Iain Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 In my case I've not the finished the wing on mine Greg - I'm still working on CAD drawings for the cores, to be 3D printed. If you go back to earlier posts you'll see photos showing the difference in cross-section and thickness towards the tips - I don't think I have any showing the wing against the fuselage - but, yes, IMHO it makes a big difference and is clearly visible - to me. I've seen models build straight from the kit and they look good - the difference is down to whether you, personally, want to make the modifications. It's your model and you shouldn't be swayed by anyone else! Have fun, Iain Greg W, Uncarina and 32scalelover 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Which reminds me that I need to extract a digit and review the Quickboost blades and Vector engines... Iain Uncarina and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Farian Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 9 hours ago, 32scalelover said: Julian, Did you ever post pics of your modified wing? I was curious as to how it looked compared to the kit wing. Is there a major difference that is clearly visible? I as since i am ready to start my B-24 and am wondering if it is worth the effort to do the mod. Greg I finished one, and I’ll post pictures on my thread soon, I’m still adding battle damage to the other, but I have completed the airfoil mods on both. There definitely is an obvious difference, if your looking for it. Iain and 32scalelover 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32scalelover Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Thanks guys. I am still deciding what to do. Julian, What is your thread called as I searched for B-24 but didn't see it? Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
executor70 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Anything new to report? Iain I would be down for purchasing whatever you come up with for the wing conversion. Just let me know where to send the money...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 3/14/2021 at 10:56 AM, Iain said: Which reminds me that I need to extract a digit and review the Quickboost blades and Vector engines... Iain Hi Iain, Any news / thoughts on those blades and engines? Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32scalelover Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 3/14/2021 at 8:20 AM, 32scalelover said: Thanks guys. I am still deciding what to do. Julian, What is your thread called as I searched for B-24 but didn't see it? Greg Julain, Can you post a link to your thread? Thanks, Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 3/14/2021 at 3:20 PM, 32scalelover said: Thanks guys. I am still deciding what to do. Julian, What is your thread called as I searched for B-24 but didn't see it? Greg It's probably this one: No pictures there though, except those in the doc.qoogle links. Juraj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32scalelover Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 5:51 AM, Trak-Tor said: It's probably this one: No pictures there though, except those in the doc.qoogle links. Juraj Thanks for the link. I am trying to find a pic of the corrected wing next to the stock kit wing so i can see how much visible difference there is so I can decide whether or not I want to attempt the fix or not. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Hi all, no further progress on mine as yet - have been tied up elsewhere last couple of months, so not a lot of progress on any models. But I am still trying to learn the 3D modelling side to a stage where I have the wing correction drawn up. @nmayhew photos of the engine and prop parts were done months ago - will try and get reviews up in near future. All the best everyone... Iain LSP_Kevin, scvrobeson and Kagemusha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-17 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Iain, Any chance of an update on your wing correction? I have some money waiting with your name on it. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 Hi Jeff, Apologies - no update yet - still learning my way around the CAD Modelling - but still plan to make something available at some point. Any news will be posted here. Iain MicroShket and B-17 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 14, 2022 Author Share Posted May 14, 2022 Hi all, In yet another 'Holy thread resurrection, Batman' post I have some news. It's actually rather BiG news. This is now a joint project between Tim Perry and myself - which bring's Tim's vast experience of 3D Modelling and printing into play. As a result we now have some prototype CAD models - and the first test print parts are printing now... Concept, as I've described before, is to provide a solid core to each wing, printed in High Impact Polystyrene, to which the kit wings - minus a lot of the internal 'webbing' - are bent around and bonded using polystyrene cement. This will mostly correct - and, hopefully, vastly improve the look of the wings in the Hobbyboss kit. There are bound to be tweaks needed - but we're moving forward. No idea on price/availability yet - and there's more sorting to be done on replacement wing tips, etc.. - but I thought some might like to see where we are. As we make further progress - and test the concept - I'll update everyone here. Please don't email me just yet - will advise when I need to know interest. Blue skies... Iain TankBuster, phasephantomphixer, D.B. Andrus and 20 others 22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Awesome! phasephantomphixer and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Nice one Iain! Iain and phasephantomphixer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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