Wednesday Workbench 30 November 2022

 

I've been doing a few things since Saturday, mostly slicing files for 3D printing and then printing them. As you can see, I'm also in the middle of deep-cleaning one of my airbrushes.

You may recall that I'd primed a piece "grey" and then hand-brushed a dark grey into the panel lines. I've airbrushed two different colours onto that piece to see how it looks:

It looks OK under the pale blue, but is far too dark under the yellow - I think that for lighter top colours I might need to use a lighter grey for the panel lining. I might also use the airbrush to add a diffuse line of a lighter grey around the panel lines so that the edges of panels are slightly darker than the centres. I'll need to test that in the next few days.

I also tested a couple of colours on the internal partition pieces:

I think I prefer the pale blue grey (top).

3D Printing

I've mostly been printing cargo. I printed another of the shipping containers that you've seen before. I then sliced a load of "Traveller" crates and shipping containers. I've been printing them for the last couple of days and have a few more days of printing to go.

1/4 Ton Crates

Liquid, gas cylinders, reinforced

Bolted, locked, plain

1/2 Ton Crates

Back - gas can, gas cylinders
Front - locked, bolted, plain

6 Ton Containers

Sealed, controlled environment

I've got another 6-ton container to print, then 2- and 4-ton versions. My plan is to eventually have more than enough to fill the 82-Ton hold of the Beowulf class Free Trader which will be next year's big printing project.