48″ Convair 240 – Wing Lofting
Pecking away at the Convair 240 radio control model. This is being done for a contest on the Ezone forums, and so I really need to get moving on this thing to get it in the air by June 30th contest end date. The wings are getting there – mostly lofted, just have to … Continue reading
Convair 240 – T-Splines Nose/Cockpit Modeling
One of the hardest parts of modeling an old airliner like this is the front – there’s a lot going on surface wise. Furthermore, when making a surface like this with traditional NURBS modeling packages, there’s a lot of small transitional surfaces to make it all work and flow nicely, which means that it’s difficult … Continue reading
48″ Convair 240 for Electric RC
My whole love affair with CAD/CAM got started about somewhere around 2004 when I decided to start building balsa model airplanes again. I was very involved as a kid in building and flying radio control aircraft – mostly Antiques/Old Timers, which are pre WWII designs. But, with college and work and such, there was a … Continue reading