Hey there
- Thread starter Ed Sunder
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It's already beginning to, Quinta are doing printed cockpits, as are Eduard, who are also offering printed flaps now.
Ed Sunder
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Wow! Thanks for the welcome! I wanted active and here it is. 
In terms of where 3D printing is going, particularly with resin, it's hard to say. I've done things that require significant magnification to see any layer lines - a shot of primer and you're good - and I can manufacture some parts that could not be made in a traditional plastic mold without tremendous expense. However, while I think the cast resin market is likely in the biggest danger, I'm not sure it takes over PE just because photo etch is SO thin. If I do missile fins at scale in 3D resin, they are floppy and actually somewhat see-through. With PE, they will be nice and strong and super thin. The biggest downsides of resin 3D printing are 1) mess - there is no way to adequately describe how messy it is 2) smell - get used to the smell of Isopropyl alcohol and resin and 3) complexity - I'm a software developer with lots of 3D design experience so I have some advantages.
So I really look at this as a golden time for modelling - there are so, so many options for us!
I'm planning on taking some photos tonight and adding to the Aircraft Under Construction section soon!
Thanks!
In terms of where 3D printing is going, particularly with resin, it's hard to say. I've done things that require significant magnification to see any layer lines - a shot of primer and you're good - and I can manufacture some parts that could not be made in a traditional plastic mold without tremendous expense. However, while I think the cast resin market is likely in the biggest danger, I'm not sure it takes over PE just because photo etch is SO thin. If I do missile fins at scale in 3D resin, they are floppy and actually somewhat see-through. With PE, they will be nice and strong and super thin. The biggest downsides of resin 3D printing are 1) mess - there is no way to adequately describe how messy it is 2) smell - get used to the smell of Isopropyl alcohol and resin and 3) complexity - I'm a software developer with lots of 3D design experience so I have some advantages.
So I really look at this as a golden time for modelling - there are so, so many options for us!
I'm planning on taking some photos tonight and adding to the Aircraft Under Construction section soon!
Thanks!
Ed Sunder
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And here's the WIP thread: https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/airfix-1-72-harrier-gr9.40528/
PaulinKendal
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Hi Ed, hope you enjoy yourself on here.
Paul
Paul
Welcome to the forum Ed.
The software and designing is THE biggest part that baffles me. I have something i really want to design but watching the videos on Youtube just confuses me even more lol
Ed Sunder
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There's a learning curve, FOR SURE. For me, I settled on Fusion 360 and picked a project that I really wanted to build: a 1:144 Aries 1B from "2001: A Space Odyssey". I spent, and I'm not kidding, close to 1500 hours during COVID on this model and learning the software. And now, I really know the software. Part of it is also figuring out what types of models you're most interested in doing. Fusion 360 is great for mechanical forms whereas Blender or other software may be able to do a better job with more organic forms. I actually use Adobe Medium on my Oculus VR to sculpt in 3 dimensions, but that's not for everyone either.
I'd say, figure out what you want to do, pick a project, and start experimenting.
boatman
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HI ED can we see pic of that space craft from 2001 ?
chrisb
chrisb
Ed Sunder
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I will do a post on it in the next couple days with more details, but here are a couple quick pictures (remember it's 1:144 scale):
Note that in the cockpit you can see the stewardess bringing diner to the pilots
The imperial probe droid is mine as well - the base is 3d printed and designed in a VR sculpting program called Adobe Medium using my Oculus Quest 2.
Hi and welcome to the forum Ed.
boatman
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HI ED lookin forward to your posting of this build as 2001 an 2010 was an still are some of my fav films as i have them both on dvd will you do a model of the orion spacecraft ? as i thought that was fab as it began to turn to the space wheel dock to the music of the blue danube an ive watched both films several times but i think the 2010 film with roy scyinider in was the best of the two an i really enjoyed these films as in 2001 it took a bit of understanding what happend to david bowman an after all these yrs i now i think understand it as this was a giant trap to get any inteligent being through it by them alieions that set it over 4 millon yrs ago wonderfull story an im still amazed by it an love the poilots gettin their dinner from the stewardess brillint as i once thought about building a 6ft long discorovery space craft to hang from my ceilin in our bedroom but the idea got vetiod by the missus as she said it may come down on us in bed 
chrisb
chrisb
Airborne01
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Enlarge the scale of the Discovery Chris and you can both sleep in it!HI ED lookin forward to your posting of this build as 2001 an 2010 was an still are some of my fav films as i have them both on dvd will you do a model of the orion spacecraft ? as i thought that was fab as it began to turn to the space wheel dock to the music of the blue danube an ive watched both films several times but i think the 2010 film with roy scyinider in was the best of the two an i really enjoyed these films as in 2001 it took a bit of understanding what happend to david bowman an after all these yrs i now i think understand it as this was a giant trap to get any inteligent being through it by them alieions that set it over 4 millon yrs ago wonderfull story an im still amazed by it an love the poilots gettin their dinner from the stewardess brillint as i once thought about building a 6ft long discorovery space craft to hang from my ceilin in our bedroom but the idea got vetiod by the missus as she said it may come down on us in bed
chrisb
Steve
boatman
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HI Seve if i could i would lol as i loved that space craft the imagination gone into all the crafts in them films is to me a wonder an id love to have the same imgination as them that thought them all upEnlarge the scale of the Discovery Chris and you can both sleep in it!
Steve
cheers
chrisb
Airborne01
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You'e not doing too badly in the imagination stakes mate ...!
boatman
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HI again Steve i suppoce you mean all the wires an gadgets that ive fitted in tiger ? but ive really enjoyed doin it all
Cheers
chrisb