JeroenPeters

Assembling and sanding the box. Made a hinge from copper rod.

Printed the transparent glass too. Now for a lot of polishing and after care to get it properly transparent IMG_2800.mov

I have some technical drawings and drew a 3d model of the top lense. Printed it in transparent resin and it fits like a glove. Now to polish it and treat it with a heat gun to make it crystal clear.

Things are getting smooth!

Here we go

Another side project. Got this revi16 crash relic with missing half of it’s body. Drew these parts in 3D and printed them.

Started altering a RAF Bomber pilot I bought online. Drew the oxygen hose in a way so I can alter it to any pose. Now I'll need to measure the HK pilot seat in order to make this fit. Then on to the nose gunner. The booths look a little off-ish, but they won't be visible.

This is the idea:

Fresh of the printer! Now you realize how big this thing is. The internal structure is hollow with a honeycomb and has drain holes. I managed to add polygons in order to ger a smooth surface. Now: priming and scribing, the nose, skid and new printed pilot are curing now.

Here’s one of the two bikes. Still needs way more paint and weathering. Only needs the kick stand and it’s ready.

Glued the two halves together since there’s enough access from the bottom for pit detailing. This Lippisch will be in flight, cutting off a lanc nose section with crew.

Next big parts... I have a pretty large print bed, but this one only barely fits.

This beige resin luckily sands well. Almost a smooth serface now. I hope it scribes well for panellines too

There are a lot of 3d polygons or facets on the print. I couldnt get it more detailed. So i hit the sides with mr surfacer and see if i can sand the thing smooth. Otherwise i need to try and smooth the 3d modeL

First test print

Here's the pilot.

Splitted the upper deck. We'll see how far I'll get with this one. The trickiest part is to use the right resin that allows you to make proper panel lines.

To be able to continue modelling, even when I don't have any bench time, I like to plug away at 3D models, hoping to one day print them. Downloaded a 3d model from Render Hub of the P13a and started to cut it up. Clean it up and add detail. The idea is to build it flying and whistling past the nose of a HK Lancaster nose art kit. All mounted to my wall. We'll see... Started adding and modifying a pilot. When working on the model I discovered this is by no means a small plane! Almost 21cm long! Never knew that... 6.7meters long in reality.

Sprayed the registration codes on the fender and license plates.

And here’s little ol’ me

Getting there! i had 2mm transparent bases cut for the bikes.

Here is one segment:

Sure. With the iphone. I used the app Sapling. Perfect for scanning smaller object, but when you want to scan an entire person, you need to do it in segments since the polygon count per scan is limited.

Made a new effort to scan myself and print myself in 32nd scale. The stance depicts me spotting mistakes in my own work. Should be fun...

New test with different settings