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star-art said:
Please don't use PLA. This is a fairly new material that isn't proven to stand the test of time. It is definitely NOT engineering grade. On the other hand, ABS is a proven engineering-grade material that's very capable and as a bonus it can be chemically welded to butyrate, styrene, and acrylic. That makes it ideal for printing structural parts for our model projects.
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Thank you very much. That's what I needed to know. Thank you for your help!
 
jackstraw9388 said:
Here are some of my first prints...
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Can I ask where you found the thruster 3d files - ie the Saturn V bits, and the windvane files? I pointed then out with red arrows in the attached photo. Thanks
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DaveG
i have a question about the saturn main body halfes, how long are they? according to your file, they are around 166mm
but from the bandai 1/72 -> times 3 -> makes 1/24 they are only 159mm
i checked also the diameter wich should be 69mm, wich is right in your step file
but the bandai is only 66mm, witch is 5% smaller (66/69=0,9566)
166*0,9566=159mm
conclusion, i think the bandai is 5% to small, i bought/only found the revell saturn v, maybe theirs is to short, i just want to clarify
 
Sorry, I have no idea if the Revell Saturn V is too short or if Bandai's kit it undersized. Use what you've got, make it look good and you'll be happy. Nobody is ever going to put a ruler to it! Cheers.
 
Rulebreaker said:
DaveG
i have a question about the saturn main body halfes, how long are they? according to your file, they are around 166mm
but from the bandai 1/72 -> times 3 -> makes 1/24 they are only 159mm
i checked also the diameter wich should be 69mm, wich is right in your step file
but the bandai is only 66mm, witch is 5% smaller (66/69=0,9566)
166*0,9566=159mm
conclusion, i think the bandai is 5% to small, i bought/only found the revell saturn v, maybe theirs is to short, i just want to clarify
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I can tell you, authoritatively, that you want to cut your L'eggs Eggs containers at 69.5mm OD, because that is the precise "sweet spot" to have them merge with the Saturn V cans from the vintage Airfix kit in 1/144 scale. As to the length, that's a matter of interpretation and opinion (and may have varied from Y-Wing to Y-Wing), but I think you are probably right in your calculations that the Bandai kit is a little "too small" -- which is why, to my Fibonacci-ratio-preferring eye, the Fine Molds 1/72 Y-Wing is a "better model" than the Bandai 1/72 kit, even though Bandai had access to digital scans of the original where Fine Molds did not.
 
star-art said:
Please don't use PLA. This is a fairly new material that isn't proven to stand the test of time. It is definitely NOT engineering grade. On the other hand, ABS is a proven engineering-grade material that's very capable and as a bonus it can be chemically welded to butyrate, styrene, and acrylic. That makes it ideal for printing structural parts for our model projects.
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This video of a display showing the results of different types and brands of 3D filaments being hung outside for 7 years on a west facing fence might be a handy reference. It also illustrates what you say about PLA, although the control pieces that were kept inside seem to have fared pretty well.

 
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Thank you . I was thinking it was the piece from the Hawker as well. I did not have the V-2 rocket in my library of kit scans. Thanks for the help.
 
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