Just a short video showing some of the build process for the two pom poms. This video shows the cad drawing for the replacement guns, additional detailing such as the railings and shields, and starting the paintwork. Click here to see YouTube video
Eight Gun Pompoms
Today has been all about pompoms, and yes it took all day to clean up and fit the pompom guns, including the designing of new finer detail guns and adding extra detailing such as rails and sights.The gun sets supplied with these pompoms are made from white metal which is a cast product, however using…
Conning Tower
Today saw the start of the conning tower construction, with the laser cut main tower being constructed and left to cure before filling and sanding commenced. Once complete I then moved onto the different decks with the upper two being 3D printed, as this meant I could set off the printer whilst working on other…
Main Deck
This past weekend has been working on the deck for the main part of the ship, cutting and sanding it until I had a clean tight fit. Following that it was then down to adding the filler and adding the edging strip all the way around before blending it in with the paintwork. All that’s…
Lower Bridge
This week will see the production of a number of 3D printed parts mainly structure related. The use of liquid resin 3D printers allows us to produce fine detail in small parts, or as in this instance the fittings to go around the bridge which is less that 1mm thick and 10mm high with the…
Detailing Work
We have been doing quite a bit of detailing work on the main guns and all the life boats in between our normal daily business jobs, and have been taking a number of images to show you how much work is required to bring this model to exhibition quality.The following images show the main guns…
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