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Stikpusher wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 1:28 pm Tom & Chris, thanks for the compliments on my Oscar's paint so far.

Chris, that seatbelt looks great! You could do all types of harnesses it looks like! I wonder how that printing would work for the canvas & webbing seats in choppers?

Not sure Carlos -- Do you have a picture handy?

Continuing to be surprised by what you can do with only a Filament 3D printer and a .2 mil nozzle. Seatbelts anyone? I printed it flat and then press formed it to the seat contour. Thought the PLA plastic would snap, but it was so thin that I was able to bend it... https://i.postimg.cc/xCYZdrZ3/2024...

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 9:31 am Thanks John! It was a fun part of the session doing all of that mottling.

That mottling looks great stick. Nice work!

I have always loved Wildcats. I like the center wing design and the underdog story of the plane. It held the line in the Pacific until the Hellcat and F4U arrived. After seeing Paul Boyer's build of this kit, I had to pick a few up. Such beautiful plastic inside these boxes! https://i.postimg.cc/wxQ...

jeaton01 wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 4:54 pm Two more Zeros slid into the display cases today, the Hasegawa A6M2-K and the Tamiya A6M3 model 22

Great Work John! Very nice Zeros. That training Zeke is strangely appealing after seeing it built up!

jkim wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 11:03 am Very nice work on the engine mods! Must be nice to able to print those needed parts. Scratching up those tear drop distributors would be a pain.

For sure !

Very nicely done Chris! I would have probably spent a few hours working with Evergreen strip and rod styrene to do the same thing, cutting, sanding, test fitting, repeat.... How long does it take to do a 3-D print like that? Thanks Carlos. At my current CAD skill level, probably around one or two h...

Hasegawa's braille scale R-2800 needed some help so I printed some distributors and magneto and such to stick on. Now it looks like a P&W. https://i.postimg.cc/sDJgs5xb/2024-1-72-HSGW-P47-Razorback-JYX-7027.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/RCK0pkBS/2024-1-72-HSGW-P47-Razorback-JYX-7032.jpg https://i.po...

Very cool John! Now get that thing to work building some runways!

Airfix Artist Roy Cross has passed away.
He achieved the ripe old age of 100 years old.
Rest in Peace Roy.
See some of his art:
http://roycrossfineart.co.uk/airfix-gallery