Oh I'm going to have to get one of those Godhand cutters. Those look awesome. I'm thinking 1mm for the mandible plating. I need to make a jig for the distance between plates too.
I'm going to try the laser cutter for the plates sometime this week.
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I'm going to try the laser cutter for the plates sometime this week.
Get a pack of blades if you can when you buy it. It only comes with the one blade. I really had a heck of a time finding them locally. I got Olfa blades, but don't remember what length they are off the top of my head right now. I think they were some metric length.
Here’s a screenshot of the instructions from the GodHands with what Olfa blades to get. Just for reference so you can get the right replacement blades. Thank goodness for Google translate!!! Haha!
There’s a plastic backer plate that needs to be replaced occasionally too that the blade comes down on when cutting. It’s just a 3mm square piece of Plastruct styrene (or ABS would work too I suppose) that fits in there. I’d recommend you get some in case that gets screwed up too. Otherwise the cutter won’t work right if the plastic gets damaged too.
Now this isn’t to size as I didn’t have enough plastic, but a few seconds on my laser and, boom…hull plating.
Something's going on with the website. I don't see like buttons any more for any posts. They're there sometimes, but disappear other times. Weird.
Is that the back side (the blowout side)? Does it leave any scorch marks on the top side John? And will you lose any dimension-wise by the time you sand it down, or do you think you'll have to oversize them to account for sanding the edges? Just curious in case I ever pick one up for myself. It looks pretty good! I don't recall what materials you can't cut with the laser, because of the fumes. I don't have a laser cutter, but I thought the local maker space here told us we couldn't cut styrene on their laser cutter. Did you have to play with the speed and strength settings a lot to get it to work right?
Is that the back side (the blowout side)? Does it leave any scorch marks on the top side John? And will you lose any dimension-wise by the time you sand it down, or do you think you'll have to oversize them to account for sanding the edges? Just curious in case I ever pick one up for myself. It looks pretty good! I don't recall what materials you can't cut with the laser, because of the fumes. I don't have a laser cutter, but I thought the local maker space here told us we couldn't cut styrene on their laser cutter. Did you have to play with the speed and strength settings a lot to get it to work right?
THis is the front side. I didn't get any charing on this because I've added an air assist. Cuts down greatly on the charing. Honestly as clean as this cut is, I don't think I'll need to sand. It looks rougher in the pic because I moved it a few times while trying different settings. However, once I got those dialed in, it cut razor sharp. I have a hood that sucks out all the fumes, so I should be safe...cough...cough...wheeze...
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Thanks for the insight John!
Okay so found some more plastic hiding. 
I need to correct my earlier statement about thickness. I was using .10 not .30. I grabbed the wrong bag. This is .030" or .75mm and I think it works. Thoughts?
In about 15 minutes I knocked out a svg of the plating and started cutting. I only have two pieces of 6”x10” so I couldn’t cut them in one go…but I did get these.
I need to correct my earlier statement about thickness. I was using .10 not .30. I grabbed the wrong bag. This is .030" or .75mm and I think it works. Thoughts?In about 15 minutes I knocked out a svg of the plating and started cutting. I only have two pieces of 6”x10” so I couldn’t cut them in one go…but I did get these.
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Hummel for the match??
Is that Plastruct tubing running into it, or the sprue that the part is attached to in the kit used as the pipe? Looks to be the same diameter. Kidding and serious at the same time. Haha! LOL
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I can't take credit for this one as the info was gifted to me. I just changed the colors to match. Thanks to the person who shared. It's on my drive.
I thought I worked this pit already, but maybe not. I don't have access to a scan of the Tamiya Enterprise kit. Does anyone have access to the kit scan for the Tamiya 1/700 Enterprise? I don't have an account at SSM, ugh. Could you look and see which sprue and part number this Enterprise part is in this pit? Looks to me the kit was released 1974. I do have it, but I just looked and I seem to be missing one or two pieces (ARGHH!) out of mine so I don't know if it should be in this version of the kit, or not. Mine is a #114 kit, but maybe it's one of the parts I'm missing in mine. We all know how this goes with these battleships and carriers and needing the original issues on a lot of them. Ugh. And if I am missing it in my kit, does anyone know if I can find this part in a later 1990's kit? Thanks in advance!
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Looks like B21 to me, but I also have no SSM accessI thought I worked this pit already, but maybe not. I don't have access to a scan of the Tamiya Enterprise kit. Does anyone have access to the kit scan for the Tamiya 1/700 Enterprise? I don't have an account at SSM, ugh. Could you look and see which sprue and part number this Enterprise part is in this pit? Looks to me the kit was released 1974. I do have it, but I just looked and I seem to be missing one or two pieces (ARGHH!) out of mine so I don't know if it should be in this version of the kit, or not. Mine is a #114 kit, but maybe it's one of the parts I'm missing in mine. We all know how this goes with these battleships and carriers and needing the original issues on a lot of them. Ugh. And if I am missing it in my kit, does anyone know if I can find this part in a later 1990's kit? Thanks in advance!
Yes it is B21
Here's another I take no credit for. Had to use the Bandai as certain angles are hard to find.
I should also note that I have added several Airfix kits to my master list. It is also on my drive if you need it.
Thank you guys. I appreciate it! That's the part I'm missing. B21 must go on another SW model, and got picked through already. One of the kits in the lot I picked up, but he never worked Falcon, so maybe it's on something else. About 10% of the kits I got are missing a few things in them. Figured I might be safe with those ones too because I think he only worked SD and Y-Wing.
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manugu
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According to instructions found on Scalemates, Hornet B6 might also work, maybe you have that kit!
Good idea, but they're too different.
Thanks. I've been looking at eBay at the Hornet sprues, but they are laid out different than Enterprise's sprue's. It's hard to find any pics on eBay of both sides of the sprues of Hornet, and nobody has any sprue shots of Enterprise right now. I'll just stick with Enterprise for now.
