I have added a few images of the main foreword deck and all its fittings after about 6 hours work, which I am very pleased with!
Articles for April 2016
Boat Winch Update
Here’s the finished boat winch with brass etch fitted and completely painted, just a little bit of oil stains to add if time allows.
3D Printed Conning Tower
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...
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...
Front Deck Fittings
Whilst waiting for the three sections that make up the conning tower to finish printing, I moved onto the fittings of the forward deck. I first started to layout the 3D printed fittings before gluing them into the correct places, then started to add the brass haul anchors. I...
Night Buoy Update
The night buoy has now been fitted to the hull using two very small pins made from wire then some super glue to hold them both in place. All that needs to be done now is to give it a little bit of paint to repair the small marks...
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...