still alive!
despite having posted the Bullfrog the last time, i have made no progress on it since then.
Instead, i put the sparse time (and i still do not understand why time was so sparse...) in the Pelican.
This, however came with serious challenges to motivation.
I mentioned last time that i made a very, VERY stupid mistake. Such happens when you begin with an STL file, push it through pepakura and begin with an interestin part that you are eager to try out.
This was the cockpit where i replaced the non-transparent paper-windshield with some kind of transparent PVC-packaging. That turned out quite nice.
So i switched to building-Zen-mode and continued building...
... and realized that i am a complete moron.
Why? Now, what is the point of having a transparent windshield?
Of course because one intends to do the cockpit interiors as well.
... which all of a sudden became much, MUCH more of a challenge now.
Measuring, checking, positioning via the open backside is a genuine pain in the... armory.
So, until i finally came up with an at least satisfying result, i built 4 of those cockpit interiors.
The pilot was the next problem. For him, i started with looking for body parts in my collection that at least remotely looked like "could belong to a pilot".
And because i need more of those than i intended to spare for a pilot who willbe only in part visible... i made copies of those parts using oyumaru (?) and milliput. Which also allowed repositioning the sometimes quite wrong postures.
No, not my favourite part of the hobby...
A mockup-positioning-shot of how the so far begun parts will eventually look like:
What i do not like about the look are the F-117ish angles.
So... bring pitchforks and torches, heresy is about to happen.
You might remember me having used the term "level-0 structure"
This is level-0, meaning there will be more. On the tanks i used in some places up to 3 layers to add details and depth.
I am doing something smilar here - but level-1 also serves to round the edges (and to close all those sloppy gaps).
And again, this requires another, different approach.
So far i could do it all with CAD and drawing (missing or inadequately calculated pepakura-parts) on the computer.
Now i am back to a very, very oldschool aproach with pencil, ruler, paper and scissor.
The parts get quite complex due to rounded angles - and my geometry skills fail at the task, so almost every additional segment of a part requires me to draw the whole part, add the new segment, hold it where it belongs and correct what is wrong on the part... usually meaning starting again with drawing it again.
At least i can scan the finished parts to reuse the shapes for the next level.
Now... at this pace, the flyer will most likely take another year.
But i have plenty of distractions lying around in case i can't see paper any more. Like a half-finished weathertop-model... *whistle*