Out2gtcha Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 12 hours ago, Radders said: This is so cool.... great project. Any chance of seeing it next to something for a size up? That would be cool. Would love to see it with something highly recognizable like a Tamiya paint pot. Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancherello Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Such a great project, Ben ! really looking forward to seing next steps ! Fanch Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 My messy paint booth offers the perfect background for the requested photos - there are quite a few things to give you an idea of the size of the beast. I am currently running test prints of the sponsons on my Photon but I am not happy at all with the results. I may have to find another solution to print them... D.B. Andrus, cib2265, A-10LOADER and 20 others 22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Jeez... what a monster! No doubt you will have to fold the rotor blades! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 i really like your stuff, its always fun to look at what you thought of next. very good job, Ben! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 Glad you like it! The rotor and tail will of course be folded, Thierry. Not only because it saves a lot of space, but also because it is typical for naval aircraft. A-10LOADER, Gazzas and stusbke 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Love it! What a beast! Craig Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Wow! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin_Matejko Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 The model makes a great impression Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRATCH BUILDER Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Wow! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Paxton Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Ooooooohhhhh big helicopter.....AKA the crowd pleaser........love it. I may have missed what type of printer you have..... Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 I have a Creality CR-10S for large parts and an Anycubic Photon for small, detailed parts. Dan Paxton and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 How are your side tanks coming along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 Thanks for asking, Olivier! My little resin printer sadly cannot handle the sponsons properly, the parts are always slightly deformed - probably because they are too big. Tim aka Wunwinglow is so kind to print them for me on his Form 2, so (near) perfect parts will be available soon. In the meantime, I have made a little test with failed parts to see how it looks. Pretty massive, I'd say... The part is very dusty and the defects are obvious, but you get an idea of the surface detail. I am currently printing the engines; these are simple low res parts which will require a lot of work to obtain a perfect surface, but they should be a good base to work with. I will post a photo with the RH engine in place soon. sandokan, AlexM, johncrow and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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