After spending a few evenings looking at the plans I managed to draw up a good representation of the conning tower. The three main structures were then 3D printed using a new blend of resin from FunToDo as I needed fine detail and at the same time minimal shrinkage...
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3D Printed Winch
Today sees the start of the printing of the small boat winch and coal winch along with various ladder ways and skylights, pictured below are two of the winches. When installed onto the correct position on the deck I will add the brass etch handles and wheels.
Upper Deck CAD Drawings
This evening I managed to get most of the upper deck fittings drawn up ready to be converted into 3D printer files. I managed to draw up skylights, ladder ways, some small rooms such as the drying room and a few winches as you will see from the screen...
Deck Fittings
Today we have managed to get most of the rear deck fittings in place with just a few very fine stove chimneys to fit at the end of the build, after which I moved onto the front deck fitting the plates running between the hawse pipes, cable holders and...
Night Buoy – 3D printed
Here’s a quick photo of the night buoy that has just been printed using the FunToDo grey resin, and please note that there are still a few tags left from the support system that held the part in place whilst the printing took place. The framework is only 0.5mm...
Rear Deck
The last two days has mainly been working on the two masts, and the rear deck printing out the capstan, hatches and skylights and ventilators. As the photo shows the items have been placed on the deck ready to be glued into place once some final clean up work...
Hull Painting
Today see the completion of the spray work on the hull, with the top coats being applied. After a roll of masking tape to allow for the boot-topping line to be applied between the light grey upper part of the hull and the red anti fouling. The boot-topping is...
3D Funnels and bases
Today saw the completion of the CAD drawing for the funnels and their bases, whilst these are basic structures all of the additional fittings will be added when these have been printed. The fitting will include the four revolving vents per block, brass etch ladder sets to access the...
3D Printing Starts
Today is a little more relaxing as I started test printing some of the 3D parts, mainly the main gun turrets and barrels along with all the fittings for the the rear deck. After some parts needing minor modification I can see we are getting closer to highly detailed...
3D Printed Parts
Today is mainly computer based work designing the parts to be 3D printed, which include capstans, bollards, the main deck guns with sighting hatch and the main funnels. The next job on the list is to start drawing up the hatches and various vents used by the stoves on...