Tag: 3D Printing
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What a Winter
What did my winter do to my build pacing? Well, three major snow storms, two of which had 11 inches of snow. We usually get one moderate storm (3-6 inches), but not 3 and rarely 11 inches. The good news: we have a snow blower that easily handles this amount of snow so long as…
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PBY-2 Corrections Part 3
The purpose of this upgrade was to fix the too small nacelles and engines. There was a noticeable difference in the kit engines when compared to the RedRoo resin. The correctly sized resin engines where certainly bigger and the detail was that much better. Getting the firewalls, cowl flaps, engines, and cowlings on was very…
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PBY-2 Corrections Part 2
Wing construction completed. The recommended method (talking to modelers who have built the Academy PBY kit) of cementing the top halves of the 3 wing panels (center and 2x outer) and laying the upper half on a flat surface while the cement cures (then repeating for the bottom half) wasn’t possible given I’d installed the…