Jasonc

Well that was great for us during that slow time. It was easier getting a lot of the posters I couldn't find. I think my collecting of them has slowed quite a bit, since I haven't really had any other posters that grab me. Although, looking on this thread, it does sometimes draw me to get one I don't have here and there.

Wow, that canopy is very clear. I should send you the updated body and canopy. I've updated it quite a bit so that the rear canopy opens much easier, and I kept the "roll bar" on the main body attached. I also adjusted the size of the rear section that attaches to the main body. I'll send it all over to you. As for doing the supports for people, I don't want to do that only because based on what resin people use, it may not be feasible to use the supports I do. I also try to keep my supports medium, but keep .35mm (in general) tips and them 5mm long. That works for my printer, but it may not for older resin printers.

I need to do a video documenting my posters like that, but I first need about 3 or 4 more of those B2 poster galleries.

I can't wait to get my kit of this. It looks great.

That is one great looking Wonder Fest figure. I really want to look for that.

OK, with some time on my hands, I did my final testing (canopy alignment, and the ability for it to open and close) and it is successful. With that, the files are now available for purchase. Fee for the .stl file is $26 including Paypal fee, $25 with Friends/Family. If anyone wants one printed because they do not have a printer, I can print it, but due to the fact that it does take time from other projects, and there are at times print failures for various reasons, I can print it the set for $75 personal payment or $80 with Paypal fees shipped (in the continental U.S.). I will also include pins (which will need to be cut to proper size), so all you have to do is do the cleanup, paint, etc. Just message me if you're interested. I'm happy that all this finally worked out. I can't tell you how much work I put into making this work properly.

Thanks. It's still a work in progress. I have the bulk of it done now, and parts seem to fit the way I want them to. It looks like I should be putting the file up for sale very soon.

Yes, canopies were printed. I still need to polish them more, but they are coming out pretty clear. here's a few images of my settings for printing them.

It looks great so far. Although it's not the feet I look at first, it looks promising.

Here's a couple pics of parts printed after a good number of tweaks. Today I'll be adding the magnets to the landing gear sections

I should be seeing the Nora SV-51 in about 2 days. I am looking forward to it.

I've been redesigning the canopies (now on my 4th run I believe). The angle of the bar that separates the 2 is a bit tricky, and I don't want to put the pin in an unsightly place. That said, I just printed, new set of the main body and canopies, and it seems to work quite well. I could redo the back canopy and really design it to where it's guaranteed to work, but TBH, if this works, I'm just sticking to what I have already. I also changed the wings and they look much better. I managed to slice this file to where each piece prints out with very little work needed for cleanup, so I am happy with that. I keep saying it to people, but pics coming soon of the actual print.

I bought a flex plate that is waiting for the Elegoo Jupiter to show up. Luckily, the latest prints have bee just fine, so they haven't been too much trouble. I will have to try this out. Luckily, the prints have been coming out OK. Once I started looking at these as a recast mold, it helped me to custom the supports, and they've been doing pretty well. the main issue, is that some of these parts are a little thin. Not too thin, where they won't work, but if so, I can always do some redesign and fix the issues.

Those came out quite well. Excellent job on them.

I finally got my first printer, which is an Anycubic Photon Mono X (4K "ish"). I just now got it set up, and will be doing a test run of settings to get the best print with various support settings. The first run already came out, but I wasn't happy with how I set up the parts for print (kinda just starting out). I do have some pieces that I can cure and save for building, so that is always a good thing. I hope to have parts ready to go for my first dry fitting.

ALLLLLLLLLLL!!!

I should also add that image that Yamato was teasing years ago...

With some of the fixes incoming for this toy, I'm very excited to get a new one. I hope Arcadia is hinting at making the Phalanx, since it does share the bulk of the bottom half with the other 2 releases, and would require minimal design because of that. Also, I remember seeing some hints that it was in design already, so if Arcadia got those, then it wouldn't be too much work to get it done. I'd love to see a 1/60 Spartan, as well as the Cheyenne, but TBH, Xigfrid's Cheyenne design was really good. JUST MAKE ALL OF IT, ARCADIA!!! (I know, it's not realistic)

Thanks. Since I've been at home recovering from a car accident, I had some time to wrap it up late last night. At this point, I won't know what tweaks it needs until I start printing, and with a good 3D printer en route, it's just a waiting game at this point. So, the detail of the rear landing gear are done. These will work the same as the front landing gear options, as there just isn't a lot of room at 1/60 to make functioning landing gear with this material. Nevertheless, they should fit quite well, and HOPEFULLY, the pins in the gear parts will work well for the grounded option. I'm tempted to upload the files and pay to get it printed, but that's just my anticipation more than anything. I may start on the F203 Dragon II.

