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Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Wednesday Workbench 01 March 2023

 



And so it begins...I've started work on the hull of the Type S. The upper side has been airbrushed orange and varnished (the varnishing mainly as protection against masking tape which I'll be using in later steps. 

Having discovered that the gloss coat I applied caused the brush-pen panel lines to run, after cleaning that up I gave it a coat of matt varnish before redoing the gloss. With that lesson learned, I gave the underside a coat of matt varnish to seal in the panel lines. I'll be airbrushing it orange tomorrow.

After the exterior base coat is painted I'll be moving on to the interiors - for that I will probably break the ship down into sections or individual parts as that should be easier, especially for painting the details.

Here are some photos of the finished interior pieces and the aft cap:









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11 comments:

  1. David Crook1 March 2023 at 22:39

    Hi Tamsin,

    I have a feeling this is Traveller related? It looks bloody marvellous whatever!

    All the best,

    DC

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    1. TamsinP5 March 2023 at 00:06

      Hi David, it is indeed a Traveller spaceship. I 3D printer it in the summer and am just now getting round to painting it up! :)

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  2. Dave Stone2 March 2023 at 10:19

    Great progress Tamsin

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  3. Simon Quinton 2 March 2023 at 11:14

    This looks really cool!

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  4. Doug5 March 2023 at 12:23

    That looks amazing. Where was the STL file from?

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    1. TamsinP5 March 2023 at 15:58

      Thanks! It's from a company called 2nd Dynasty - their shop is on My Mini Factory.

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    2. Doug5 March 2023 at 16:00

      Thanks Tamsin. Off to have a look now.

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    3. Doug5 March 2023 at 16:54

      Ok. So 170 parts. Does it need to be FDM, ie do the parts break down to a small enough size to print on a 13 x 24 cm bed? It's not clear on the site 😕

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    4. TamsinP5 March 2023 at 18:01

      Yes, their 28mm ships are designed for FDM printing with the largest part designed to fit on the bed of a Prusa Mini (18 x 18 cm); off the top of my head, I can't think of any parts anywhere near that large, but couldn't vouch for whether they'd ft on a 13 x 24 bed. I could fit multiple parts on my 22 x 22 bed.
      They can be resin printed, but you would need to hollow a lot of the parts and/or add drainage holes. I know some people have done it full scale in resin. As an indication of how much resin you'd need, it took me about 3kg of filament to print (including some supports and reprints) and 5-6 weeks.

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