Martin Baker Ejection Seat

[mldixon]

Originally Posted by Zathros

This model being offered for $5.95 has to be the deal of the century!!

I let Chris set the price. I thought he was fair.

Originally Posted by cdavenport

Got mine. Thanks, Mike!

God bless you Major!

Originally Posted by cdavenport

A 1/24th scale would be more "doable."

All my models are Vectored so when you scale them they should stay nice and crisp. You should go for the smaller size and then post so we can get a look at it. I have built this in two scale so far. 1:12 and 1:32

Originally Posted by HMCS

I like billys dream,.. I thought the same thing about it,.. and also many others,. LOL,. I am sick I tell you! haha

You are dreaming that same nightmare. Metallic wakes me up from a dead sleep. I tried it on the Bristol 108 and struggled.

[HMCS]

hahaha,.. true!
some of the guys on RC Forums build on card stock or mat board or balsa then use a material called "flight metal" its a scale looking metal paper that has an adhesive on one side,.. you burnish it down (more durable then bare-metal) whats cool is when the paint dries you can pick at it with a xacto blade to get realistic chips,.. and/or you can rub away at it to get a natural worn look at it,.. i will try to find some pictures,..

[mldixon]

Here is a shot of the canopy development for the F104G. This is done in sketchup and then exported to Pepakura High Defintion, From there it is vectored and sent to Adobe Illustrator. That is where I apply the colors text and details. Then saved as PDF. Then build it. This process can take a whole day to develop the part and work out the kinks. Pepakura is not a very forgiving program and it takes a lot of clean front end work to make the parts come out right. Sometimes I just give up and start designing all over again to get it right. Hope you enjoy the insight. It is a lot of fun making these things come to life in paper in 3d.




Pepakura



Adobe Illustrator



Then I finish by printing cutting and proving the design.

[HMCS]

beautiful canopy!!!

this link here is not the site I was looking for, but you can see how its applied at least:

Adding Flight-Metal

[HMCS]

here is another website: I have also attach some pics from that website if you want to quickly see a preview

"41 Sniper" SBD-5 Dauntless by Tom Pierce

[HMCS]

check out what you could do with canopy frame

[mldixon]

Originally Posted by HMCS

beautiful canopy!!!

this link here is not the site I was looking for, but you can see how its applied at least:

Adding Flight-Metal

Thanks! Really interesting site. Hard to believe the scale they are working in.

[HMCS]

yeah!,.. once i get done my freelance projects I may have to give your seat a stab!,.. dunno if flight metal is still available but bare metal may work!,..
showed your seat to some retired fighter pilots and they gave it two thumbs waaayy up!,.. I could see it being used in RC planes!,.. maybe make a century series of these seats!,..

[3Turner]

Just a note regarding this kit...the Martin Baker Mk7....if you have purchased this kit, check your kits and see if it has the "Mk 7" parts on the base parts page. If it does...you are okay.

If the kit reflects "Mk 10" on the base parts page, please go to your accounts page on Ecards and download the updated file which has the kit parts fixed to reflect "Mk 7". If any assistance is needed, contact one of the Ecard staff . Thanks!

[Loui]

... I can't get bored to read (again) this awesome thread....