DFW T.28 Floh - WIPVista: Presentazione Mosaico Elenco 1March 20, 2024I gave up Ebay. Shipping costs are ridiculous as sellers are trying to reduce Ebay fees. 50 USD for shipping? I rather print my own kit. 2March 20, 2024I am new to this 3D print stuff, so I tried to print a fuselage piece with the largest surface at the bottom 3March 20, 2024Looks OK, but I realised that the curves in XY-axis will always be better than in Z-axis, where they will always be "pixelated" 4March 20, 2024I am printing two "port" fuselages, one is the mirror 5March 20, 2024Printing now the fuselage on upright position, so we can have a better curve 6March 20, 2024Much better pieces, a little filing and it should be smooth and curvy. The engine holes turned out much better than expected. 7March 20, 2024Comparing both pieces 8March 20, 2024Printing all pieces at once, plus one wing flat (back when I was unsure if the printer could print it without messing it up) 9March 20, 2024Turns out, printing wings like this is perfect: thin enough, and still has the airfoil curve. Print lines are along the cord, so the wing is strong. The only problem is that the spar indents are not present. 10March 20, 2024Comparing wings, not comparable 11March 20, 2024the wings are really thin, I hope there will be no problem adding metal pins 12March 20, 2024I am using sprue sheet to make the tail for the second prototype 13March 24, 2024Not a very busy interior, but I am not planning on doing fine detail in 14March 24, 2024Base tamiya yellow to do some experiments with clear orange. Propeller was kindly donated by a Eduard Fokker D VII 15April 13, 2024tamiya clear orange brushed with a wide brush. the 3d print lines helped with the wood grains 16April 13, 2024Adding decals from a Fokker D VII, they fit. Made a control stick with leftover 3D print plastic. 17April 13, 2024the 3D print of the seat looked like vickers seat, so I went along with it, and added brown and clear orange while enhancing those reliefs. 18April 13, 2024Seatbelt from the Sopwith triplane. Probably not the best choice for a german airplane, but it does the work. 19April 13, 2024Puttying the wings. Plastic putty works great. 20April 13, 2024Adding 0.4mm brass tube. The wings are very thin, this was not easy. I would thicken the wings a little more if I was going to redo this. 21April 13, 2024Measuring the panel lines for the radiator and tanks 22April 13, 2024Not great, since this plastic is way harder and a little more difficult to work with, but I hope with a layer of primer, it goes bette 23April 13, 2024Closing the fuselage with sprue glue. I think it's great, as it fills out all gaps, creates a very strong bond, and I think it will leave no seams. 24April 13, 2024Final touches on scribing, wings are done. 25September 11, 2024relocated vents, by gluing some sprue rectangles with sprue glue, and filing it to get a smaller widt 26September 11, 2024doing a better radiator by using leftovers from a 3D print base 27September 11, 2024Not perfect, hoping that a primer layer smooths the rought 28September 12, 2024Adding first primer layer, to see how rough the surface is 29September 14, 2024second primer layer, to really hide the print 30September 14, 2024wheels in XF-1 black and olive drab (should be gray-green but now it's done) 31September 14, 2024Just using a simple circle template. Some black panel liner to add some dirt and to mark the edge will come soon. Commenti 7 20 March, 10:41Lochsa Riversittin in for cool project....25 March, 00:18Never a ProThis will be quick, no need to sit down for long25 March, 11:03René "Lord Bilbo" BartholemyI dream of having this one as a kit too...12 September, 09:48Never a ProI heard you can download one, ping me if you need extra help on that12 September, 10:07Project infoDFW T.28 Floh31 immagini1:48In corsoScratchbuiltTutti gli albumVisualizza tutti gli album »