04-17-2020, 02:46 PM
More progress pics. The cockpit ball is essentially complete with all details (I think I got them all). Again, thanks to everyone who has posted kit scans over the years - they were a big help in establishing the details for the 3D model. I need to do some prep work to make all the parts printable, and I still need to figure out the wing support tube issue - I think I want to (dare I say it) deviate from the studio model by making the cockpit interior be the full inside diameter like the interior shots with the actor pilots. This would preclude using the full wing support tube that runs through the center. I think I'll take a stab at modeling some of the interior to see what room I have to work in a support structure. There may be some creative use of neodiddlyum (AVE - YouTube) magnets for holding this together. Anyway, I'm going to kick out a couple STL files here and see how some of these parts print, as I'm itching to get started on the physical build.