BridgeInspector
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Love seeing all the skins in one place!
Rasterize - Skindex
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Yep. That's why I do it. For the pics! I show my family every time I get a pic of a skin. It means someone thought enough of my work to build one and send me a pic. Makes my day! Thanks guys! I love the pic with your kids BridgeInspector! That's so awesome!
moebeast
Member
You have my permission to share the Baby Brit you made for me.
And thanks again for doing it!
Mark
simply the best
Awesome! thanks for the tip... that may be all I need Rockyboy
I'm pretty sure Rasterize will have a better recommendation, but so far I've been doing mine by using the CAD program to export DXF of the important shapes, then transmute the DXF to SVG using an online converter or dxf-svg-convert
Once I've got an SVG file I use Inkscape to color things in. Lots of tutorials for Inkscape on youtube. I've been doing a play-by-play on the FW-42 Mini skin in the past week or so too. Nothing as nice as Stephen puts out from an artistic perspective, but it's nicer than white foam
Awesome! thanks for the tip... that may be all I need Rockyboy
WHOOOAAAA!!!!
See my comment to Rockboy above... I'll share here what I come up with.
See my comment to Rockboy above... I'll share here what I come up with.
soaringdawg
New member
Recently went to FF South and picked up a couple FT kits to see what all the fuss was about. Love 'em now. You're motivating me to figure out a whole new way to add color and detail to these so I'm just stopping to say thanks for sharing your expertise and any printable skins you're willing to post to give these brown fliers some super color. Awesome share!
I just finished a simple scout kit and wondered if I can scale up the file on pg 1 for the mini scout and apply it on top of the paper covering of my already built Scout kit or do you only recommend applying these to bare foam on a scratch build? I'd hate to screw up a new build but would rather have graphics than paint it.
What about printing the skin design onto some 3mil (or thinner) laminating film and applying it with an iron on low heat?
Thanks again, Mike
I just finished a simple scout kit and wondered if I can scale up the file on pg 1 for the mini scout and apply it on top of the paper covering of my already built Scout kit or do you only recommend applying these to bare foam on a scratch build? I'd hate to screw up a new build but would rather have graphics than paint it.
What about printing the skin design onto some 3mil (or thinner) laminating film and applying it with an iron on low heat?
Thanks again, Mike
Hi Mike!
Thanks for the kind word. Lets see if I got all your questions:
I have no clue if they are proportional. Maybe Spoz would know?
I go with the flat foam for ease of application and "remove and replace" the paper with the printed skins for weight reasons.
I did have the "Blue Peter" Viggen printed on self adhesive vinyl which was tricky to apply but worked very well. So I guess it would be do-able.
Good luck and clear skies!
Stephen
Thanks for the kind word. Lets see if I got all your questions:
I have no clue if they are proportional. Maybe Spoz would know?
I go with the flat foam for ease of application and "remove and replace" the paper with the printed skins for weight reasons.
I did have the "Blue Peter" Viggen printed on self adhesive vinyl which was tricky to apply but worked very well. So I guess it would be do-able.
Good luck and clear skies!
Stephen
Jonathan Ott
New member
Very cool stuff!!
Curious, the ThunderArrow skin link is listed in the "special size" ...what is the "special size" or can this be printed on 11x17?
Jon
Curious, the ThunderArrow skin link is listed in the "special size" ...what is the "special size" or can this be printed on 11x17?
Jon
Thank you!
Good catch! There was an extra line of text bumping everything to the right. It has been corrected. So yes, it an 11X17 sheet. Sorry for the confusion.
Stephen
SrTelemaster 150
New member
Is this scheme available yet?
Sorry for the late reply SrTelemaster. Not yet. Life has been busy. Working on buying a house. Hopefully life will settle down again and I can get caught up.
The baby baron/brit plans are publicly available, but I'm not sure if the skins are public at the moment.
