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Originally posted by theoldALFER View PostSorry. What I meant is that one of our fellow “contributor “ posted pictures of how he upgraded the cowl usin some electric wire etc.
cant seem to find :Confused:
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I hope you enjoy this:
I wanted to show Kenneth Walsh’s Lucky 13 as it would look when being flown from the dirt fields at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The VFM -124 was the first Marine Air Group to have the Corsairs. I used the photos shown as a guide to my weathering, without them I would have never gone this far. I wanted to show an airplane that was being flown in daily combat and often at a great distance. (On a side note, if you study the Battle of Guadalcanal and the fighting up the Solomon Islands the air war was an dalily event, often twice a day. How the men on both sides did it was unbelievable. The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign is a great book for this, it is available at Kindle Books)
The whole process took about three weeks, most of this time was spent ordering paints, then testing what color to be used as a base paint and how other colors would react or show up on the base coat. For the weathered bare aluminum I used two colors, a light gray and a steel. The aluminum paints are very shiny, even the steel is too bright, I was trying to show weathered aluminum with just a little shine to it. While I am satisfied with these results. I will continue to work for a better results, maybe after twenty of these I may get it down.
Thank you for allowing me to share.
I am happy how this turned out, very close to Kenneth Walsh Lucky 13
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Newbie here. I have been haunting this thread from the start and I seem to recall someone wondering if there were any Pacific theatre pilots available. I came across a WWII era Navy pilot .STL file on CGTrader that was just published. Thought maybe one of you 3D printer gurus might want to give it a try. My apologies if this link has already been posted.Professional 3D printing models usable on all 3D printers. Print-ready 3D models are available in nine categories, including artistic sculptures, mathematical art, fashion items, gadget accessories and many other objects. Printable models are available in all industry standard file formats, including OBJ, STL, and WRL.
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Originally posted by Ken Smith View PostI hope you enjoy this:
I wanted to show Kenneth Walsh’s Lucky 13 as it would look when being flown from the dirt fields at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The VFM -124 was the first Marine Air Group to have the Corsairs. I used the photos shown as a guide to my weathering, without them I would have never gone this far. I wanted to show an airplane that was being flown in daily combat and often at a great distance. (On a side note, if you study the Battle of Guadalcanal and the fighting up the Solomon Islands the air war was an dalily event, often twice a day. How the men on both sides did it was unbelievable. The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign is a great book for this, it is available at Kindle Books)
The whole process took about three weeks, most of this time was spent ordering paints, then testing what color to be used as a base paint and how other colors would react or show up on the base coat. For the weathered bare aluminum I used two colors, a light gray and a steel. The aluminum paints are very shiny, even the steel is too bright, I was trying to show weathered aluminum with just a little shine to it. While I am satisfied with these results. I will continue to work for a better results, maybe after twenty of these I may get it down.
Thank you for allowing me to share.
My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Originally posted by jadams812 View PostNewbie here. I have been haunting this thread from the start and I seem to recall someone wondering if there were any Pacific theatre pilots available. I came across a WWII era Navy pilot .STL file on CGTrader that was just published. Thought maybe one of you 3D printer gurus might want to give it a try. My apologies if this link has already been posted.
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Originally posted by jadams812 View PostNewbie here. I have been haunting this thread from the start and I seem to recall someone wondering if there were any Pacific theatre pilots available. I came across a WWII era Navy pilot .STL file on CGTrader that was just published. Thought maybe one of you 3D printer gurus might want to give it a try. My apologies if this link has already been posted.
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Originally posted by Ken Smith View PostI hope you enjoy this:
I wanted to show Kenneth Walsh’s Lucky 13 as it would look when being flown from the dirt fields at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The VFM -124 was the first Marine Air Group to have the Corsairs. I used the photos shown as a guide to my weathering, without them I would have never gone this far. I wanted to show an airplane that was being flown in daily combat and often at a great distance. (On a side note, if you study the Battle of Guadalcanal and the fighting up the Solomon Islands the air war was an dalily event, often twice a day. How the men on both sides did it was unbelievable. The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign is a great book for this, it is available at Kindle Books)
The whole process took about three weeks, most of this time was spent ordering paints, then testing what color to be used as a base paint and how other colors would react or show up on the base coat. For the weathered bare aluminum I used two colors, a light gray and a steel. The aluminum paints are very shiny, even the steel is too bright, I was trying to show weathered aluminum with just a little shine to it. While I am satisfied with these results. I will continue to work for a better results, maybe after twenty of these I may get it down.
Thank you for allowing me to share.
I am happy how this turned out, very close to Kenneth Walsh Lucky 13
Ken
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Originally posted by Elbee View Post
JA, Thank you for the link and this is the direct link https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-mo.../us-navy-pilot Got it, btw, but have not yet printed one. I will post to you and the forum when I do. And Welcome to the "Squawk", sir. Best, LB
Yeah, Elbee, I linked the designers main page because of the other pilot offerings he had. I have an AOI pilot bust for my FMS Mustang and thinking of "Frankensteining" the AOI with the lower torso, forearms, and legs from the USAAF pilot .STL file, as I am scratch building a full cockpit for the 'Stang. Looking forward to seeing your print.
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Nice pilot link! Looks great and in the talented hands of someone like AkumaZeto that would be a great pilot to add to many a warbird.My YouTube RC videos:
https://www.youtube.com/@toddbreda
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Originally posted by Ken Smith View PostThanks to all, it was a learning experience and a fun one. Got over carried in one or two places but overall happy.
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Originally posted by Aros.MotionRC View PostNice pilot link! Looks great and in the talented hands of someone like AkumaZeto that would be a great pilot to add to many a warbird.AMA 1102566
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F4-U was in the flight operations rotation today in the Arizona desert....had some pretty good flights with the Corsair, and her landing gear handles our dirt field easily...best part of the day was bringing her in with full barn door flaps at super slow speeds, and no elevator mix was necessary for my liking..., and when I pointed her nose up into the sky, she flew out of sight....my brother John said he has some fotos of the F4-U in some dirty passes, so i'll post them later...1 Photo
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Originally posted by AkumaZeto View Post
Some of these pilots are amazing sculpts but suffer from really bad prints. I would love to see some of these printed with a Form 2
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