The venerable Bentley Blower in 1/12th

[Guest]

Nick,
Despite all the comments I must say that I am really impressed with all of your work and you have probably given a few of us a little nudge further into the future. We say we lose our mojo at certain points during our builds (I am in that mode now) And we could possibly be doing something other than sitting looking at the bench, and possibly working on a 'new' design for a part or a weapon could enhance our build in going forward without taking away the scratchbuild part of our life.
Again well done and look forward to more.
Mike.

[Neil Merryweather]

Nick,
Despite all the comments I must say that I am really impressed with all of your work and you have probably given a few of us a little nudge further into the future. We say we lose our mojo at certain points during our builds (I am in that mode now) And we could possibly be doing something other than sitting looking at the bench, and possibly working on a 'new' design for a part or a weapon could enhance our build in going forward without taking away the scratchbuild part of our life.
Again well done and look forward to more.
Mike.

I think I have said elsewhere that I find creating digital models just as satisfying as creating physical ones, with the added bonus that I can reproduce them to my heart's content and in different scales to boot! it's just a bugger learning the software on the way!

[nickedw]

Heres some rough shots of the first prototype. I'm pretty confident I can make this work now.

[tr1ckey66]

Awesome result Nick. Your perseverance has certainly paid off massively.
Great work
Paul :thumb2:

[nickedw]

Had a look and play with the scroll/rotate. I see you use Fusion, do you reccomend it for beginners - because that is where most of us are at the moment, we look, but the tech puts us off. I tried Gimp, got the book, downloaded the program and watched the videos, but still fell flat. And I should know better after using Flash MX etc during my Graphic Design degree course.

Yes I'm sold on fusion now, the more I use it, the more I like it. I recomend Lynda or Linked in Learning as its now called. It does have a cost, but its money well spent IMHO. You're probably only talking about 40 quid or so, one free month, one paid month if you focus, and you wont be far off.

The problem that re-occurs is this. Many years ago when I didn't know photoshop, I bought all the books and did all the courses and learnt about all these great features, but the problem was, I didn't really know what they were for, when to use what and the problems they solved. Everyone understands pictures hence my analogy.

CAD is the same (or worse actually) you try and learn a package, like fusion or gimp, and actually you probably don't know yet what you want to do with it. So you're actually learning the software AND CAD at the same time.
If you use structured training like Lynda, they know this (especially with their essentials series) and teach both hand in hand, by actually teaching you to draw a full object.

If you sit down with an avionics manual you can learn what everything does and how to operate every feature. Does this mean you can fly an airliner? it might do, but I wouldn't want to be aboard when you tried it.

[nickedw]

Ingenious! Great problem solving, great result, love it!
What size is the mesh and how thin is the 'wire'?

Thanks Neil.

At this scale, the 'wire' is 0.2mm and the mesh is 1mm

[nickedw]

YES I ALSO fully aggree Mike an wish i could understand this cad but its way over my head an yes the card would be seriouly hit with the cost of buyin one of these an Nick is this cad stuff very heavy at all or about the same as 1mm plasticard thickness wheight ?
chrisb

You would be surprised, the printers really aren't expensive for what they will do.

you can pick up a Mars 2 which has a build volume of 129 mm x 80 mm x 160 mm - big enough for most model bits, and has a 12 micron resolution for under 200 quid. the stuff out of it is as good or better than injection moulded kits surface finish wise.

The material I print (there are many others) is called ABS like resin, its about the same weight, texture, hardness, flexibility and strength(ish, a bit more brittle) as the stuff hard hats are made from.

there are more interesting resins, including one that will gas off to nothing used for lost wax casting if you want metal parts. I have clear and rubber-like resins too I haven't experimented with yet.

[boatman]

You would be surprised, the printers really aren't expensive for what they will do.

you can pick up a Mars 2 which has a build volume of 129 mm x 80 mm x 160 mm - big enough for most model bits, and has a 12 micron resolution for under 200 quid. the stuff out of it is as good or better than injection moulded kits surface finish wise.

The material I print (there are many others) is called ABS like resin, its about the same weight, texture, hardness, flexibility and strength(ish, a bit more brittle) of the stuff hard hats are made from.

there are more interesting resins, including one that will gas off to nothing used for lost wax casting if you want metal parts. I have clear and rubber-like resins too I haven't experimented with yet.

WELL Nick the only bit i understood was the 200 quid bit im afraid i think i'll leave it to you young next generations guys to do this cad as im now to old to change my ways an thoughts lol
chrisb

[Ian M]

This is not helping me one bit!
I keep getting spamed with adverts for the new 12k resin printers.
Do I need one? Not really. Could I find a use for one? Probably.
Could I use one. Used to be pretty handy with 3d Max....

This thread is an inspirational insight.

[nickedw]

I've substantially beefed the supporting frame up as it flexes during curing, this should keep the mesh true as it tighens up hopefully.

[adt70hk]

Nick that is simply stunning....wouldn't even know where to start.

Great work!

ATB

Andrew

[nickedw]

Got around to taking some proper fotos today.

I'm fairly pleased how this as turned out.

I've got a few modifications to the tank and mesh print for the final version but for a prototype, I've managed to solve most of the initial problems I had with it I think.






Thanks for all the support and kind words - especially from the 'non-believers' ! I'll talk you round in the end.

Nick

[Gern]

Got around to taking some proper fotos today.

I'm fairly pleased how this as turned out.

I've got a few modifications to the tank and mesh print for the final version but for a prototype, I've managed to solve most of the initial problems I had with it I think.






Thanks for all the support and kind words - especially from the 'non-believers' ! :smiling3: I'll talk you round in the end.

Nick

It ain't 'talking round' I need. It's a working brain! If you could find me one of those I'd be really grateful.

[Neil Merryweather]

That's wonderful Nick

[minitnkr]

Amazing result.