shark64 Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Spectacular modeling Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Great googly moogly ..! -Gregg Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcour Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 That's great and so creative! What is the plan for the canopy? Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy! Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Looking good Ben, cockpits are always such a hit but rarely the hard part…not that it doesn’t look great. It’s the mundane stuff that actually sets a model apart. Happy belated by the way, hope you added to your stash or got play with a fast car. Since this bird is on my list of scratch project…you have saved me so much time since I can clearly just use your model….(teehee) I’ve enjoyed myself immensely lurking on this thread, thanks! Timmy! Starfighter and Pete Fleischmann 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Just saw this for real at the EME and was blown away. It’s a beautiful shape and the model looks excellent already, surface detail / panel lines are perfectly crisp and fine. Marcel easixpedro, dutik, Starfighter and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engage Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 First post here….came to view the XB-70 build and got sidetracked into this amazing Vigilante build. If I remember correctly the first plane I ever put glue to in anger was a Vigilante kit in the late 70s. Such a good looking aircraft. Profile is perfect. OP(Starfighter) amazing work. The questions will be do we buy the stl files from you or send you resin plus labor fees? Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 Hi everybody, it's been a while - sorry for replying so late! I actually had the dubious pleasure of getting Covid after the show (probably even caught it there, luckily none of my buddies were affected...) and did not do any digital modelling since. Working on a computer somehow was too much for my brain... but it's getting better. On the other hand, I have spent some 110 hours at my workbench during my 9 days of confinement which enabled me to make some serious progress on anotehr project... but more on that later. I first have to catch up a lot of work in the office, once that's done and dusted I'll get back to the Vigi. The new wings will require quite a bit of work but that should be no problem. Mattcour, the canopies will 3D printed using clear resin. Engage, there are no plans to sell the STLs (which is totally out of question) nor to print and sell the parts. 120 hours printing time rfor the fuselage parts alone... If you buy me two new printers, say a Sonic Mighty 8 K for the large parts and a Mini 8K for the small parts, I may change my mind though... scvrobeson, MikeMaben, Landrotten Highlander and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Glad you're on the mend! But seriously, stop teasing about the 'other' project! Starfighter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 Nothing too special - an italian Tornado IDS for a magazine. No idea how I got myself into building something like that... but it's fun, actually. easixpedro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 9 hours ago, Starfighter said: Mattcour, the canopies will 3D printed using clear resin. How exactly does that work? Is the 3D printer able to print the parts cleanly without the normal print lines that we see on other bits? Or do they need the requisite sanding and polishing to be truly clear? Hope you're feeling better so you can knock out your current projects Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, scvrobeson said: How exactly does that work? Is the 3D printer able to print the parts cleanly without the normal print lines that we see on other bits? Or do they need the requisite sanding and polishing to be truly clear? Hope you're feeling better so you can knock out your current projects Matt The 'lines' are on the surface. The resin below the surface, with a decent cure, will be solid, so once you have polished these off, yes, you can get it smooth and clear. Edited April 14, 2022 by wunwinglow Starfighter, LSP_Kevin and scvrobeson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/14/2022 at 3:35 PM, wunwinglow said: The 'lines' are on the surface. The resin below the surface, with a decent cure, will be solid, so once you have polished these off, yes, you can get it smooth and clear. Excellent, thank you. That's what I figured the answer was, but figured it was smarter to ask. Most of these 3D printing stuff is magic to me, and builds like this one help reveal the world behind the curtain Matt wunwinglow and GreyGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfighter Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 Printed clear parts need a lot of attention, at least the ones I did so far. Here's a little comparison between the part coming from the printer (with supports removed) and an identical part after several weeks of sanding and polishing. Marcel111, KiwiZac, Model_Monkey and 23 others 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Wow! That is really impressive considering it's printed! I can imagine it's a lot of work but it certainly would take a lot of the guess work out of vac forming.... Craig KiwiZac and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcour Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Starfighter said: ...after several weeks of sanding and polishing. Wow! That is perseverence!! Great job with the clear parts, all the hard work has paid off, no doubt! Great modelling. KiwiZac and Starfighter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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