I put in a requisition to Santa for a 3D printer...........

[STM]

The Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra, air purification unit and wash/cure station arrived the other day. It will be hard to wait until Christmas to open the boxes but until then I will still be doing things the old fashioned way.........scratch building. I doubt I will be doing that much less scratch building though. 

Any suggestions where to find .stl files for aircraft modeling?

[red Dog]

Lots of stuff on cults3D.com

 

Even free ones from great modellers like Fancherello if you're into F-18 and seahawks. 

Some great Su-25 stuff as well from Umineko (Kobus here on the forum)

lots of stuff varying qualities and cost but I found cults 3D quite useful

 

Thinguniverse is another one

 

Congrats on getting a 3Dprinter - Lots of fun ahread, but protect yourself from the nasty stuff

Edited December 8, 2024 by red Dog

[wunwinglow]

Design your own.  It isn't difficult if you start with a few simple shapes and build up. Try

 

www.tinkerCAD.com

 

to start with. Don't even think of moving on to something else until you have designed and printed several parts, and checked they are the right size, well formed and will do the job.