1/24 Grumman XP-50 Skyrocket

[Guest]

Thanks gents. I could get into making just engines. Might go commercial perhaps ?? I have thoughts but need more experience first before I stood behind something I would sell. With online portals like ebay and shapeways, it's pretty easy to open the shop, that's for sure.

Tonight I got into the cowling. Of course there are two but I just have to design one and order 2. This is some hard work to get to "3D capable", but once here it's really paying off. This took about an hour from sitting down to ordering them on Shapeways.
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[JR]

Jim.
This is impressive stuff, to think how things are changing in the modeling world. Definitely think there would be a market if the price point was reasonable. Look how much people are willing to pay for PE sets and add on engines in armour.
John.

[Guest]

Yesterday was a bit slow throwing 3D work into the trashcan kind of thing, but in the end I think I got just what I wanted: Two counter rotating Curtiss Electric props. On the real thing, to feather the prop there's an electric motor in the small hub at the tip and large reduction gears in the large hub. Power is supplied by brushs that contact slip rings on other side of the blades. If you are curious and want to know more, well the starboard side has the "handed" propeller. Handed means it turns clockwise (from the pilots perspective). The port side has a "counter-handed" propeller .

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[Steve Jones]

Nice to see modellers using modern technology. Wonderful stuff. Is it easy to do or do you need a degree in tech?

Steve

[Guest]

It is wonderful, Steve. I enjoy it quite a bit. Perhaps like art there is no real minimum effort before you have "something" so in a sense it's easy. However delivering on miniature military hardware parts perhaps has 50-100 hours of "study time" practicing before you'd claims competence at say something like an ammo box with clips for a 3cm Flakvierling. For me, I was watching youtube videos for a few weeks most nights before it started to make sense. First efforts did take a lot of time, but again with practice you get good. What used to take 10 hours just takes like 2 now. I do not print my own stuff. That's like a hobby too. I just have Shapeways.com do it all for me and they do a great job.

[Guest]

A form is emerging. Manual labor mode big time.

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Cowls arrived. Twins!

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Props came today. Pretty happy with results. I guess much of what I like about them is the rarity. Does anyone make 1/24 Grumman anything? I can't think of it. (Though these are a Curtiss product, yes)

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[papa 695]

Great work so far, very interesting the 3D printing