Hi Midlife (Wayne?) I know a CAD expert so I will ask how long that might take. I was looking for the easiest option. We were quoted £7k by a professional builder. The plans we have relate to Bristol ship lost off Chesil Beach.

Hi Selwyn, you would need to draw them up in CAD first, then you can make it any size you want👍
The tail section is finished & im alive to tell the tail lol

Hi Selwyn, you would need to draw them up in CAD first, then you can make it any size you want👍
The tail section is finished & im alive to tell the tail lol

can you print a boat using drawings of its hull lines?

Hi Doug,
File emailed to you as promised, don't bottle out this time😂👍
Cheers
Wayne

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So do we!! 😲
Jeez 26 hours total. Think I'll reserve my printer for smaller items I need several of. Was my original plan anyway.
Print on Man! Cheers Doug 😎

Well, 13 hours into the bottom 150mm of the V2 & it's only 52% complete, needless to say I'm not very popular with the Mrs.
I hope I'm alive tomorrow 💩
Cheers
Wayne

Great, muchas gracias, no rush. I'm still working out how to make the gun tubs revolvable! 😉 I'm a glutton for punishment!
By the way; I chickened out on the 3D oilers and decided to do it the traditional way by soldering the tubes on, much quicker an' I got lots o' brass! I'll save the filament for the 50 cals😊
cheers Doug 😎

Nice one Doug, I'll tweak the file & ping it you over on Saturday morning👍
Cheers
Wayne

Hi Wayne, I need 1/35 so just scale the stl file by 0.457 and that'll be fine.
Total length max 4.2cm. Ta ever so😊
Re raising V2 ramp; simplest could be a servo driven cam.
Somewhere in my stash I have a couple of business gift gizmos!
Cellphone holders that react to incoming calls and lift the phone!
I also planned to use them for missile launch ramps.
I'll try and dig 'em out and see how the mechanism works and how we can trigger it; without having to phone it!!
Cheers Doug

Hehe, the 50's are currently around 1/16 but give me the length at the scale you need & I'll tweak the stl for you.
I'm not sure how I'll raise the V2 yet, I'll have to do some research.....
Cheers
Wayne

Brill👍 Doodle Bug looks great, never get off the ground though🤔
Don't forget the red flicker LEDs to illuminate the smoke on the V2, and of course the appropriate sound VERY LOUD!!😊 Servo and push rod to raise the launch ramp or hydraulics??
Re 50 cals: Don't need the tripods, I plan to mount 'em in tubs on the PT Boat. Don't want to bust your filament budget 😉 so the stl file would be fine. Many thanks.
Video of the V2 printing, complete with anguished face of the creator?😉
Cheers Doug 😎
PS what scale are your 50s?

Hi Doug,
The 50 cals print in 2 halves with a tripod so you can mod them to your hearts content. if you can let me know how long they are from end of barrel to the back of the grip I'll print you a few off, I'll even send you the stl so you can have a play.
The base of the V2 only just fits corner to corner on the bed, so it will be scary watching it getting right to the corners..
I'm not planning on flying it, I'll build a launch platform & a truck to pull it all, should freak out the local tank guys😂
I might just put a smoke generator in it to scare people...
Cheers
Wayne

Wondered why you'd been so quiet lately1
Was beginning to worry that you had bought your second 3D printer and the carbon fibre vest didn't withstand the attacks of SWMBO 🤔
LCM looks great👍
Are you going to fit the 'Doodle Bug' with Jetex (the senior members amongst us may remember that) and a flap valve for the characteristic sound??
V2 at 1/16; Length 87.5cm, Width (diameter) 10.3cm.
Not so big in my terms, but BIG for a 24cm printing table!!
Bon chance mon ami! Cheers Doug 😎
PS: water power or solid fuel for the V2?? When I was about 7 (1958) my Dad brought me a water powered 2 foot model of the Thor missile back from the States; pump pump pump ....... WHOOSH .... and gently back to earth on a parachute. I was KING of the block 😊
PPS: love the 50 cals👍 Can you do me two twin mounts at 1/35? 😉

I've been busy on the printer recently, the LCM3 is finished just waiting motors & gun turrets,.
I'm well underway printing a Tiger 1 tank to go on it (just) I'm just suffering death by tracks, I've over 200 to fettle & fit together.
I've just finished printing a 1/16 scale V1 flying bomb & Ive just started on a 1/16 scale V2, it's a big bugger!!!
Cheers
Wayne

Hehe, hi Mark, I posted the video links you mentioned 👍
Cheers
Wayne

HI Wayne, Have you been following the Graf Spee feed? go to the last few entries and click on the video feeds, the second one will have you salivating !!!!!!! Your wife would definitely be a widow.

