Madelf75 Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) I dont have anything like a whole model but this is one of my latest prints https://imgur.com/O2u4e0U Edited December 13, 2022 by Madelf75 KiwiZac and Dandiego 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 Madelf that looks very impressive. I am fighting my design every step of the way. But I am slowly making progress. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 Here is todays work. Outer wing panels. What did I do? What are you seeing? I had trouble designing the slat wells onto the wing so I made them separately. And I also have the slats themselves. I still have work to do on the slats and wells as I need to have the correct angles applied so that they will fit. Sometimes it seems like the long way to go but....it was the easiest way to get what I needed. Anyway enough for today. Tomorrow I will tackle the flaps. Dan thierry laurent, Landrotten Highlander, Greg W and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 Hey everyone, I just saw in a local newsfeed here in San Diego that the USS Midway took delivery of a F7U-3. One of only 7 in existence. Looks like a trip to the Midway is in my future. Seems to have been delivered in a bare metal state from North Island. I am assuming that the Midway will give it an appropriate paint job. Dan KiwiZac, Greg W and daveculp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 And here she is..... So cool. Dan Landrotten Highlander, LSP_Kevin, Anthony in NZ and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 That is cool! Regardless of it's operational failures, it's look has always captured my imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Upon further research it seems that the Cutlass will be in a natural metal finish with squadron markings as it was when they served on the Midway. Dan MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee White Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 10 hours ago, Dandiego said: Upon further research it seems that the Cutlass will be in a natural metal finish with squadron markings as it was when they served on the Midway. Dan Did they have NMF -1's? I thought they were all dark sea blue, and the NMF birds were the -3's that came later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Lee I am designing and building a F7u-1. They were never in squadron service. The dash 1's were all in dark sea blue. The uglier dash 3's did make it to squadron service and were seen in bmf or grey/ white. The Midway bird is a dash 3 and will be displayed as a bmf bird the actually served on the Midway. Dan themongoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Quite a stash on the Midway now. Did they ever repaint the F9f Panther? Dandiego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Not sure Mike. Haven’t been to the Midway for a while. I am sure there are pictures on the Midway website. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 Time to stop fiddling with electrons and pixels. Let's print. Forward fuselage now printing. 7+ hours. Pics when it is done Dan Jim Barry, themongoose, johncrow and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) First print of the nose area. Quite promising but not without issues. This is sanded with 100 grit, puttied, sanded again with a coat of primer. For some reason the lower cannon ports did not print, Hmm, not sure why. Tomorrow I will print the main fuselage section with wing roots. The nose section is about 6 inches long. Dan Edited December 18, 2022 by Dandiego themongoose, LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) First print of the central fuselage with the wing roots. Coolness. Fuselage is now 11 and a half inches long. Should max out max out at 14 inches. Pay no attention to the Tiger in the backround................. Dan Edited December 19, 2022 by Dandiego Memphis, Iain, scvrobeson and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I see nothing….. Dandiego 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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