patricksparks Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I have always wanted to do this project and now being able to draw and print in 3D it makes things more inviting to me than scratch building. I plan to cover the airframe with embossed(rivets)aluminum and leave it "Bare Metal", Hopefully.... The parts are as large as I can print on my printer which is a Anycibic Photon Mono X. I printed the airframe parts with relatively thin skin, .030, so that it won't get too bulky with the aluminum skin applied to the surface. I hope to be able to use a fairly heavy primer on the interior surface so that I can spray a bare metal finish to the interior of the bombardier/navigator's compartment and the area below the flight deck. I plan on installing the "cheek" gun positions but I have had difficulty trying to draw them for printing, I want to print them as vacuum form patterns so that I can pull clear petg for the windows but I also want to form the aluminum skin over the same pattern for the clear piece to live under and add the assembly to the airframe. Pat TAG, monthebiff, denders and 41 others 40 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Oh man, that's awesome, Pat! Kev patricksparks and Derek B 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis7423 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Wow! - Dennis S. Mount Juliet, TN USA patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 You are my modelling hero Pat!!!!!! What an epic project! Can't wait to see more Craig patricksparks and JayW 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Holy crap! that is pretty damn cool- P patricksparks and easixpedro 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 chaos07, patricksparks, geedubelyer and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 This is seriously impressive, looking forward to seeing your build progress! Regards. Andy patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos07 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 This is huge . . . . impressive patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Awe inspiring! You've gotten the hard part done - how about the Full Monty? Shoggz, JayW, patricksparks and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 How cool is that? Wow. patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Um, wow. That is very, very cool. patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denders Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Like the others, WOW! patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easixpedro Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 The Cajones. Holy crap, this is cool. patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 That's super cool! Have you ever thought about going all the way with it? The RC guys go big, and what wife doesn't want a MASSIVE B-17 hanging in their house?! Learstang, geedubelyer, patricksparks and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furie Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I don't know what to say so I'm not going to say anything! Absolutely stunning! patricksparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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