Mark

Cheers Dave👍
I've been trying to work out a way to lift the ramp, ended up putting a hole through each of the parts of the upper hull & putting a 2mm I/d tube through, it's all coming together nicely now. I ended up reprinting the ramp, call me a snob, but I figured it should be the same colour as the rest of the boat.
Cheers
Wayne

As you say Wayne, it's slow. But it's coming along very nicely. As you have done the loading ramp, it only needs the sides building up now, then fit out, power up, and awaaaaayyyyyyy 😀 Hope the rest of it goes as well. Best wishes, Dave W 😊

I'll tell you what, it's bloody slow this 3D printing malarkey!!!
Cheers
Wayne

Ask a silly question and what do you get .......? 😁👍

Oh yes, and a scale fitter to tighten them of course 😊

With a scale spanner of course 👀

How do you screw the scale nuts on? Hehehehe 😁

I've got some very nice scale bolt heads to go in there too.
Cheers
Wayne

Hi Wayne,brilliant detail even got the holes in the flanges .long live thingiverse

Here we go, the finished article 👍
I wasn't happy with the ones that are printing on the LCM3, I found these, altered the scale so that the bottom flange is 20mm diameter & they fit the bill perfectly.
Found the file on thingiverse
Cheers
Wayne

Doh.. I'll post a pic shortly 🤓
The cooler mount? I got the semicircular fan duct from Thingiverse, there are loads of different designs on there👍
Cheers
Wayne

Wayne if its cowl vents the circle is complete

Where did you source the cooler mount from, please ?
Dave

Cowl vents
Dave

Hehe, it's hard work constantly waiting for stuff to finish!!!
I've got to play games to stay motivated 😂👍
Any guesses?

youve just invented Lego,it may just catch on 😅

The game will be given away soon...

Ohhh the anticipation...🤓

Any closer?

Can you tell what it is yet?

The LCM3's lower hull is now complete, I'm busy sanding & filling, I've found this "Squadron Products white putty" to be an excellent filler for 3D prints.
This weekend I've completed 5 pieces of the upper hull, things are looking good for an epic super gluing session next weekend, after Haydock 😂👍
Cheers
Wayne

I've had a productive weekend on the LCM3, fingers crossed I should have the lower hull completed this week. The upper hull looks interesting....
I have been working on another project in the background, I'll reveal all when the 48mm prop arrives from China🤓
Cheers
Wayne

I guess what ever floats your boat🤓👍

We all have our hobby!! 🤔😲

hi Wayne,Rickys away on honeymoon for the next couple of weeks so will post spme pictures of his stuff when he gets back ,he even has a 3D print of Robert Burns skull and some of brains modeled from a brain scan.

Slowly slowly catchy monkey 🐒🐒

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Cheers Doug 😎

Cute! But isn't the conventional way of producing children more fun??
OH, sorry 😲 - you meant the boaty thing! 😉😉

Here's another I prepared earlier, I found the file for it on Thingiverse, unfortunately the file made a boat 300mm long, so I printed all the parts at 200% size👍
I've got all the running gear for it now except for the water jacket for the brushless motor, come on China, get your finger out!
Cheers
Wayne

I taught myself on YouTube, the printer itself arrived in a million pieces that I had to put together. I followed a 40 minute YouTube tutorial & it worked first time (8 hours later lol)
A channel called Makers Muse run by a young Australian chap is very informative.
To get started you download the required STL file or files for what you want to make from Thingiverse, you'll need a programme to manipulate the STL file in that also creates the gcode file that the printer uses. I use a programme called Slic3r yes Slic3r, it's quite easy to use, there are plenty of others, I'm told Acura is good also.
In the programme you put in the printing parameters you want to use, layer height, speeds etc, you can rotate the object to how you want to print it & then hit export gcode. That file goes onto the SD card which you put into the printer.
You hit print file on the printer menu & you sit back admiring all your hard work.
I know I've simplified it a lot but it's nothing you can't pick up off YouTube & a 30 minute call to me, I'd gladly help anyone👍
Cheers
Wayne

I work at an art college which is part of a University and the course was a" try something different day " where you could sign up to try various processes when there are less students about ,they also offered things like screen printing, photography workshops and other courses to let employees sample things that they might never do ,the course was free all you needed was youthful exuberance or in some cases like mine just exuberance .

Cheers Marky

Hi, Very interesting posts about 3D printing. Can you say where the 3D printing course was and how much the course cost.

Nothing a good tin of paint won't sort👍