Studio Scale Y-wing with panels
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Glorfindel
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Sweet Molly in the Manger! If I had a tenth of that skill I could paint rocks. Love that your making this in a studio scale.
ModelMakerMike
"It's Slobberin' time""
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You're at it again!!!
Looking awesome....because you are whippin' out yer mad modellin' skillz....yo.
Love it! I have always loved the Y-WINGs.
Looking awesome....because you are whippin' out yer mad modellin' skillz....yo.
Love it! I have always loved the Y-WINGs.
The Nylon Gag
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Wow, Wow, Wow.
So clean as usual buddy.
Absolutely Inspiring.
Gag
So clean as usual buddy.
Absolutely Inspiring.
Gag
CheesyGrin
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Craftsmanship. Pure craftsmanship. It's great to watch this progress. Thanks for sharing. ;D
Jamaicanmodels69
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Thanks guys again much appreciated you
guys help make this fun!! ;D
Well this part turned out to be royal pain it wasn't so
hard to make, but it did end up proving I had one of
the Saturn V rocket bodies in the wrong rotation on
the wing pylon......oh the pain as I had to rip it off!
It was changing the orientation of the left nozzle VS the
right nozzle. SO it's like this the cone is from the 1/144th
scale saturn V kit, I used a piece of PVC and made a ring plate
to mount in the engine, I also had to figure out the fins
that wasn't much fun either....LOL
Getting the inside diameter for the mounting plate
by just using the saturn V engine half.
These are the engine nozzles from the Saturn V kit I had
to make fascias and then dremel them out.
In this picture Is the nozzle and the PVC part....the PVC part
slides into the ring on the nozzle. I had to put a fascia on the
PVC part as well because the LED will mount there.
Parts break down.....minus the fins
Ok I needed a way to keep the depth of the mounting plate inside
the engine i wanted recessed about 16mil inside. So I got out the
calipers some solvent and some evergreen strip. The mounting disc
has to sit perfect inside and needs to be at 16mil all the way around in
depth, if not it's going to make the nozzle that gets mounted to it looked
cocked. So I Started with the strip styrene and the solvent at 16mil and just just
used the caliper to push it to the right depth and locked it down as I went.
Here is one of the fins I had to cut to fit.....
You can see how the marks on the PVC for the fins match the
cross hairs on the mounting plate.
Finished it looked like this
One side down....
Done and thank you GOD! ;D
guys help make this fun!! ;D
Well this part turned out to be royal pain it wasn't so
hard to make, but it did end up proving I had one of
the Saturn V rocket bodies in the wrong rotation on
the wing pylon......oh the pain as I had to rip it off!
It was changing the orientation of the left nozzle VS the
right nozzle. SO it's like this the cone is from the 1/144th
scale saturn V kit, I used a piece of PVC and made a ring plate
to mount in the engine, I also had to figure out the fins
that wasn't much fun either....LOL
Getting the inside diameter for the mounting plate
by just using the saturn V engine half.
These are the engine nozzles from the Saturn V kit I had
to make fascias and then dremel them out.
In this picture Is the nozzle and the PVC part....the PVC part
slides into the ring on the nozzle. I had to put a fascia on the
PVC part as well because the LED will mount there.
Parts break down.....minus the fins
Ok I needed a way to keep the depth of the mounting plate inside
the engine i wanted recessed about 16mil inside. So I got out the
calipers some solvent and some evergreen strip. The mounting disc
has to sit perfect inside and needs to be at 16mil all the way around in
depth, if not it's going to make the nozzle that gets mounted to it looked
cocked. So I Started with the strip styrene and the solvent at 16mil and just just
used the caliper to push it to the right depth and locked it down as I went.
Here is one of the fins I had to cut to fit.....
You can see how the marks on the PVC for the fins match the
cross hairs on the mounting plate.
Finished it looked like this
One side down....
Done and thank you GOD! ;D
Jurasikfrank
What a piece of junk...
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Great job !
JohnSimmons
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This is going to be amazing when complete!
ModelMakerMike
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Yes,
it's coming along most swimmingly.
It shall be awesome when finished. I may have asked you this before, but are you an engineer?
it's coming along most swimmingly.
It shall be awesome when finished. I may have asked you this before, but are you an engineer?
Jamaicanmodels69
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ModelMakerMike said:
Thanks Guys ...... ;D
Hey Mike I am proof you don't have
to be a engineer to make this stuff!!!!
Glorfindel
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I have always wondered if I could build one of these from scratch. Just love the Y-wing. And I have to say your doing great with this.
Jamaicanmodels69
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Glorfindel said:
If you spent the time you do on wondering towards doing you probably
would have found out by now you can............... ;D
peza
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eh up buddy.loving ya scratching mym8.
and the answer to glorfindel,i just jumped in on my build not knowing if i could do it,but in all fairness it was`nt until i was comfortable with what i made i started posting!if you never try you never know!.....
what do you say jamaicanmodels69..no guts no glory
cheers peza
and the answer to glorfindel,i just jumped in on my build not knowing if i could do it,but in all fairness it was`nt until i was comfortable with what i made i started posting!if you never try you never know!.....
what do you say jamaicanmodels69..no guts no glory
cheers peza
