blackbetty Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 i have no idea... its white thierry laurent, Iain and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 That helps! Iain Landrotten Highlander, blackbetty and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marques Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 46 minutes ago, blackbetty said: i have no idea... its white If it´s difficut to sand it´s most likely PLA. It´s not ideal for modelling, just because of that: it´s difficult to sand and easy to melt. Be careful, it may be that if you sand too hard or with a electric tool the surface may melt and warp. A possible plan B is to fill instead of sand (with a coarse primer, diluted putty or car industry putty) although then you may loose detail. But personally I think that this is the best approach in this case. MikeMaben, Daniel Leduc and Kagemusha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 That's such a cool technology. Maybe when I retire I will have time to learn it. The possibilities (as you've shown) are limitless... blackbetty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Marques said: If it´s difficut to sand it´s most likely PLA. It´s not ideal for modelling, just because of that: it´s difficult to sand and easy to melt. Be careful, it may be that if you sand too hard or with a electric tool the surface may melt and warp. A possible plan B is to fill instead of sand (with a coarse primer, diluted putty or car industry putty) although then you may loose detail. But personally I think that this is the best approach in this case. so it seems to be PLA (whatever that is) as you said, i will use carputty/primer out of the spraycan to make sanding easier Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 I have used a primer with filler from a spay can with excellent results on printed parts. Much faster than trying to sand all the grooves out on the parts. Alain blackbetty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Awesome! I was looking at this exact same file yesterday, the same designer makes a 1/64 Super Etendard that was tempting to scale up as well. My 3d printers are starting to hate me for all these projects LOL blackbetty, Anthony in NZ, dutik and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Good point Marques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 just stuck together with the pins and some tape, this is a pretty big airplane Iain, Out2gtcha, Lothar and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 i started to modify the front fuselage for the cockpit floors. front and back seats are staggered in height. the inside of the 3D part is hollow with just some thin strings of material present, so after cutting through the surface it pretty easy to make room. i used a mini cutoff wheel and stanley knife for this. Starfighter, Rockie Yarwood, Anthony in NZ and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 since the tailboom is very long, i will have to insert weight under the cockpit floor, but will do this from the back of the front fuselage part LSP_Kevin, Renegade, Greg W and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) i did some experimenting with spray on filler and it seems to work quite nicely, ll show that later if you think of this project, you will need this book: the mmp books are excellent, but older publications are hard to find (expensive - good luck finding that one for a decent price), but its a must. lots of pics, drawings and a colour guide i also ordered the still availible mmp plans for this aircraft, its 48th scale, but i will blow these up. worked with willie, so it will do here Edited September 24, 2020 by blackbetty Landrotten Highlander, KiwiZac, Greg W and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 oh, and i googled PLA - polylactic acid at least its biodegradeble Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) plasticcard for the floor of the pit and some old resin seats from verlinden. these are for an F-4 and seem to be MB Mk 5s, so they would work EDIT: they dont Edited January 21, 2021 by blackbetty Rockie Yarwood, LSP_Kevin, Alex and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaxJael Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Hi karl. I just found this post... awesome! you have a tremendous work for this model. I tell you.. in argentina we have create an model of pucara in 1/48 with resins and photoetched, recesed panels, cristal cockpit, etc. Its will be great. Visit the web page of model house: www.dukelhobbies.com.ar Stay alert! Saludos! Daniel blackbetty, KiwiZac and Out2gtcha 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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