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There you go! Provided all the surfaces are developable, you can 'unroll' each surface, export to a paint program for colouring, print it and make it! Tim P

Hi Steve, Making a non-circular fuselage is just a matter of creating the appropriate frames to the right shape, and lofting between them. I chose a circular fusealge to speed things along, but I can certainly do a seperate 'how-to' if you like. Rhino has a bunch of excellent curve tools...

Heads up! Next few paragraphs and pics added tonight. Is anyone having download delay trouble now the document is getting a bit longer? If so let me know, I'll start another, seperate, chapter. Tim P

For soldering, I find the bigger the iron, the better. Long bits of metal like masts will conduct the heat away from the joint area really fast, so you need to get a lot of energy into the joint to melt the solder AND get the parts to the same temperature as well. Are you tinning the parts...

Ooooo, an A3 printer. Ah well, I can dream! Regarding soldering, have you noticed that whether your workshop is draughty or not, the weather is hot or cold, day or night, it makes absolutely no difference whatever; that little stream of flux smoke goes UNERRINGLY straight up your left...

Next update added, going into making and trimming the fuselage skins in more detail. Pay attention, there will be questions at the end of this course..... Tim P

Ref the tea appliciation problem, could you airbrush it on in very light mist coats, let it dry, another, let it dry, another, etc, 'til you had the right tone? Just a thought. Reminds me of the time I dipped my paint brush in my coffee to wash it out. Better that though, than taking a swig from...

Go on, buy all of them!! You know you want too...... Tim P

Be careful with laser images, they can be a lot more fragile than inkjet print-out. The toner is heat-fuzed on to the surfaceof the paper and can crack away if you fold or roll it tightly, leaving a ragged white line where the paper shows through. Inkjet prints are much more robust because the...

Sorry, Ryan! Gil is a whizz with TurboCAD, you two should compare notes! A lot of the concepts are common to different CAD packages, or there are different routes to the same end. But Rhino is cool, isn't it!! Tim P

... AND ANOTHER!! Using the Unroll Surface command in some detail. I gotta go to bed now. Yawn....... Tim P

...and another update posted this afternoon. There is a little edit regarding the co-ordinate read out on the bottom of the workspace, further up the article, don't miss it! Flagged with Edit Tim P

Delta 7's kits are very good indeed. I built several of the Gemini capsules, can't wait to see the Apollo LM! And we have a Rosie floating over our receptionists PC at work..... Tim P

Thanks guys, glad it is interesting! The next few paragraphs have been added, concentrating on snaps and constraints. Any comments or questions, fire away! Tim P

"Oh, you ARE awful, but I like you....." Tim P

"Oh, you are awful, but I like you....." Tim P

Hi Steve, yes, the titles are a little ambiguous, so I just watch where the cursor is in each view as I move it about. If you prefer to have other views, so left, front (rear!) and plan with the nose pointing down, fine. In Rhino, you can have as many or as few views as you want, each is...

Barry, get thee hence to the house of IKEA, and prevailest thou of a mitt-full of coffee swizzle sticks that thou shalt find in the coffee house there in. Just like lolly sticks but about half as wide. And free. If you buy some coffee. Tim P

Hi Gil, Hmmm. Frustrated with Rhino?? No Pain, No Gain! Seriously, if you are happier using a different program, use it!! I had TC a long time ago and it was a great 2D tool, so updated it must be even better.... Rhino has a fully configurable grid tool, where the grid pitch...

Hi Gil, how big was the tiff you tried to load? It wasn't the whole set of plans image, was it? Also, how much RAM have you got, and did you have any other programs running at the same time? If you can replicate the problem then cut an paste the error report in th command line, that would...