Louie and his plane

Today was pretty cool. We got all the fabricating on the showroom components done. Tomorrow I can start the priming and painting on those. Then they're ready for delivery. I still have to finish drawing all the vectors for the cool table we have to start ASAP. I really like the challenge of drawing all the parts in 2D vectors while trying to stay 3 steps ahead in-case I box myself into a corner. A corner that usually rears it's ugly head AFTER the parts are cut! I also received the proper file for Louie, so I will spend the weekend getting those prepped for machining at the beginning of the week. I think our HDU deliveries are Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I better get my order in soon!

I was able to split the head off the plane this evening. Now the nice thing about getting a CAD file from the manufacturer of a toy, is that generally all the parting lines are set up in such a way as to avoid undercuts. So I could easily use this model 'as is' and import it right into Aspire and go to town. However, we are modifying it a little, like removing the connector on the wing, and the hands from the plane. Plus we want to be somewhere between the box art and the toy. Stay Tuned.................

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JO