DreamStar Aerospace Attack Plane

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Rafael,

It might be more economical to attempt vacu-forming instead of casting a resin copy.

[noxioux]

Wow.  This is like watching whiff porn--you just can't take your eyes off it!

[Rafael]

Thanks, Noxious!!!

Jeff, Vacform should do the trick too, I'll keep it in mind. Now where's that vacuum cleaner?......

Well, so far so good. Keep in mind that this is a learning experience for me, since I never made anything with this cross section technique with any measurable success before.

Advance photos:

[sotoolslinger]

Rafa, Please take a cast of it in the rough with all the segments defined BEFORE you sand .....I will make a dandy biomechanical ship with all the joints showing

[Howard of Effingham]

masterly rafa, masterly! 

you win october's award! 

[BlackOps]

Commandante' Cartón, I have missed your modeling madness, good to see you back at it! I'm really loving this project! 

[Rafael]

Thanks, my friends!!!

This turned out to be a steep learning curve. First, bondo, enamel, and other materials I had at hand ate every piece of scrap foam I had. The solution was to apply a layer of white glue to seal my foam, and it worked like a charm, except for the rear upper fuselage edge which acquired a nasty upward bend, and was eaten where I missed the white glue application. Anyways, I left it to dry and started cutting the lower fuselage, in which I had to draw the intakes and exhausts for the normal jet engines. Note that the aircraft is still missing the scramjet section which extends even lower from the center-rear fuselage.

So far, so good. No losses that can't be repaired.

Pics:

Upper fuselage completed.


Upper fuselage Bondo'ed








Upper and Lower Fuselage side by side




Slapped together, no wings and no scramjet:








Saludos,

Rafa

[Brian da Basher]

Back with a vengeance showing off another amazing project to stunn the masses, Rafa! I really like the shape of this bird...looks like it's going ultra-supersonic just sitting there!

You've got the eye of an artist and a sculptor, mi amigo!

Brian da Basher

[sotoolslinger]

What B said

[Orionblamblam]

Looks vaguely familiar...

[Rafael]

Thanks, Scott. If my model vaguely resembles yours, that's a very big compliment

Rafa

[Maverick]

Bueno mi Pana,

It seems once again our resident Scratch-building God of Venezuela has given us a divine manifestation.

Saludos,

Mav

[Rafael]

BUMP!!!

I've been very busy these last weeks, and this model has been gathering dust since last year. Well, Ive taken it on again. I cut the wings planform, just two big triangles, slapped together upper and lower fuselage with the wings sandwiched between and bondo-filled the upper wing tapering from root to wingtip using a simple screeding with a straight piece of plastic. Tomorrow, mo' PSR. Next, the vertical surfaces and scramjets











Rafa

[solidmodeler]

Nice work Rafa. I love that red and white camouflage scheme

[John Howling Mouse]

You must have the patience of a Saint.   But it IS looking good, Rafa!