Y Wing based on the Dave G open source project

Scott Graham said:

Here are the v3 parts. I've adjusted measurements about 1-2mm for each part. All parts are just put in place - not cemented yet.

I raised the front neck piece a couple of mm so the m577 piece sits at a good height against the droid socket.

The droid socket was widened a little so the jack piece and m577 pieces could sit beside the droid. You'll notice that the shell welder hexagonal piece barely fits. It's also placed kind of sloppily by me. The parts that sit behind the droid socket are sitting on a solid rectangular 3d printed bar. I added that because I didn't know how to manipulate the files well enough, but I could make an extra, solid piece they could sit on.

Overall, the top area works now. Not so with the bottom piece.

The bottom piece I widened so it would match up with the widened droid socket piece. So now it's too wide for the m577 vent and rectangular sealab parts. I had to also widen the slot where it sits on the aluminum armature, also because I couldn't manipulate the exterior surfaces separately.

The morgan part is also too wide for that part. It needs a channel to sit in, and that quad/25 pounder part at the sides of the morgan piece still won't fit well.

So that's the story: upper areas are ok, while widening the bottom piece didn't work out so well. It was pretty spot on in the first place. So there's a mismatch, potentially, between the upper and lower pieces. I don't know how that would be fixed as of now.

I also couldn't work on the wedge pieces that go on the bottom because they contain diagonal surfaces that I don't know how to manipulate in rhino. Dave can probably figure out all of this quicker. It's probably worth waiting for his mods.

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kokkari said:

Thanks for the update Scott. So did you have to lower the very rear of the the top of the neck where the orange/tube looking pieces (sorry don't know the part) meet up with the main fuselage? The reason being, I notice the top of the rear of the neck sits flush with the main fuselage on Dave's design and I'm pretty sure that crevice with the orange part should sit below the main fuselage.

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Scott Graham said:

Wow Julien! Thanks. I love when things like that happen. It definitely looks like a ship part.

The yellow part looks familiar to me too. Like a large part from a large kit. Almost like a jack part of a tank.

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Ok. Two down...

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Scott Graham said:

I'm searching for some parts that are unique to the Ladd right side wing/fuselage area. If we can ID these parts, then guys building this version will be able to complete it pretty well.

I have ID'd one of the parts so far. Any help would be appreciated. If anyone has castings available, I'd like to buy them. Thanks in advance.

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Hammer3246 said:

I think the blue is the Bandai 1/48 King Tiger. The part numbers don't match but it looks close.


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Here's 41. its missing the hole though.

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Scott Graham said:

I have some questions about the parts shown in the attached jpg. For anyone who's reached this point on their projects.

First: I think I've seen that the correct height for the part on the left is to cut it to 11mm.

Second: The cone on the right doesn't seem to fit over the core cylinder, and seems to need cutting down. I don't know how far. Has anyone gotten past this point? And I don't see a line that's on the Y on the cone piece. It should go around the circumference of the part.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Vacformedhero said:

i know the Saturn 5 parts, what are the other pieces, are they called out on any map? A lot of the structural pieces are missing from the maps

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