Official FlightLine RC 1600mm Spitfire Mk. IX Thread

[kallend]

OK, I go on vacation for a month and come back to find dozens of detail files, and mods thereof, for the Spit.

So what are the final cockpit recommendations (to save me from going through everything).

My sole contributions are cannons, landing gear scissors and doors and such. . . : https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5460521

[Elbee]

So I came up with a solution to the port side panel and Elbee was good enough to redesign the demo bar, team work this is what Squawk is all about!


Mine on the top and Elbee's demo bar on my side panel on the bottom, looks great!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Hey Dan,
Sent you another T-CAD link via email for a revision on the revision.

Best, LB

[Grossman56]

So I came up with a solution to the port side panel and Elbee was good enough to redesign the demo bar, team work this is what Squawk is all about!


Mine on the top and Elbee's demo bar on my side panel on the bottom, looks great!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

I'm not really thrilled with the portside side panel, Everyone knows the Spitty had a door on the port side and there was a crowbar attached to it, running diagonally on it, yet this is not replicated instead they have some imaginary panel inserted in a section that is too small to match the outside door. Bottom panel in the picture.So, back to tinker Cad....

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Danger,

As I recall, I had to use some filler on the Spit to 'rub out' the panel on the right and added a faux hinge to the left side panel.

It was easy, but shouldn't have been there from the start.

Well done and looking forward to seeing how you handle it.

Best, LB

PS: love the 'back to T-CAD' comment.

[Grossman56]

I'm not really thrilled with the portside side panel, Everyone knows the Spitty had a door on the port side and there was a crowbar attached to it, running diagonally on it, yet this is not replicated instead they have some imaginary panel inserted in a section that is too small to match the outside door. Bottom panel in the picture.



So, back to tinker Cad....

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

Okay, will do. I've been playing around with Tinker Cad which is a program used to build STL files, pretty cool!
Here's the pilot for the Spitty.

Pretty cool as well!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[RRHandy]

I appreciate that Ron, it's a shame that they disappeared, if you can find them, I'm sure a bunch of us will download them. I'm starting an external hard drive dedicated to all things aircraft and will store them there for future use for all.
Thanks Elbee for the headrest, any excuse for playing around with the Prusa program is good to me!
I'll fire them off to Dave as well, poor guy has quite the backlog!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Dan, Lookup Perkins on the forums, he was 3d printing for the Spitfires some detailed parts including the interior.
I have not found the files....After one of MicroS. updates that changed the file system on Ws-10 some files are missing or misfiled.

[Grossman56]

Made a failed attempt to put on the gear scissors Dave gave me, but they just crumbled, they really need to be made with a more rubber like material. Since I had the gear off, I roughed up the struts with sand paper and gave them a few washes with dirty black water, just to add some grime, then weathered the tires as well using a wash of white and blue. Wash, hair dryer, wash, hair dryer, we all know the routine. Looks good though! Now there isn't a part that hasn't been aged.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

That, my friend is what is called 'the icing on the cake'! Thanks Elbee, Diane and I were just talking (well, I was talking, she was listening) about the 3D printers and how it would be so great to be able to design the files that go into the printer. This looks like its the answer. Were your ears burning??
I've always been one to look at a shape and ask what it looks like. In art class and especially when learning to draw human figures, you have to look at the shape as well as the negative shape and it relevance to what it aligns with, especially when drawing something foreshortened.

Anyway, Thanks again, just waiting for the instruments from Callie and the paint from Amazon, guess I could have mixed my own but in a moment of laziness, I bought the Battle of Britain Vallejo paint set.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

...Thanks Elbee for the headrest, any excuse for playing around with the Prusa program is good to me!Grossman56(Dangerous Dan)

https://www.tinkercad.com/

Dan,

You might want to start playing around in TinkerCAD, too.

I started with this CAD program when I first bought my Prusa Mk3 and have designed 95%+ with it ever since.

If you're wanted something more sophisticated, I'd recommend Fusion 360 or it is now just Fusion.

Both of these are from AutoDesk and are free to the hobbyist, though Fusion is limited in some respects compared to the paid versions.

TinkerCAD is basically a 'shapes' catalog that allows you to alter those shapes by size, fuse those together, manipulate,
add, remove portions, et cetera and eventually an object you can 'export' as an STL file.

It seemed daunting at first, but if you can visualize objects as merely shapes put together, the sky is the limit to what you can create.

I am not trying to 'push' you in this direction, though it does change everything in modelling; at least it has for me.

I had zero experience with CAD, graphic design, or any of those amazing programs.

Any success I have had with this is by failing 100 times to get that 1 part that finally looked pretty good.

I do enjoy the journey and I must admit if you don't enjoy the journey, design can be discouraging at best.

Love the work you're doing with your Corsair and look forward to seeing more upgrades of your work on your Spittie.

