1/60 scale 787-9 with Full Interior - Part 1

[Motiak]

Hey all! I've been working on this custom 787-9 for a good while now, and am focusing on accuracy and detail. The flaps and slats on the wings work along with all of the doors. So far I have the business and front end of the cabin done(not including the doors) along with the wing box frame and inner left wing.


PROCESS
First I had built everything in CAD using a program called Rhino and had everything laid out on letter sized sheets.


For each section I built the internal skeleton first





After, I would cover each part with skin or interior panels






EXTRAS
Door Test - Testing out hinges from cad



Flap test - Made this to get the right angles and lengths for the flaps



Original parts
Made these ages ago using the same template but with much worst quality



For more photos here is my Flickr
Kai Tom | Flickr
My Instagram is also @tomkaidesign

[MacSongLi]

That's an amazing model. That is a lot of work.


Gary

[Butelczynski]

Those pictures reminded me of a fantastic build of USS Monitor a while back.Just as detailed and just as stunning.

[rmks2000]

Incredible detail.

[mor54]

This should be a great challenge! Will folow with great interest.

Shalom Mor

[USSMissouri]

This is nothing short of impressive.

[shipbuild]

Wow are you kidding ? This is remarkable work. I will follow with great interest.

[scon10]

A work of art! How did you cut the parts so tight and uniformly? Do you have a laser cutter?

[Motiak]

Originally Posted by scon10

A work of art! How did you cut the parts so tight and uniformly? Do you have a laser cutter?

Thank you! I use a paper cutter for almost all of the parts. It helps save tons of time and increase accuracy immensely. For parts that are repeated like the windows I also have ways to bend them extremely quickly using 3D printed rigs.

[scon10]

That's interesting, can you show us a picture of such a paper cutter (a scissor?) and 3d rigs?