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The top sail looks really nice. Great work Looks like a lively sailing day in the photo Alan

The engine modelling is exquisite. The attention to detail is going to make it a work of art. People would buy it just to have the stand alone engine model. I would. Regarding Shapeways I'm a little cautious about their offerings. They have some great looking secondary armament for my Flower corvette although the price would be more than everything put into the model and if I bought the 4 inch gun it would exceed the cost of everything including the printer. Unfortunately the site shows only the 3D rendering of the parts not a printed piece. I can't see FEM printing delivering the gun sights on a 1\48 scale 20 mm cannon. I think I need to get brave and buy a resin printer. The cost wouldn't be much mpre. Good luck with the medical encounter Alan

I really enjoy watching the details of those tiny faces emerge. Great work Alan

The plane with PE looks great. I usually paint the 1/700 aircraft with an airbrush, light coats and as low a pressure as I can get away with. The problem is holding them while painting. I have had good luck with double sided tape on wooden stirrers or lolly sticks Alan

Maybe use the PE on the others and place these in amongst the pack where thir details are not so easily seen Look nice though Alan

Brings back not so happy memories of my under extruding episode. I'm continuing to find parts that need to be reprinted. The Nautilus Dry Dock kits are very tempting. I am thinking about the Astute sub quite seriously - if the Ender can take the punishment Alan

It still amazes me how much detail you can bring to those tiny faces. Its excellent painting. The hedges and the field look really good now; that a bedraggled country hedge now Get well quickly Alan

Thank you very much Kevin. The enthusiasm had been flagging a bit but the recent batch of good prints and seeing some painted parts has restored the desire to see this through to a decent finish. Thank you ( and all the others) for the encouragement. It helps a lot Alan

Thanks Per. The raft skates beautifully across the tile floor when batted, a requirement for a good toy. It also makes a satisfying bang when it hits the skirting boards. Alan

Very, very nice. You did a great job piecing the decals together and the paint work is excellent Alan

A bit all over the place today. I put a coat of Tamiya XF-24 dark grey on most of the decks. That made quite a hole in the bottle. I painted the bandstand and railings with the WA blue along with the blast shield and the 2 pdr gun tub. The 2 pdr gun also got the treatment and I think with a bit of detailing it will look quite reasonable I did some experimenting with the dimensions of some of the small parts to see if they would print better. I changed the thickness of the oars from 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm and got a respectable print out of it. I think an oar shaft of less than an inch is unlikely. 3.7 inches may be a bit big but not far off. I printed out two more life rafts which are nice prints The boss gave them high marks for play value I hope everyone has a great weekend Thanks for looking in Alan

The engine continues to get better and better. As well as the one to go with the Sabre you should print a larger scale version just to admire when its all done The FOD screens are very nice. In service they must have been responsible for a massive inlet loss of thrust. Alan

Very, very nice effects Dan. The subtle colour changes are so effective. Alan

Thank you very much Lou. That is a great photo also for placing the depth charges I found this photo of Campanula and with a bit of staring and some imagination I think you can see two twin Lewis guns on the engine room roof. They may be a bit of a challenge to make but thankfully its a way off yet. Thanks again Alan

Thank you very much Kevin. When I started this I planned to make all the parts with the printer as a demonstration of what can be done. I've moved away from that given the difficulty of getting good small components (al least from FDM). I have put too much time into it and now i want to do the best I can with it. To me it makes sense to use other mediums where appropriate. I started looking at the H ventilators. I could print a series of cylinders and make them up but - nah - its going to be a lot easier to use styrene tube. cutting, filing and gluing will all be easier. The masting will also not be printed and I am going to see what I can do to gussy up the Oerlikons with brass rod, styrene etc. Alan

Beautiful model of an iconic car Mike. You did a great job of the finish. A mate at university had one. He used to take it hill climbing. A great car. Up there with the Lotus 7 Alan

Not a lot of progress today. I got bogged down in trying to resolve details of campanulas foredeck configuration. I've concluded - - There is little commonality between the Flowers, even in a build batch - An individual Flower has changes even between the major refits so raft locations, weapons change. - There are limited photos of most Flowers - just enough to be confusing - It might have been smarter to pick a Flower that have no photos available The big conundrum was the railings for the 4 inch gun bandstand. Some photos on Campanula seem to show a splinter shiels around the bandstand with a possible rail to prevent too low a gun elevation. Or it may be a canvas dodger but it doesn't seem to be rigged high enough if it is. Earlier photos just show railings around the bandstand with nothing additional to baulk the gun barrel. The resolution on most of the phots is not good enough to be definitive. I didn't like the look of the dodger / splinter screen so I went with the railings and used brass rod as the handrails and finally did something constructive with the afternoon and put the stanchions in place and made the rails from brass rod. Now ready for priming. There are a lot more confused details to decide. The photos show H ventilators on the foredeck as well as the funnel type. The armament is also a bit vague. I've read about possible Lewis guns on the aft decks but details are shaky. And of course not all these things may have been there at the same time. I think I am just going to have to decide on a configuration and go with it. There are going to be discrepancies that I cannot fix so a few wild details are not going to be too terrible Thanks for looking in Alan

I think I;ll be using trees more in the future. Its difficult trying to get the normal supports off anything delicate. Getting them off the dinghies was a real exercise in patience. Alan

Thanks for the information Dan. Its good to know that they can be air brushed. I put an order in for some to try. Alan

Just keeps getting better Alan

Dan The metal nozzle painting looks really splendid. I will get some of those paints and hope I can do as well Alan

It's a Creality Ender 3 v2. Slicing with Cura. I think the Ender is a good machine if you factor in upgrading as part of the purchase. Alan

I'm very happy the mishap wasn't worse. I would have hated to not see this reach a splendid conclusion Alan

I reprinted the hose reels and primed the winch parts so it feels like we are moving forward again with a model. I did have a bit of a learning experience printing the shield for the 2 pdr gun. The angled shield requires a support and the usual structure was too strongly attached even with the density reduced by half. Instead of playing with the infill details I tried a "tree" support and it worked out nicely The printed shield with the tree and the brim still in place Then with the support and brim removed - still needs cleaning up I assembled the gun onto the shield and primed it. I think it will look acceptable with some paint and a few washes More painting and less printing tomorrow although I do want to get the depth charge throwers and racks done before the voodoo wears off. Thanks for looking in Alan

The buildings are very realistic. The last photo of th eright side of the front could be a real farm building. Just the right amount of dirt and weeds. The hay cart is a beautiful detail. Alan