Studio Scale Space 1999 Superswift
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Can anyone tell me what the "ETF" group is and where I can find it?
OH sorry - Eagle Transporter Forum - found it - Thank you so much? Gordon
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I have so much stuff on the go, that I have to put this one on hold. I still want to do it though, but I also want to make sure its is as close as I can get it with my research and 3d ability.
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Can anyone confirm if the brown tanks on the side are from the Dapol tank car kits? Any kit specific?
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No, they're Plastruct/EMA tube. 2" wide, judging by the Harrier parts, but you should double-check that.
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I'm bringing this project out of mothballs. I was never completely happy with the cockpit section. Tinkercad was limited in what it could do, and my 3D skills at the time were rudimentary. Initially I thought I could create a skeleton framework for the body (supported by a steel pipe) of the SS and cover that with styrene. With the advent of more powerful and faster printers, I just realized that wouldn't be necessary and the whole body could be made to be glued together, however, with my designs I usually add a central support anyway.
I recreated the Dapol bridge part accurately (except without a couple of details on the bottom) and used that as a way to gauge the length of the studio model. I do have the Plastruct pieces somewhere in my stash, so I will recreate them accurately later on. Once I get the hull length dialed in, I'll work on the cockpit again.
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I recreated the Dapol bridge part accurately (except without a couple of details on the bottom) and used that as a way to gauge the length of the studio model. I do have the Plastruct pieces somewhere in my stash, so I will recreate them accurately later on. Once I get the hull length dialed in, I'll work on the cockpit again.
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I downloaded some greeblie files from Minifig on Grabcad, and I think it proves that I'm on track with the size.
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You didn't miss much, just an attempt at the cockpit section in TinkerCad. Strangely, I did use that as a guide to build a new one. I shelved this project a while ago, but now, I'm thinking it will proceed. I don't have the room to keep it, so it may go up for sale after I take a few pictures of it and perhaps take it to a model show in my city, if they have a Sci-Fi section. Some of the WW2 modellers snub the sci-fi sections since it's not real.
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1:24 Airfix Harrier parts.
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Are these tanks on the side...
devised from the ones from the Lindberg US Moon ship kit?
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devised from the ones from the Lindberg US Moon ship kit?
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Thanks. The globe in the center looked too smooth to be a dome, so I thought it was a model piece.
Would you happen to know what kit those plates on the side of the brown tanks are from? (The one that has the maneuvering thrusters on it)
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Also Plastruct tube. Basically, cut out the side of a tube like the two it sits between, flip, then stick on. Martin did a similar thing on other subjects, such as the Altares. Most of the details are from the Harrier. The 6 "U" shaped parts around that plate are Plastruct ladder clips.
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Thank you so much! I was searching British train model sites since I thought it was from a tank car kit.
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