Major Walt Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Love this!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crincon Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Major Walt said: Love this!! Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crincon Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 Grinding it out... So far so good... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 With all this extra 3D plastic in the tail, don't forget to add extra weight to the nose to keep her level! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crincon Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, Dutch said: With all this extra 3D plastic in the tail, don't forget to add extra weight to the nose to keep her level! Yeap that's already accounted for... In fact I may "open up" some of the panel in the front to display all those black boxes 👍🏻 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crincon Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 Latest render of engine bay components and dry fitting of the corresponding test prints... 👍🏻 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlienFrogModeller Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 WOW Cheers AFM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Major Walt Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 How do you get the measurements for the parts so exact? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crincon Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Major Walt said: How do you get the measurements for the parts so exact? I'll typically start by taking reference measurements with a digital caliper of the plastic model/part I want to modify. Then I'll take high quality photos of the model/part in the multiple dimensional plains I need and canvas those into Fusion 360. Then I use the measurements to "calibrate" the size of the photos within Fusion so that they both match. That gives me a sort of "constrained space" I can work within to create whatever custom parts/mods I so desire. Then its just a matter of stacking up in reference photos of the real thing and work the proportions so that they look right within the constrained space. Course theres also a lot of "hit and miss" and continued "tinkering" with the dimensions until it all fits. In the end the great thing about this technology is the fact that once you get all the work done just right you can then replicate it as many times as you need with no loss of accuracy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hemspilot Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Congratulations on your fantastic work, I am learning a lot from you. Are you planning to make those extended intakes available for sale, the Hasegawa kit is in bad need of some. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crincon Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 5 hours ago, hemspilot said: Congratulations on your fantastic work, I am learning a lot from you. Are you planning to make those extended intakes available for sale, the Hasegawa kit is in bad need of some. Thank you for the support. In answer to your question, yes I am considering making these available for sale including a version for the Hasegawa kit which I also have in my stash. So stay tuned for more to come! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crincon Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Latest render getting closer to the finish line... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I'm impressed ! -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomdelis Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 great work there. i would be very curious to see how they take paint ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crincon Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 Finally 3D printed the bulk of parts for the inner engine bay structure... "Seamless Intakes" are now completely accurate! just like the real deal! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crincon Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 4:09 AM, tomdelis said: great work there. i would be very curious to see how they take paint ! Thank you! This resin is very similar to traditional polyurethane resin so I don't expect any issues with the painting. We shall see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crincon Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 Decided to "open up" the avionics and radar bays on the left forward fuselage section. The work combines 3D printed parts with styrene plastic... Dry fitting to test fit all the mods... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGF15Guy Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Excellent work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.