What are you working on right now?
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... and you said it was 68F the other day! 
...wouldn't it be grand to take that one out for a spin!
Not too exciting, but ordered some plastc test tubes with caps to store AB needles and air caps. So printed out some labels with the size and brand.
There are extras, so one of them went to the kitchen for the saffron.
There are extras, so one of them went to the kitchen for the saffron.
...so just spent an evening fiddling with brass and styrene.
In this case, 'Oops' is the mother of invention: somehow I managed to snap one of the teeny rod (hinge pins) that are part of the hinge assembly.
Only, the tailgate would have to be glued in place in any case, so why not fix it with an upgrade?!
I could make the hinge cylinders by rolling brass strips, or use brass tube cut to size and glued in place. I chose the latter.
One functional tailgate!
...just have to trim the pin to length; and below right, the 'oops' that started it all.
In this case, 'Oops' is the mother of invention: somehow I managed to snap one of the teeny rod (hinge pins) that are part of the hinge assembly.
Only, the tailgate would have to be glued in place in any case, so why not fix it with an upgrade?!
I could make the hinge cylinders by rolling brass strips, or use brass tube cut to size and glued in place. I chose the latter.
One functional tailgate!
...just have to trim the pin to length; and below right, the 'oops' that started it all.
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Not a bad fix at all. What's that they say? Ingenuity is the necessary mother of intervention?...so just spent an evening fiddling with brass and styrene.
In this case, 'Oops' is the mother of invention: somehow I managed to snap one of the teeny rod (hinge pins) that are part of the hinge assembly.
Only, the tailgate would have to be glued in place in any case, so why not fix it with an upgrade?!
I could make the hinge cylinders by rolling brass strips, or use brass tube cut to size and glued in place. I chose the latter.
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One functional tailgate!
...just have to trim the pin to length; and below right, the 'oops' that started it all.
Jakko
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That looks like a biplane that's missing its upper wing …
I've never seen that plane before. It's quirky enough to look like it will be fun to build.
I look forward to seeing the final product.
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Oh, to be a fly on the wall. But, Nein....I cannah have it built in time. Can you not see that I still have the upper Wing to build and all the rigging?? Bah, we no have time....Do you think it'll fly like that?
Project510
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Trying my best to finish up this P51. Its part of a GB on another forum. Dec 31st is the deadline and im super close. Once I am done with this I can put more effort into two new builds Ill be starting. The G506 is one of them. Its the first plane I have ever built, so learning a lot as I go along.
...the all too familiar where the #$@&*/ did that teeny part fly off from my tweezers to?
After a scan of the immediate area, I check my shirt front, my lap, being careful not to move my feet.
Move parts away after examining them.
Check the cutting mat in ever widening circles.
The bright lights at the bench actually hinder the search as everything is visuslly flattened and shadowless.
After 10 minutes, invoke lighthouse protocol:
Locate my trusty flashlight, turn off all the lights, check the floor area, sweeping the narrow beam back and forth. No luck. Dust bunnies, snippets of sprue, tiny bits of styrene.
Back to the benchtop: repeat the lighthouse sweeps... there it is!
Got lucky this time! It had soundlessly flown about 6 inches towards me, and not fallen off the bench.
I was already formulating a plan to replicate its twin with carved lead wire.
After a scan of the immediate area, I check my shirt front, my lap, being careful not to move my feet.
Move parts away after examining them.
Check the cutting mat in ever widening circles.
The bright lights at the bench actually hinder the search as everything is visuslly flattened and shadowless.
After 10 minutes, invoke lighthouse protocol:
Locate my trusty flashlight, turn off all the lights, check the floor area, sweeping the narrow beam back and forth. No luck. Dust bunnies, snippets of sprue, tiny bits of styrene.
Back to the benchtop: repeat the lighthouse sweeps... there it is!
Got lucky this time! It had soundlessly flown about 6 inches towards me, and not fallen off the bench.
I was already formulating a plan to replicate its twin with carved lead wire.
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Never had much use for photo etch. If there was a plastic part I would rather use that. That was in the past. I'm kind of liking it. If you just take your time and get into it it's actually pretty cool. And glue. Teeny teeny weenie tiny. Just the tiniest dot of glue. And once you learn how to handle it bending it around gets really easy. Never Say Never
I am 3D printing and putting together a DnD player kit for my nephew for Christmas.
Jakko
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To be honest, the pattern on that is not exactly conducive to finding lost parts on it
Edbert
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Edbert
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Are you new to 3d printing? I just got mine less than a week ago.
I've had mine for about a year now. I have been playing with Blender to create things I want to print.
I have a Bambu A1 filament printer but have been seriously considering a resin printer.
