Yet another Tie bomber build

[chazzychaz]

I have about 1/4 inch to remove, I loath the idea of sanding it all. I am toying with drilling small hole around the marked perimeter and then cuting it off the sanding to final dims. I am waiting on a few final kits. I bit the bullet and bought 4 more anzio annies. They will come in handy for other projects.

 

[thibkaji]

Yeah, didn’t relish doing that myself. For mine I ended up placing a cutting wheel into my drill press and cutting up to 1/32”-1/16” or so of the final size and sanded it from there.

 

[chazzychaz]

Yeah, didn’t relish doing that myself. For mine I ended up placing a cutting wheel into my drill press and cutting up to 1/32”-1/16” or so of the final size and sanded it from there.

I may try that thank you.

 

[chazzychaz]

I want to thank boxcar Brett and Swgeek for the care packages they sent.

 

[stevielewis]

Really awesome to see them assist you those care packages.

 

[chazzychaz]

Well the first set is a bust. Good thing I have 6 sq ft of styrene. Whats the old adage? measure once cut 12 times.....

 

[thibkaji]

I found it helpful to measure and cut out a template using some cardstock first to get the approximate dimensions set. Once those were done, I transferred the pattern over to the styrene. Bret's got a pretty good guide on that in his build log.

 

[swgeek]

My method is to cut strips of card stock, lay them on the wing, and where they overlap, tape them together. Then you can use that template to cut out the styrene.

 

[joberg]

^^
Same here: I've been burned too many times not to use card stock first

 

[chazzychaz]

Thank you all

 

[chazzychaz]

What is the consensus on the scribed peremeter on theinside of the wing extensions? Distancefrom the outer edge? 1.5 mm

 

[thibkaji]

What is the consensus on the scribed peremeter on theinside of the wing extensions? Distancefrom the outer edge? 1.5 mm

I think 15mm width is what most have settled on. It’s what I used on mine.

 

[chazzychaz]

I think 15mm width is what most have settled on. It’s what I used on mine.

Sorry I meant the scribed line near the edge of the 15mm extension. How far in from the edge is that scribed line

 

[thibkaji]

Sorry I meant the scribed line near the edge of the 15mm extension. How far in from the edge is that scribed line

Sorry, totally missed that part. I put mine at about 2.5mm in from the edge, which looked pretty close to the reference photos.

 

[chazzychaz]

Perfect, thank you

 

[chazzychaz]

Finally some progress, Busy af at work. Its nice to work on something here.

 

[chazzychaz]

It's been a long road when your on your own and it hurts when you smash your fingers all the time.....( Borrowed from Dan Hill First Blood).
The armeture is about done. I am waiting on a longer section of threaded rod. Right now there are two 2" lengths holding the bars on. A bit wobblt. Wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff. Anyways, once the longer threaded rod is in house I can shore up the bars and glue them in place.

 

[chazzychaz]

The armeture is wonky. but its all I got. I'll make it work.

 

[chazzychaz]

One or more old tamiya paint bottles may have been harmed during this procedure. What ever works.

 

[chazzychaz]

Mistakes were made.... scary sharp blades....... But progress was made