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…
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…
Vents & Pipes
We have started designing and 3D printing the vents and stove pipes. The vents come in three sizes 3mm x 3mm, 4mm x 4mm and 6mm x 4mm and all at the same height, which allows us to cut them down to suit each placement. The stove pipes are designed in two formats, one straight…
Spotting Platform Update
Today we took delivery of all the fine brass rods needed for this model, and we started adding the rods to the Spotting Platform as can be seen from the images below. The rods were joined mainly using soldering and then a thin but strong glue was used to hold them in place. Just a…
WT Doors
Today we managed to finalise the design of the 2 dog water tight doors, which are to be 3D printed. With a little bit of testing and a few different designs which mainly are the size and thickness of the doors, I have finally chosen one design. The final size of these doors are 14mm…
Base Coat On Hull
Another job now completed was to base coat the hull with a good primer, as this shows up any flaws that may still be in the fibre glass hull. There was a fair amount of work undertaken for the side case-mates to ensure they blended in and no sanding marks were present. I am pleased…
6″ Director Platform
We are now starting to near the end of the platforms required for the forward mast with this 6″ Director Platform, which only leaves the Torpedo Lookout Platform to design and 3D print. This platform is quite simple in design compared to some others, but I reduced the size of the two mast supports as…
15″ Director Platform
The next platform on the forward mast is the 15″ director platform which has been drawn up in the CAD software as before to create a 3D printable file. The CAD image is below followed by the final printed part which has been given a quick base coat to help show any marks left after…
Spotting Deck Update 2
Below are a couple of images of the spotting deck with the platform, after a quick coat of primer to check the fit and to help show any blemishes that may be present from the removal of the support system during the 3D printing process. Once we receive the brass rod the two sections can…
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