DFW T.28 Floh - WIP
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I 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.
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I am new to this 3D print stuff, so I tried to print a fuselage piece with the largest surface at the bottom
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Looks OK, but I realised that the curves in XY-axis will always be better than in Z-axis, where they will always be "pixelated"
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I am printing two "port" fuselages, one is the mirror
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Printing now the fuselage on upright position, so we can have a better curve
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Much better pieces, a little filing and it should be smooth and curvy. The engine holes turned out much better than expected.
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Comparing both pieces
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Printing all pieces at once, plus one wing flat (back when I was unsure if the printer could print it without messing it up)
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Turns 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.
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Comparing wings, not comparable
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the wings are really thin, I hope there will be no problem adding metal pins
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I am using sprue sheet to make the tail for the second prototype
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Not a very busy interior, but I am not planning on doing fine detail in
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Base tamiya yellow to do some experiments with clear orange. Propeller was kindly donated by a Eduard Fokker D VII
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tamiya clear orange brushed with a wide brush. the 3d print lines helped with the wood grains
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Adding decals from a Fokker D VII, they fit. Made a control stick with leftover 3D print plastic.
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the 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.
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Seatbelt from the Sopwith triplane. Probably not the best choice for a german airplane, but it does the work.
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Puttying the wings. Plastic putty works great.
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Adding 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.
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Measuring the panel lines for the radiator and tanks
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Not 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
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Final touches on scribing, wings are done.
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Closing 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.
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2 20 March, 10:41