JET MADS 1/32 X-3 Stiletto - JETMADS

[geedubelyer]

Congratulations Eric. 

You have done a splendid job.

[blackbetty]

i like it!

[Jim Barry]

Great job. Very much the vibe of the real thing. And hats off for finishing a 3d print kit. They are still teething but we are getting closer! 

[scvrobeson]

First one I've ever seen done. Thanks for persevering and delivering a great X-3 build with all of your replacements and enhancements.

 

 

 

Matt 

[Erick Candanedo]

So I finally finished it. The jedmads 1/32 X-3 Kit. Here. some Pictures. on the Revell scale of difficulty I can give this kit a 7. it is not a easy kit. certainly not. It's resin so you know it is not going to be a shake and bake kit. The HPH Me 410 kit was a lot harder. Yes, there are a lot of layer lines on the fuselage. but those are really easy to get rid of. The difficult ones were the layer lines on the smaller sections. Especially the ones with rivets. There is not a possible way to get rid of them, so i ended up sketching and doing my own parts on fusion 360. It is a expensive kit, and for this money you would expect the quality of it to be a lot better. I think they have fix this issue with other kits. not sure.

Oh well, if you have this kit just be prepared to do a lot of work on it.

I am including some pics of the mentioned layers lines, so you have an idea what i am talking about.

I hope i can take some pics later with the X-15 i built about a year ago and the X-1 i built about 20 years ago. They will look pretty cool next to each other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THIS IS MY 3D PRINTED PART AND THE KIT PART

 

THE KIT PART LAYER LINES.  IMPOSIBLE TO CLEAN WITHOUT DISTROYING EVERYTHING

 

 

 

AGAIN.   NEW PART VS KIT PART

 

 

 

 

 

THIS IS THE KIT PART.  NO WAY I AM CLEANING THAT.  

 

[LSP_Kevin]

Looks like all the challenges were worth it, Erick!

 

Kev

[Erick Candanedo]

1 minute ago, LSP_Kevin said:

Looks like all the challenges were worth it, Erick!

 

Kev

yes keving.   i more or less take this challeges as a learning school.   but man, i feel i am permanently at school.  LOL

[scvrobeson]

You did a really great job on it, despite the challenges. The first X-3 I've seen completed, not sure we'll see many more of them done. I really enjoyed following this build.

 

 

 

Matt 

[Erick Candanedo]

9 minutes ago, scvrobeson said:

You did a really great job on it, despite the challenges. The first X-3 I've seen completed, not sure we'll see many more of them done. I really enjoyed following this build.

 

 

 

Matt 

Muchas gracias Matt.   yup... i dont think many would be build.  although i know there are a couple being built right now. 

[crobinsonh]

Love the look of this plane and you have really given it justice.