At this point, I'm just about done. I just need to see what I can do about the wing landing gear, but making a functional working version isn't looking too promising. I still need to create the landing gear drop outs for the landed an flight options, but other than that, it is pretty much done. I still need some small aeshtetic items elsewhere to fix up, but other than that, I'm quite happy with it. I basically used every aspect of the line art I could find, and with some of the inconsistencies, I had to do a few educated guesses. In any case, I'll be creating .stl files of the finished parts. It took a long time, as I'm still learning the software, but I'm quite happy with the result.

I finally started on the wing sections. It was a little tricky working off of a rounded and curved, but I was able to get them looking pretty good. I'll need to do a test run to see how it looks printed, but so far, it looks alright. I have the little flight stick ready to go as well. The flight stick doesn't have a lot of detail, but once printed and painted, one won't see it anyways. I gotta think of a way to connect the tail fin bars to the fan housing, and I may do that by making pegs that connect them both. In any case, I'll create good long slots for the wings, and see about the landing gear. Anyways, here's the update.

I tried again to make it work, and while I technically could, you are exactly right in that the resin would not hold up well to the task. Even mixing resin with some that have other properties isn't ideal in this case. I agree. They aren't the worst thing, and the fact that neither Yamato, nor Bandai put landing gear on the Fan Racer, it leads me to believe they came up with the same conclusion. I'd love to make it work, and if I upscaled it, I probably could make it work well, but as stated above, I'm sure this is why neither Yamato nor Bandai made retractable landing gear for their fan racers respectively. Nevertheless, I have a good solution as shown below... So, I feel like I am now done with inside the cockpit. While I could go on for a long time making it look much more detailed, I have to keep telling myself that this is going to be a kit to build, and extra detail beyond a certain point ends up being problematic. That said, I am now working on the flight stick, and that will be a piece that simply will get glued into the cockpit. As stated in my previous post, I cannot make the front landing gear come down, and work well, with a lot of structural integrity issues, so I decided to make replaceable connectors that can be put in to keep it in flight, or landed options. I have made these, to where each option will have 2 1mm x 3mm magnets lined up to the main body. Aside from a couple of nubs on both that will help the pieces to stay inserted, the magnets will ensure that the pieces don't fall out, and between both aspects, should make it secure. This actually concludes the main body, and I will now start on the wing/tail assembly. I hope you all like it.

Yes, I have seen that version. I printed a version of it, and it is way too thin even when enlarging it to 1/60 scale. I'm also not big on the design of the main body, but for a free design, if anyone wanted to print it, it'll do the job. I'm not advanced at all, but the software I'm using is Solidworks 2022 version. I can't really take any credit for any of the design aspect, as I'm basically tracing and projecting. Of course, I do have to take some liberties in some areas, but that is due to the fact that even in some of this line art that I'm using, there is some "anime magic" that is present, and it doesn't work so well. That said, I am going to do away with the collapsible landing gear in the front. Unfortunately, There is no way to get the wheel and tires in there, unless I make it to where the tire is able to rotate 45 degrees to fit in there. I can print that to work, but the problem is that resin printers aren't that strong. There are a few resins that have some ABS qualities, but in general, the parts would still be very thin, and I'd have to redesign it from how it looks on the line art. I'm not sure what I want to do with it yet, but one of the options is to have a part of the bottom pull out, and be able to just plug in the landing gear. I'm definitely open to any ideas if anybody wants to put in any. It shouldn't be a problem to make it work for the wings, but until I get there, I won't know for certain. I'll have some updates this weekend, but most of them are very minimal.

Not crazy if you take it out for walks. All kidding aside, there was an old prototype of one early on. It was glorious.

I hope another me is in it, and enjoying them all.