1/48 Caudron G-4, Paris-Melbourne 1919, Meliusmanu

[huberlu]

The propeller is finished.

I put the two photos at the same scale.






I tried to round off the angles and widen the blade bases. I can't get any better.
It will probably need to be sanded once printed.





Regards.

[PJ Fisher]

truly inspiring!

[Pup7309]

Absolutely brilliant! Fascinating story and build. Awesome!!!

[PJ Fisher]

looks great

[huberlu]

Thanks!

Hello!

That's it!!!

I received my 3D printed parts.

Thanks to Edgar at Copper States Models who kindly printed them.

  I did not photograph the most beautiful pieces. I had not seen that there were differences.
Some very small modeled details are not visible (the slits which limit the caps of the tanks for example or the levers which must have broken during the washing of the parts) but it's much better than if I had to do that at the hand.

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A spare wheel that will fit in the passenger compartment (I have 7, if someone needs a wheel...).
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Four propellers.
They are too thin, I will have to chew to gain thickness. If I can't I will edit the file and buy myself a printer...

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Now I have to find time to make models....

See you soon!

[Rookie]

Absolutely brilliant! Fascinating story and build. Awesome!!!

I second that!

Willem

[huberlu]

Hi,

My first version of propellers did not please me. So I modified it to be more "rounded".
And then I bought myself a 3D printer.https://www.anycubic.fr/products/photon-mono-4k
I am weak.

After many many tries I managed to print complete propellers. I had to sand them down and prepare them with Surfacer to make them acceptable.

On the left the new propeller...
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I printed boxes to put in the cockpit and the butt of the hunting rifle carried in the cockpit. I rounded it with sandpaper and glued a syringe needle barrel.

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Anything with flat surfaces like crates is easy to print. As soon as there are curved surfaces it is another story. We see the lines marked by the different layers of resins and it is necessary to sand and pass the surface.
3D printing requires, I'm afraid, a long experience to obtain perfect parts...

[huberlu]

The aluminum floor is made of self-adhesive aluminum tape sanded with sandpaper. It can also be wood color. I wanted the boxes to be seen better, but they cover the entire surface of the floor. It is glued to a grid of a faucet "bubbler" and shaped by rolling a brush handle over it. The grid is deformed to obtain diamonds as in the photo of the original. With the naked eye it passes.













The cockpit will receive boxes, a wheel, 5 liters of water and the gun. The wheel does not fit as in the photo unless you cut into the boards on each side of the passenger seat.

[huberlu]

750 Kg of material...



The boxes take up a lot of space...probably too much.



The wheel that I can't place yet:















And the gun:



And the new chair:

[RAGIII]

Amazing details. The cockpit is Gorgeous!
RAGIII

[KiwiZac]

Oh my, this is some gorgeous attention to detail. I'm very excited for the next update!

[NigelR]

Beautiful work all round!

[Tim Mixon]

Wonderful attention to detail on the interior. I’m definitely saving this post for reference.

[Mike Norris (UK)]

This build is truly inspiring.
Building, research, sculpting figures and learning to design and then 3D print parts.

Mike

[RichieW]

So many different skills on show in this mind boggling project. It's so inspiring!

Richie