• Welcome aboard HomebuiltAirplanes.com, your destination for connecting with a thriving community of more than 10,000 active members, all passionate about home-built aviation. Dive into our comprehensive repository of knowledge, exchange technical insights, arrange get-togethers, and trade aircrafts/parts with like-minded enthusiasts. Unearth a wide-ranging collection of general and kit plane aviation subjects, enriched with engaging imagery, in-depth technical manuals, and rare archives.

    For a nominal fee of $99.99/year or $12.99/month, you can immerse yourself in this dynamic community and unparalleled treasure-trove of aviation knowledge.

    Embark on your journey now!

    Click Here to Become a Premium Member and Experience Homebuilt Airplanes to the Fullest!

Modeling a P-51D created for CNC milling using subdivision modeling

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

Inverted Vantage

Formerly Unknown Target
Joined
Jun 19, 2008
Messages
1,116
What do you guys think of my model? I tried to make it as absolutely accurate as possible as rapidly as possible using the subdivision modeling method. My client will be using a 3D CNC machine (of which I know no details of as of yet) to mill it out of foam (the type of foam is to me completely unknown). The model is made at full size, and then I will scale it down to 1/4th scale for the CNC machine to make the molds to create a scale R/C aircraft.

I used 2D and 3D references; a screenshot of my workspace is provided below;

workspace.png



Dimensions turned on for this picture, I don't usually model with them on. :) Dimensions are:

9.7945 m x 11.3451 m x 2.8493

Here's a WIP for said client;

85_percent.jpg


Here are a shot of my references, most of them client-provided;

references.png
 
Last edited:
Back
Top