Jim Kiker Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Hi all, With the upcoming release of the Percival Mew Gull racer by Dora Wings, I have a couple of questions. First, bearing in mind that this kit is being 3d printed, how do Dora's plastic kits stack up in terms of building? And second, what would one need to glue together a 3d kit? Surely not styrene liquid glue? Maybe CA or epoxy? Thanks, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I'm curious too as I've been eying-up the 1/48 Vega Gull since day dot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kiker Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 Thanks for replying, Zac; until that time... Cheers, Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Do you have a link to that? Can't find anything on there site/FB. I have a few of their 109's and they are very good short run kits, go together really well. They seem to be designed around the short run process, mostly working around typical short run shortcomings. Really interested in a kit being printed as dimensional accuracy can be a challenge unless using top of the line equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjohns5 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Dora Wings kits so far have been injection molded. Are you confusing them with Dekno Models who announced a 3D printed 1/48 Mew Gull a couple weeks ago? Edited October 19, 2021 by bjohns5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kiker Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Doh! Of all the things to mistake, this takes the cake! Thanks for getting me on the right track. So, same thoughts about build-ability, etc. TIA, Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsr Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 On 10/17/2021 at 4:42 PM, Jim Kiker said: And second, what would one need to glue together a 3d kit? Surely not styrene liquid glue? Maybe CA or epoxy? I have built a couple 3D kits, most recently the Click2Detail T-1A Jayhawk The first thing you need to know is that a 3D printer creates a part by laying down layers of material and on a curved surface you get tiny steps for each layer, so it will not be smooth like a high quality resin kit or and injection molded kit. It depends on the quality of the printer and the material used to print. In this case of the Jayhawk, printed by Shapeways, the steps were very thin and easily sanded away. But I also had a surface that was kind of wavy and not flat. Here is the tail after a coat of primer and light sanding. The tree like grain is the steps and the straight lines are the waviness. For glue I found that CAA glue will work for none high stress area, like assembling the cockpit. For high stress areas like wing joints and landing gear I found that epoxy worked best. Hope this helps. Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjohns5 Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 5 hours ago, hsr said: The first thing you need to know is that a 3D printer creates a part by laying down layers of material and on a curved surface you get tiny steps for each layer, so it will not be smooth like a high quality resin kit or and injection molded kit. This is true of plastic extrusion printers like most Shapeway parts are made from. But Dekno uses light-hardening resin 3D printing which has a much finer resolution. I have Dekno's 3D printed 1/48 Hornet Moth kit they released several months ago and if you didn't know it was 3D printed you would think the parts were traditional resin castings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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