S-3B Viking - scratchbuilt

[Bill Cross]

Well, if that's your decision, just GIVE the stash away to brothers-in-need ... Muhahahaha !

 

Hubert, PMing his addy to receive your generous offer :-D

Hubert, I said SELL, haha. I may be depressed, but I ain't stupid.

 

Seriously, this guy is really good.

[Guest Jessie_C]

If you're having a difficult time finding a vac forming machine which is Just the Right Size, may I suggest the Do It Yourself option?

[N312RB]

Nice work...

 

As far as the foam being tough to get, try looking for Renshape, you can buy offcuts on Ebay fairly cheap.

[Starfighter]

Got a parcel from Shapeways yesterday. Here's a look at some of the included parts - the wingfolds. 

 

 

 

The good thing is: they fit the wings!

 

 

 

After some sanding and priming, they should look fine. Details will be added later; the hinges will be made with CNC or laser cut plastic sheet.

[LSP_Kevin]

That's awesome! Too bad we don't have a service like that here in Australia. I vaguely recall that Shapeways does ship here, but at great expense.

 

Kev

[dodgem37]

Good show.

 

Sincerely,

Mark

[Radders]

Well impressed.

[harvy5]

That's awesome!

[Out2gtcha]

Crazy good stuff on this one!!

 

 

 

Shapeways??

 

Is this an EU only company that does custom resin molding if you send them a master or something? Inquiring minds who know nothing of this want to know........

[Starfighter]

Check Google, Brian! Shapeways is a dutch 3D printing company. You create your 3D file, upload it onto their website and they print it for you.

[Out2gtcha]

Check Google, Brian! Shapeways is a dutch 3D printing company. You create your 3D file, upload it onto their website and they print it for you.

 

 

Nice! What are you uploading your 3D file with, Vector?

[Starfighter]

I don't know what you mean, Brian. You need STL format files which can then be uploaded using Shapeways' website.

[Out2gtcha]

Ah ok thanks. Vector is a program/format used to form images that a friend used a lot. Im not that familiar with it, but it seems its used a lot in automotive CAD stuff...............Im not the expert and maybe others could expand better than I.

 

I will check out the site............thanks!

[Kagemusha]

Very, very impressive.

[LSP_Kevin]

Ah ok thanks. Vector is a program/format used to form images that a friend used a lot.

 

I'm not aware of any software called Vector, but the vector format is very common, and forms the basis of a lot of illustration and drawing software (Illustrator, Flash, Corel Draw, etc). Instead of storing a bitmap of pixels, like JPEG does, the vector format is, essentially, a mathematical description of all the lines, shapes and colours in an image. This makes it infinitely scalable without loss of quality, but the trade-off is that it's not very suitable for photo-realistic imagery. Decals are designed using the vector format, for example.

 

Kev