Youngtiger1 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Ben, another great project. One off a kind for sure. You guys with CAD and printing skills are making me envy. My hats off to you guys! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) 3D printing is a great tool, but you still have to properly assemble the parts... which I sadly didn't do, which resulted in a slightly warped rear fuselage. So, out came the saw... ... Super Glue, files and sand paper. I'll show you the result within the next few days. Edited December 9, 2019 by Starfighter Coneheadff, patricksparks, Lothar and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Sanding, sanding and sanding. The fuselage ist straight now and the belly was closed. Surface quality is not too good at this point, which means there will be even more puttying and sanding and priming before I can start scribing the surface detail. On a side note, I have received aluminium foil for the MH-53E... I hop to start some trials soon. Out2gtcha, Rocat, thierry laurent and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 There isn't much to see at the moment. Filling, sanding, more sanding, filling again, priming, more sanding... I have some problem with (re-)appearing cracks. As you can see on the previously posted pics, the fuselage is made of many small printed parts, so there are many sources for cracks. Anyway, I will persevere and hope to finally succeed... Luckily, that's not a crack behind the cockpit - this is where the rear cockpit bulkhead will be inserted later on. Kagemusha, A-10LOADER, LSP_Kevin and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 How you get from the grey mess to the beige Wonder is a mystery to me thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 Automotive body filler! red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 this is sooo coool i´d love to have at least a vac Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Shaping up very nicely Ben! Good luck with those pesky cracks - I’ve had one that kept on ghosting back in on one of my builds that has taken nearly 6 months to finally settle and not reappear (hopefully) after numerous fill and sand sessions. I think my issue was probably caused by not waiting long enough to let the liquid cement fully harden off before the first putty went on. By long enough I mean at least 3-4 weeks from the research I’ve done. Torben Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Ben, That fuselage looks awesome. I know that you have had to put in lots of time to get to this point but the result so far is impressive. Following closely. Dan Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baffozac Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 C'est magnifique ! Gorgeous ! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 12:14 PM, TorbenD said: Shaping up very nicely Ben! Good luck with those pesky cracks - I’ve had one that kept on ghosting back in on one of my builds that has taken nearly 6 months to finally settle and not reappear (hopefully) after numerous fill and sand sessions. I think my issue was probably caused by not waiting long enough to let the liquid cement fully harden off before the first putty went on. By long enough I mean at least 3-4 weeks from the research I’ve done. Torben In my case, one of the problems certainly is the material mix. (Very brittle) UV sensitive resin, plastic sheet, automotive body filler... Everything was glued with superglue. I should maybe have used 2K epoxy, but that's too late now. I think I may have to choose the "heavy" solution - I will mill deep grooves into the cracks and fill them with superglue and Microballs. That should help to stop the cracks from re-appearing. A bigger problem is the body filler kind of de-laminating from the plastic sheet below. The filler has become very thin after sanding and is rock hard whilst the sheet below remained slightly flexible. in the worst case, I may have to remove the whole area covering the bomb bay, add stiffeners or reinforcements and start all over. On Sunday, I have spent three hours sanding and filling and the model looks just like before.The joy of this kind of scale modelling... LSP_Kevin, TorbenD and Marcel111 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 The cracks kept on re-appearing, so out came the heavy artillery. The grooves were filled with superglue and Microballs. After some additional puttying and sanding, I fitted the tail fin. I used aluminium profiles from Albion Alloys to ensure perfect fit and stability. Finally some visible progress! Madmax, johncrow, chrish and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Superb, Ben! Kev Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 That looks really nice. I want one! Dan Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Wow, that does look nice! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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