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…
Lifeboats
Today I started work on cleaning up the marks and any air bubbles in the resin models of the lifeboats and steam launches that are to be added to the model.These models are well cast but as with all resin casting if you do not use a vacuum or pressure chamber, air will become trapped…
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…
Funnel Print
It was a brilliant day with the first of many larger parts being printed, this is the funnel. It was printed in two parts, the main body of the funnel and then the top vent. The complete funnel stands at just under 120mm (5 inches). The whole job took around 20 hours complete with the…
3D Printed Winches
The first of many of the fittings were designed and printed using our liquid resin printers. By using this type of printer it allows us to produce parts with finer details and due to very thin layers none or very little banding. Below is an image of the cable winches made from white resin using…
Prop Shafts
The next stage was fitting the prop shafts, which took a day to cut and fit. All the parts needed to be alined correctly, and then the glued into position which took some time as you can see from the photos we had to tape parts into place to allow for the two part epoxy…
Rudder Build
The hull for this model is made from fibreglass not all the placements for fittings are correct so some modifications had to be made. We needed to add the additional lower mount for the rudder made from epoxy putty, allowing me to carve and sand the putty to the correct shape and size to take…
Planning
Today saw the start of reviewing all the plans and making measurements for the superstructure and deck fittings.This semi kit was supplied by Fleetscale which includes the fibreglass hull and most the fittings so its a simpler job compared to building HMS Hampshire. Once all the measurements have been made it will be time to…
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