Tie Bomber design and building thread

mijob

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I finished the topsude of the pilot fuselage.
If you like greebling this is the model togo for. Its killing me to cut all the small parts.Still finding small errors to fix nothing big. Most of the fixes are smarter ways to build and cut the parts.
 

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Great build!!! But how exactly do you design the tapering parts like the semi-round front of the "binoculars"? do you mathematically figure it out, or do you just keep making physical paper mockups until something fits?
Thank you so much, I have some experience but I am still learning.!!!

I've attached a pic of a scratch built f-117 I made, it was difficult but easier because it is mainly flat, and I never do other round planes like the f-84, MIG-21, or f-18 because of the round shapes
 

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mijob

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Welcome aboard Zealot Abdullah nice job on the F-117. If you want you can tell something about yourself in the welcome desk.

The pilot front is a dome. I found a website that can calculate the dimensions of different shapes. In this case a sphere. The other front I calculated a oversized circle and made it hollow untill I was happy with the result. I have to look on my PC to find the link. I will send it to you.
 

mijob

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Over the last few days I found small errors. Now I have a lot of small errors these I have to fix first. The biggest one is a redesign of one part.
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As you can see the grey part is out of shape.
I think I will close the gap to get a stronger construction. Sunday will be the fixing day.

update 28 04 2023
This is the new part. I like this one.
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