Starfighter Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 On 5/29/2019 at 11:43 PM, Timmy! said: Ta Da!! LSP awesomeness at its best - thank you so much, Timmy! Let's hope I can turn this into something useful for my model... HerculesPA_2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerculesPA_2 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 So nice Ben!! Im following!! Hercules de Araujo From Brasil Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 No progress at the moment. Last Friday, I have visited my friend Kai in Frankfurt to pick up a cabinet he got for me - finally a proper one to display my models! The arrival of the cabinet has led to a complete re-arrangement of my hobby room which resulted in a huge mess - and I mean even more mess than before ... It will take a few more days until the hobby room will be operational again. Here's a photo of the new cabinet and its predecessor on the right which now serves as storage space for a part of my stock. The reflection of yours truly could not be avoided, sorry for that... blackbetty, F-4Phanwell, GROWLER 96 and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 The Sea Dragon is going to take up a 10th of the whole new cabinet! A-10LOADER and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 Tim aka Wunwinglow was so kind to print the sponsons on his Form2 for me - thank you very much, Tim! I have spent the last evening preparing the first sponson - the nonskid on the walkways was applied using Tamiya putty, rivets lost during sanding were replaced with Archer ones. The walkways are very rough on MH-53Es, hence the use of Tamiya Putty instead of Mr Surfacer. The center fuselage windows were closed and puttied as well. sandokan, Alain Gadbois, scvrobeson and 16 others 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Very nice! Man, that thing is going to be a BIG beastie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 how are you going to install the interior cockpit. Cut the nose section and reputty? Out2gtcha and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 I will split the fuselage again once the overall surface quality is acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 That's epic Ben! I love what you are doing here! I bet it's going to be heavy once done.... Craig Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I never realized the size of this beast. The picture inside the display case says it all. Thanks for sharing another epic build with us Ben. Troy Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Wow! This Beastie is taking shape! Good job so far mate Epic! Pip Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Madhatter Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 It's insanely amazing work that you do! I really envy you fellas that can do this 3D printing How are you going to put the interior in with the body closed up like that? Is the bottom removable or will you just slide it all in through the rear as one piece? Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) As already mentioned, I will split the fuselage again to work on the interior! I would have preferred to keep the fuselage closed and to insert it from behind once finished, but I have to work on the inside walls of the fuselage and this would be virtually impossible with the fuselage closed. Thank you all for your kind comments - it's a huge beast indeed! During the weekend, I have managed to draw and print some footsteps on my Photon. The small ones are located on the fuselage, the big block with the wider ones is located on the RH side of the rotor housing. Big holes in big models require big tools! Footsteps installed and puttied. They will hopefully be perfectly flush with the surface after sanding. Edited June 17, 2019 by Starfighter Dadeo911, Out2gtcha, LSP_Kevin and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 Looks like I have found the photo I was looking for... folded rotor & open oil cooler compartment! Out2gtcha, sandokan, stusbke and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRATCH BUILDER Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Awesome Ben! Starfighter and Troy Molitor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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