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Re: Hellcat scratchbuild...

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 8:18 am
by Jake79
really nice work Frank they look very great together. :thumbup:

Re: Hellcat scratchbuild...

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 8:52 am
by Raminator
Top-notch fabrication work as always, Frankie. How'd you go about making the turrets? They look to be fairly complicated compound curves, are they just sheet styrene cut and curved to suit?

Re: Hellcat scratchbuild...

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 9:05 am
by frankie
Yep they're just plasticard...luckily I remembered to make a template as getting the curves right was a nightmare...lol

Re: Hellcat scratchbuild...

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 12:33 pm
by AlwynTurner
Frankie those are terrific builds done in styrene, I don't even want to think about how you managed those complex curves. Brilliantly done! :clap: :clap: :clap: It's projects like yours that convinced me that 3d printing was the way to go as I just couldn't get the results I wanted in styrene.

Alwyn :thumbup: :wave:

Re: Hellcat scratchbuild...

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 4:35 pm
by frankie
I definitely think 3D printers are the way forward... unfortunately I'm more comfortable with a knife and ruler than I am with a computer...lol
...anyway with No1 boxed up ready to go to her new owner time to finish No2... :thumbup:
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Re: Hellcat scratchbuild...

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:49 pm
by frankie
...first test run...
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