Whilst working on the boat deck I set the 3D printer to create the 3 pdr and 12 pdr guns, and this took a little over 4 hours. The result for that time was an identical set of guns, something even the most experienced modeller would find difficult to...
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Deck Gun Test
Today I made the first test prints of the deck guns, but due to the size of the final items I needed to print them at the highest resolution that the Form1+ printer can work at which is 25 microns or 0.025mm. The new FunToDo resin which will be...
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...
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...
Funnels Near Completion
Today sees the completion of the funnels, now with the extra 1mm added to the bases, funnels glued in place and the exhaust steam pipes inserted. After a quick bit of filling and a light touch of wet and dry to clean up the marks left by the supports...
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 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...