chrish Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Man! that sure gives a sense of the size of the job!! Beautiful work by the way! Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Oh man...that is totally awesome Iain! Love each time you update us on this! Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 And I though my 1/32 Sunderland was big. Sweet Jesus and all things holy - that’s HUGE. Loving your work, Iain! Tom Iain and patricksparks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 On 11/4/2021 at 3:16 AM, Starfighter said: Scanning parts is not "easy" - all you get from a scan is a cloud of points which first have to be converted into real surfaces. Then, you have to add material thickness as well. In addition, high-resolution 3D scanners are still super expensive at the moment. Turns out, it is going to be possible! I have a buddy that works for a local high school that has such a scanner, and he's confident he can scan parts in, and recreate them in a larger scale. He's tried it on a golf ball successfully, which is a fairly complex shape overall. He's offered to give it a shot on my parts. I'll let you all know if it works or not. As for the ethical issues associated, I have already purchased the 1/48 kits and their respective parts, and am going to be having one-off parts made for personal use. So, I think I'm in the clear, at least I feel that way. I'm not making any profit, and I'm not passing anything off as my own. But, I'll anxiously await my letter from PJ's law firm, too. Iain, keep up the great work. That thing is a monster! Sadly, I'm not sure of a P-8 in any other scale, so this "offer" of scanning and enlarging parts isn't applicable at the moment. But, perhaps a door can be opened here. Isn't Tamiya doing essentially the same, but in reverse? Scanning full-size aircraft, and then scaling them down to fit within those scanned parameters? Think of some of the headaches that could have been avoided by other companies if they had utilized the same, like Hobby Boss with their A-26. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA D.B. Andrus, Landrotten Highlander and Iain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 LOL, man you do look grumpy there!! I didn't realize just how big that thing really is. Looks great. You'll need a few pints of paint for that thing that's for sure! Ron Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 I want a Poseidon to build as an RNZAF example. I have to admit I'm more inclined to go for 1/200!! Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Dennis7423 said: Turns out, it is going to be possible! I have a buddy that works for a local high school that has such a scanner, and he's confident he can scan parts in, and recreate them in a larger scale. He's tried it on a golf ball successfully, which is a fairly complex shape overall. He's offered to give it a shot on my parts. I'll let you all know if it works or not. As for the ethical issues associated, I have already purchased the 1/48 kits and their respective parts, and am going to be having one-off parts made for personal use. So, I think I'm in the clear, at least I feel that way. I'm not making any profit, and I'm not passing anything off as my own. But, I'll anxiously await my letter from PJ's law firm, too. Iain, keep up the great work. That thing is a monster! Sadly, I'm not sure of a P-8 in any other scale, so this "offer" of scanning and enlarging parts isn't applicable at the moment. But, perhaps a door can be opened here. Isn't Tamiya doing essentially the same, but in reverse? Scanning full-size aircraft, and then scaling them down to fit within those scanned parameters? Think of some of the headaches that could have been avoided by other companies if they had utilized the same, like Hobby Boss with their A-26. - Dennis S. Thornton, CO USA Of course it's "possible" - it's just not "easy". My company has been scanning cars to turn them into collectors scale models since years so it is of course totally possible. Regarding "ethical issues", I think there are none if you are doing parts for your personal use. Dennis7423 and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 Agreed re. the ethics side - providing it's purely for your own use. It's not really that different to putting a kit part into rubber and casting a copy of a part - all part of the hobby IMHO. Regards, Iain Starfighter and Dennis7423 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Superb update by the way, Iain. I need to get the Poseidon back on my bench - but I can't continue with my Mono X only. I am having issues with thin parts deforming over time, so I absolutely want to print the wings on my CR-10s once I have managed to make it print HIPS... stusbke and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 Sounds good! It's absolutely worth experimenting with HIPS and getting some working settings sorted for your printer - it's absolutely ideal for our purposes. Iain daveculp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 11 hours ago, KiwiZac said: I want a Poseidon to build as an RNZAF example. I have to admit I'm more inclined to go for 1/200!! Lightweight! You know you *really* want a Large Scale Poseidon (LSP of course!), don't fight it... Iain Landrotten Highlander, daveculp, Anthony in NZ and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank83 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 This must be what they call "Go big or go home!" Excellent modelling!! IvanVasili 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiZac Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 15 hours ago, Iain said: Lightweight! You know you *really* want a Large Scale Poseidon (LSP of course!), don't fight it... Iain My wife, for consecutive Christmases, got me the Tamiya Mossie and Nichimo Hughes 500 but this may be where her support vanishes! Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Good Grief Iain, Just copped a look at this progress! That really is a beast of epic proportions. (not the frog) I thought B17s and Lancasters were big but thats huge! Iain and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanVasili Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 The trend makes me think: There will come a day not too far away when we can 3D print aircraft in 1:1 scale Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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