Best to you and yours,
Steve

Ps: The design below is the part I made for my Spitfire/Seafire. It is rudimentary compared to some I've seen in this thread, but it served it purpose.

[Grossman56]

Dave just sent a picture of the RAF pilot and he looks great! Since it's Dave's work of art, I'll leave the reveal to him!
Beautiful work though.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

I appreciate that Ron, it's a shame that they disappeared, if you can find them, I'm sure a bunch of us will download them. I'm starting an external hard drive dedicated to all things aircraft and will store them there for future use for all.
Thanks Elbee for the headrest, any excuse for playing around with the Prusa program is good to me!
I'll fire them off to Dave as well, poor guy has quite the backlog!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[RRHandy]

Thanks Ron, I downloaded the only other set of files I could find and they had 7 STL's in them, which is what we have already. If you have a set of files with a couple of more STL's I appreciate it if you could forward them to us.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

I down loaded them back when I preordered the plane but can not find them, I did look at them back then and saw pieces that went over the lip to finish it off. I will go through my files again and see if I can locate them.
I know I did because I did the same with the B-24 and had them when they were asking on the B-24 page.

Ron.

[Grossman56]

Dan, I think that there is two missing Stl files, there were some upper files that the u shaped areas fitted to, the tanks go on the Lt side with the u tabs up.
Ron

Thanks Ron, I downloaded the only other set of files I could find and they had 7 STL's in them, which is what we have already. If you have a set of files with a couple of more STL's I appreciate it if you could forward them to us.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

Spitfire Headrest.zip

I have the Prusa slicer program thanks to Elbee, so I checked through the files and the second set of files as well, they contained the 7 STL's that Dave already has, are there more than 7 in anyone's collection??

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Danger,

I recall needing to quick design a Headrest for the Cockpit.

I found mine, though it differs from my print and I do not why, but I like it better.

Open it in your Prusa Slicer and you'll see what I mean.

Best, LB

[Grossman56]

I have the Prusa slicer program thanks to Elbee, so I checked through the files and the second set of files as well, they contained the 7 STL's that Dave already has, are there more than 7 in anyone's collection??

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

Dan, I think that there is two missing Stl files, there were some upper files that the u shaped areas fitted to, the tanks go on the Lt side with the u tabs up.
Ron

Now that's interesting, have to have Dave look through those files, they may be missing from the set we were sent.

[Grossman56]

I was saying to Dave that I want to build the maintenance ramp that someone came up with and drill the little hole in the cowling to actually have it installed while DD is sitting on the ground. I'll scratch build that for sure, but has anyone seen any 3D files for maintenance crews??



Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[RRHandy]

I perused the thread and found one of the fellows had cut the floor away and found the control arms were blocking the way, similar to the Corsair. He said he gained about 20mm. My idea was to have approximately 1/3 to 1/2 of the upper leg printed on the pilot and then cut the foam to sink him in. The effect when you look in the cockpit would be what we're aiming for I'm thinking.

Played around with the parts that Dave printed and figured things out. This is no surprise to all of you that have already installed these parts.
Here is the order in which they go, from the seat to the rear of the cockpit. The middle frame has five pins, this is where the triangular piece attaches, the pins line up with the holes quite nicely.
Then of course the seat attaches to this as well. The slot in the triangular piece needs to be modified to fit the seat belt straps through if you want to add that detail. Dave didn't include a headrest but I'm sure its on its way. Hopefully it was in the file!

The two side panels are kind of strange, the air tanks are on the port side and the lines are on the top of the thanks. So what are the tabs for?? All they do is stick out in an unscale-like fashion
You can see those tabs on the left (top) of the pieces in this pic. My piece snapped off just behind the O2 tanks, which is fine, easier to fit in and there was nothing detail-wise there anyway, I cut about 1/8" off the other one as well.

Just happened to fine a Battle of Britain Vallejo paint set on Amazon which is on its way, it has a color match to the proper cockpit color.

Just have to see what Dave comes up with regarding the pilot, I purchased the bust and the full pilot which turns out was a good move because the bust is one piece and Dave says that the bust pilot is a little large in the body but good head wise. You can't reduce the size of the body without reducing the size of the head. With the full pilot I believe it gives you the option of printing just the body (which I gather is the same as the bust, minus the head) which you can scale up or down and of course the same with the head.

Great Winter projects!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Dan, I think that there is two missing Stl files, there were some upper files that the u shaped areas fitted to, the tanks go on the Lt side with the u tabs up.
Ron

[Grossman56]

Make that three! I love taking pieces I find and making them work on models, the cockpit of BBD is a prime example, used parts from a picture frame kit and zip ties for the throttle controls, the quadrant was made of balsa.
Since we fly at low altitude here in Cody, I'm thinking no mask, but I like the idea of it being in the cockpit, also, since we're not likely to run into the Luftwaffe out here either, I say goggles up! Besides, I like painting the faces!!

Never In The Art Of Model Building Has So Much Been Figured Out By So Few!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)