ironman1945

Hey all. Anyone here have an ultrasonic knife/cutter? I've seem them advertised and am intrigued. If you have one, what do you use it for, do you find it very handy, and would you recommend buying one? If yes, what brand would you recommend? Cheers! Dave/Ironman1945

Arrived this week. Just waiting for the LukGraph Duck. Glad I sold off so many armor kits over the last few years.

Hey Ray, been waiting for this one. Where did you order it from? Been keeping an eye out and have not seen it available anywhere. Dave/Ironman1945

It took a lot of playing around with the settings to get it to this point. Hard part is up next, reducing the panel line width and depth. Model building of a different type for sure.. .but enjoyable nonetheless! Cheers! Dave/Ironman1945

A small update, slowed by my need to learn how to use Cura and Meshmixer. As I mentioned earlier the STL files I purchased were in appox 1/56 scale and I worked out upscaling to 1/32. But the files also had the national markings on the wings/fuselage/vertical stabilizer added to them as raised symbols/lettering... much like old Aurora kit. The old school modeler in me thought about sanding these items off.... but then, hey its a digital file.... hence my need to use Cura and Meshmixer, in order to digitally remove the offending items. Also, I worked on varying printer settings to try and get the best resolution for a filament printer. Understand a resin printer would give me better fidelity but I dont have a suitable place to locate one, given the smell of resin. So here are some test prints in PLA, with the insignia and lettering removed. Pop can is for reference as to the size of these 3D prints. The fuselage is printed in 2 sections... you can see the joint line in the photos. Next up is to continue learning Meshmixer and Cura to reduce the size and depth of the trench like panel lines. Once I get this to an acceptable level my plan is to print final versions in High Impact Polystyrene filament... which can be sanded/cut/painted similar to regular polystyrene. Cheers! Dave/Ironman1945

I thought for sure after I finished this in at the end of 2021 the release of a 1/32 P-51B would be imminent, especially with the announcements that were made.

I too hope there is another run or even 2 more. I'll try and buy one of the first 100 but suspect it may be tough to do.

Pretty sweet!

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Great!

HAHAH Hey Kev I just noticed the date on his original post.... HAHHA you likely right! Cheers and thanks for letting me know!

Ian PM Sent

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Hey Mark! Looks great! I've had this on the back burner since end of last summer. Lower hull pretty much done, just at the turret now. Got sidetracked when I bought a 3D printer and I've been playing around with it. But its never far from my mind! Not to worry, I'll get it going again soon. Cheer and again, looks fantastic! Dave/Ironman1945

Gents, its been a long time since I've posted anything... last time I think was an update on my 1/16 IDF Centurion conversion, which I still have to finish.. stalled out solving some issues. In the meantime I've picked up this from Landlubber Mike (thanks again Mike). I've always wanted to build a 1/32 Me 410. Love the look of her. However 'm not a huge fan of resin kits, and I've seen some build logs showing what a bear this kit can be... but beggars cant be choosers. Only game in town. I was thinking of possible combining this HPH kit with the old Combat Models vac 1/32, which I've had for at least 30 years, to see if I could use styrene to some extent, which I would much prefer. But.... I've also purchased a new Elegoo Neptune 4 3D printer, and it got me thinking about giving a go at printing some Me 410 components, just for the heck of it, to see whats possible. I found a 3D stl file which was supposed to be 28 mm scale ....roughly 1/56. Since I wanted to play with the printer to adjust the settings anyway, I didnt bother verifying the file, I just enlarged it by 56/32 and fast printed the fwd fuselage as a test. The resulting print was a lot bigger than 1/32.... closer to 1/24. I then got serious and used a supposedly 1/72 ref drawing from a Mushroom Model Mag special on the 410. I first enlarge it to 1/48 and compared it to a Meng 1/48 Me 410 kit I picked up on sale. They didnt match, and were off by about 1/2 and inch in fuselage length. So which was correct? In the end I decided to enlarge the fwd fuselage file to the length of the HPH kit... to see how close the final print would match. Here is a shot of 3 test prints. Print to the left is the one that appears to be 1/24, middle is the one scaled to match the HPH kit, and right the print of the original file in (supposedly) 28mm. Another shot of the middle print scaled to match the HPH kit. Panel lines are too wide, and the interior is still full of support structure need for the print. Im currently printing the rear fuselage section. Will post pics of the 2 joined together when its done. It may all be a waste of time, but what the heck, need to learn how to use the printers features anyway. More to follow! Dave/Ironman1945