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...
The Build
Upper Deck nears completion
After about 10 hours work the upper deck is nearly complete, with all the funnels and winches in place along with the ladder ways and skylights. I have also started to add the small detail items such as the search lights, and will be adding the Hawse Reels and...
Upper Deck Test Fitting
Today sees another 12 hours work but the progress is getting more noticeable with every hours that passes, this time its work on the upper deck. All the main structures have been printed and painted, this includes the revolving hoods for the funnels, ladder ways and skylights and the...
Foreword Deck Fittings
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!
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...