Gloster CXP-1001 - Done

[Caveman]

assembled and first round of psr on the fuse join complete.



The wing features an interesting wood grain effect - illustrating the limits of resolution (i think of my model rather than printer). A few quirks to, like the under extruded layers.



Rough finish on the tail, like I said, ive mot got it tuned fully yet.

[frank2056]

It looks pretty good! If it's in 1/72 the CXP-1001 was much larger than I had expected!

The "wood grain" effects is due to the changing thickness of the wing - from root to wingtip - and your print layers.

[Caveman]

It is supposed to be 1/72. The CXP-1001 was supposed to be ~ 41ft long, a 262 is ~34ft. So it was big I think its reasonably to scale. Think of it essentially as a single engined Gloster Meteor F8. I may have to get one to sit along side it

[Caveman]

Managed to get her stripes on!





I am doing something like this with the decals that I have kicking around:



Got a few details still to paint like inlet, canopy and maybe leading edge yellow strips if I'm feeling brave.

[NARSES2]

I'm fascinated by seeing this modern tech in action 

[frank2056]

Looks good! If you have any clear decal, you can paint it yellow and cut out the leading edge yellow strips.

[Caveman]

With the wings essentially in the middle of the fuselage, should the roundel go in front or behind the wings?

[AeroplaneDriver]

With the wings essentially in the middle of the fuselage, should the roundel go in front or behind the wings?

I always think the roundel looks better on the aft fuselage.

[NARSES2]

With the wings essentially in the middle of the fuselage, should the roundel go in front or behind the wings?

I always think the roundel looks better on the aft fuselage.

As do I

[Caveman]

With the wings essentially in the middle of the fuselage, should the roundel go in front or behind the wings?

I always think the roundel looks better on the aft fuselage.

As do I

Me three. Behind they'll go

[Caveman]

Looking like a real aircraft now!

[frank2056]

It's really coming along!

[Caveman]

Im calling it done! Gloster CXP-1001 dressed up as a Gloster Meteor (ish). My trusty minion is currently printing a stand for it.

[Pellson]

Amazing! Obviously, there's improvements that could have been made, but as the first example I've seen on a from naught to model printed project, I'm dead impressed!

[kitnut617]

I'm dead impressed!

You & me both