago, so after redecorating, I finally have some space in the house to work in. But it will take a bit to sort it all out! I will have a bit of a clearance sale too shortly, I have a lot of other parts that some might find useful rather than binning them, so watch this space. The T31 Glider kit remains available, either ping me directly, or look on eBay. Tim

Well done Reimund! Perhaps folks can see now why I have been so reluctant to progress this project to a commercial product, it requires a great deal from the modeller, I have have been extremely concerned that folks would buy the parts and expect it to fall together. I have tried extremely hard to get this to 'work' and I know Iain Ogilvie has been championing the project for ages (read that as metaphorically kicking my ar*e on numerous occasions!! But, I am just not happy about taking folding money from folks for parts that I can't back up, in the way that I most certainly CAN stand behind the T31 glider kit. They are chalk and cheese, and while I am extremely proud of the T31 kit, the F3 set just makes me knot up inside! Sorry, Iain, and I must say I am extremely grateful to Iain Ogilvie, and the handful of others who are tackling this with some of my F3 parts, but I really have run out of steam on this now. That said, if anyone does want to tackle the project, I am happy to send them a set of parts, as you see them here and on Iain's Magnum Opus, FDM printed in HIPS and not that dreadful PLA (sorry to bang on about that, but really, 3d printerists out there, PLEASE do yourselves all a favour and sling any PLA you have in the river, and replace it with High Impact Polystyrene, HIPS, it is the same plastic that your kits are moulded in, so all the aggro you get trying to glue, fill, sand, polish, paint that awful PLA, completely vanish!! There, rant over... for now, anyway!) Drop me a line and I can box up a set for you, I'd ask you cover the postage to wherever you want them sent, and, if you like what you get and think it will be a fun project to stretch your talents, then send me a kit or decals or something, 1:32, British service, in return, and I will be more than happy! I can ping you my current Hannants wish list if you need inspiration!! If not, bin it, and we can both put it down to experience!! Looking forwards to seeing Reimund finish this project, and thrilled Eduard are prepared to run us off some F3 specific markings, that really is going the extra mile for the hobby! Tim, Bristol, UK

I'd be interested in at least a couple of sets too! Thanks for your efforts in this matter!

www.elan13.co.uk do a nice pilot figure in a solar topee hat, perfect for this! Lovely project!

Exactly!!! They will likely sell a few of both....

Excellent project, really nicely done!

Yeah! Rhino!!!

Pinned... I think.

Fantastic work...... but you do know you can 3d print in HIPS, the same plastic all the kit manufacturers use for injection moulding? It will make working on your printed parts far, far easier! It will glue, drill, sand, fill, carve, groove, paint exactly the same way as kit plastic. Please, give it a try!!

Very good indeed!