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Land / Re: M3 Lee/Grant and M4 Sherman Family of Vehicles
« Last post by The Big Gimper on Today at 05:48:25 PM »Additional photos of the T33.
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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
« Last post by Old Wombat on Today at 03:40:56 PM »"Less is more", more or less. 
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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: AFV Club, Ding-Hao Models, and Hobby Fan
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Scifi and Fantasy / Re: Dune Ornithopter - 3D Print
« Last post by Buzzbomb on Today at 03:34:35 PM »Then there is this.. which really, outside of price makes all this redundant 
Just announced
Meng 1/72 Ornithopter
Just announced
Meng 1/72 Ornithopter
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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
« Last post by finsrin on Today at 02:37:38 PM »Good concept and build 
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Ideas & Inspiration / Re: WHIF's found on internet
« Last post by Alvis 3.1 on Today at 02:18:07 PM »Good call. Give it the NCC-1701 finish and markings. The decals are available.
Bet Carl is itching to build B-35 like that one with Canada insignia.
I did this a while ago:
https://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal2/1001-1100/Gal1028-Basselope-Petrie/00.shtm
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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
« Last post by Buzzbomb on Today at 01:27:17 PM »Yes !, Soviet Arctic vehicles are generally red, orange or yellow.
Pretty much on the same page, I am doing Orange
So, some construction work and really pretty much, this is about it. Some more greeblies perhaps
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Scifi and Fantasy / Re: Dune Ornithopter - 3D Print
« Last post by Frank3k on Today at 12:04:28 PM »It helps that the vehicle is made from mostly flat planes.
I used these measurements from the RPF to calculate the scale: My estimation is - full length (nose to end of fuselage) is 23.2m, wingspan (from the fuselage center) is 26.4m, Height is around 4.7m
So your model looks like it's closer to 1/144.
I used these measurements from the RPF to calculate the scale: My estimation is - full length (nose to end of fuselage) is 23.2m, wingspan (from the fuselage center) is 26.4m, Height is around 4.7m
So your model looks like it's closer to 1/144.
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Scifi and Fantasy / Dune Ornithopter - 3D Print
« Last post by Buzzbomb on Today at 10:59:18 AM »Found this Card type model on Thingiverse and the images made it look more 3 dimensional than most Card models
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6507750 There are other options on there as well, but this tweaked my interest.
My first couple of attempts to get it to print failed, for various reasons, so I got a buddy to check print and this is his run, in black, which sucks a lot as far as photos go. This run is also in low res.
Some instructions are provided at the original Printable posting and these, well guidelines and fairly loose at that. So went at it and it really did not take that long.
I did find that the location slots and/or the tabs needed some filing/sanding in almost every case. Once done the guidelines get you on the way
Construction done
I might try and print again in a finer mode and then continue it through. With a bit of work and extra detailing up, this could possibly turn out alright.
This scales out to around 1/72 I reckon
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6507750 There are other options on there as well, but this tweaked my interest.
My first couple of attempts to get it to print failed, for various reasons, so I got a buddy to check print and this is his run, in black, which sucks a lot as far as photos go. This run is also in low res.
Some instructions are provided at the original Printable posting and these, well guidelines and fairly loose at that. So went at it and it really did not take that long.
I did find that the location slots and/or the tabs needed some filing/sanding in almost every case. Once done the guidelines get you on the way
Construction done
I might try and print again in a finer mode and then continue it through. With a bit of work and extra detailing up, this could possibly turn out alright.
This scales out to around 1/72 I reckon