Progress!


Wow it's been a while since I posted anything. I have a friend who just got a 3-D printer and is willing to make the engines and cannons I need for the x-wing. I have been struggling with how to make the copies I need for this model. I tried a couple of different ways  but none of them worked. So when he volunteered to make these I didn't hesitate.. He created these cannon parts in a CAD program.  It takes him about 3 hours to make these parts. I've got three and just need one more. So my task is to glue them together and prep them for painting.

It's not as easy as it sounds however. The plastic is hard and very difficult to sand. So far the only thing that I found that works is to rub on some Acetone and then use the Dremel tool to clean the parts up.
I need to create the top part of the cannon which i'll get to next week.


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