03-09-2011, 10:07 PM
Julien you are a wealth of information. I can't believe your not older than 30! 
How much schrinkage do you think there could be on a part?
1mm, 2mm, 3mm?
Even taking that into account the rough measurement Ive got already is about 2inches more than what eric got. Ive become obsessed with this build now
So Ive printed the bottom picture up to scale.
Now I know this method is not perfect but for someone like myself its probably as close to getting a true measurement as I can.
Im pretty happy with the outcome for a start off aide.
Just need to straighten & align all the pieces as best I can but am confident Im going to get as close as anyone has to an accurate dimension.
Eric measured his out to 1216mm using the 8 Rad piece. From my brief calculations so far he may actually be a bit short.
I got length from Nose to Aft Tip at 'roughly' 1295mm.
I still need to align everything as accurately as I can but from where I am its looking pretty damn good
Still more work to go & now I think Ive determined the scale the picture needs to be may get it printed up full scale.
Looking at this print out its alot bigger than I remember seeing at the museum. I cant believe Juliens actually building one twice the size
Now thats crazy 
How much schrinkage do you think there could be on a part?
1mm, 2mm, 3mm?
Even taking that into account the rough measurement Ive got already is about 2inches more than what eric got. Ive become obsessed with this build now
So Ive printed the bottom picture up to scale.Now I know this method is not perfect but for someone like myself its probably as close to getting a true measurement as I can.
Im pretty happy with the outcome for a start off aide.
Just need to straighten & align all the pieces as best I can but am confident Im going to get as close as anyone has to an accurate dimension.
Eric measured his out to 1216mm using the 8 Rad piece. From my brief calculations so far he may actually be a bit short.
I got length from Nose to Aft Tip at 'roughly' 1295mm.
I still need to align everything as accurately as I can but from where I am its looking pretty damn good
Still more work to go & now I think Ive determined the scale the picture needs to be may get it printed up full scale.
Looking at this print out its alot bigger than I remember seeing at the museum. I cant believe Juliens actually building one twice the size
Now thats crazy