Over
two months since my last update?!
Just a little update tonight. Not much actually done on the model, sadly (I'm still in the paint-paralysis stage). I wasn't 100% happy with the thruster nozzles that came with this model. They are just rather plain on the inside, and I know that's how the ILM birds were in the 70s. That comes down to the 1/32 Revell Phantom II kit that was used for these parts. However, after seeing what Josh and Jason did with their idealized X-Wing, I just couldn't get the image of super-detailed turkey feathers out of my head, and it's been bugging me for a while on this project. Here is the original part, with the Aavid heat sync attached to the turkey feathers:
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So I have been searching online for some STLs that would work. Problem is, that if someone has a Phantom model, usually they didn't super-detail the engine thruster nozzles. So most of the models that I found were a bit plain. That is, until tonight.
I found
this upgrade file for the F-4. Seemed a reasonable price. I know it's not the same as what's on the X-Wings, but the details on the inner nozzle are present, and would look really cool, in my opinion. However, I will miss the little pokey parts on the tips of the nozzles. RIP.
So I went into my slicer and did some hacking and slashing, marrying the Aavid part from Dom's model to the nozzle part of this model, and came out with this:
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Lots of detail on the outside as well as the inside that I'm pretty excited about. Here is a detail comparison in the same photo:
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Mmmmmmmm.... details.......
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I'm hoping that the LED lighting in the engines will play off of the details on the inside and work well for the photography that I am planning on doing with this model.
I will get it all sliced up and run some prints off tomorrow after work, and then update this thread.
Thanks for looking, and not giving up on me!
SB