In September of 2018, I recall one evening pouring over pictures of Sean's impressive 5' falcon build and his kit collection. I then remembered that I had a few old kits in the garage and decided to check if I had any established 5' falcon donors. To my surprise I found I had one!
An unfinished Revell F4 Phantom that my brother started some 20 years ago.
It wasn't a vintage release, and nor was it rare. However upon inspection the nose and main landing gear looked identical to the vintage tooling shown here in scans.
So I decided to model it in CAD with as much fidelity as possible. And once finished I uploaded it to GrabCAD where Joshua had already started to post his work.
Above, 3D CAD image of my Phantom main gear legs.
Above, 3D print of my Phantom gear legs on my Formlab2 printer.
I then looked to the next donor subject, initially identifying kits that were used heavily supplying lots of parts. The Tamiya 1/35 8Rad being one such kit. I soon learnt that many of the kits only offer 1-2 parts. And most of these are unfortunately very rare and expensive.
Above, measuring and modelling the Tamiya 8Rad. Below, collection of digital 8Rad parts.
Above, modelling the Tamiya Panther A Upper Hull. Below, digital Panther parts.
An unfinished Revell F4 Phantom that my brother started some 20 years ago.
It wasn't a vintage release, and nor was it rare. However upon inspection the nose and main landing gear looked identical to the vintage tooling shown here in scans.
So I decided to model it in CAD with as much fidelity as possible. And once finished I uploaded it to GrabCAD where Joshua had already started to post his work.
Above, 3D CAD image of my Phantom main gear legs.
Above, 3D print of my Phantom gear legs on my Formlab2 printer.
I then looked to the next donor subject, initially identifying kits that were used heavily supplying lots of parts. The Tamiya 1/35 8Rad being one such kit. I soon learnt that many of the kits only offer 1-2 parts. And most of these are unfortunately very rare and expensive.
Above, measuring and modelling the Tamiya 8Rad. Below, collection of digital 8Rad parts.
Above, modelling the Tamiya Panther A Upper Hull. Below, digital Panther parts.