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    3D printing, CNC, and reading naval history

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  9. Haze Gray
    At 1/72 it's not going to be a small ship. Time to start making space in the workshop!
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    Painted the bottom of the French Ram Belier - so thought I would share a pic
  13. Haze Gray
    Started working on the Messena today - one of my most favorites and looks do-able...
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    Hello GreaverBlade - I do get inquiries from time to time about the 3D/STL files but at this time I don't have plans to make them available (maybe some time after I finish the ship!) I will say that the major sections of the hull are fairly large, the stearn section is 375mm in height and maybe 290mm at it's widest....so typical printers like Ender 2/3 are not going to work. However, for those of you that are interested in building some of the ships I design I usually print a 1st draft to prove out everything fits, etc. I do sometimes make those drafts available to interested modelers provided they cover whatever the cost of the filament & shipping of the components would be. I have this ship that I've been tinkering with but it's been slightly challenging.
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  18. Haze Gray
    Love the work you’re doing on this ship - I especially found how you float tested it to be a great idea - most of the boats I build are too big for the bathtub !!!! by the way how long is your ship end to end?
  19.    Haze Gray reacted to a post in a topic: Cruiser Varyag 1901 by Valeriy V - FINISHED - scale 1:75
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  21. Haze Gray
    Outstanding work Valeriy! You are very much an inspiration to us here on this site! Bravo! I have learned a lot from you work on varyag and hope to apply much of that on my next project.
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    Are you using design spark mechanical? I just recently downloaded it - need time to figure it out.
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    Just an update - painted the hull back in October. lots of parts not shown.... they are all stuffed inside the hull while I wait for warmer weather to paint more.
  27. Haze Gray
    Hello all, just an update - all I've printed all the major components I'm starting down the path of putting together the assemblies and getting things ready for painting. Here I'm gluing the 3 parts of the spar deck together - the kitchen is a great place to do so since the granite countertop is quite flat and there's a wide variety of heavy objects that I can use to hold things in place .... while the epoxy is curing I can also make a sandwich so kitchens are a real win-win scenario in my opinion! and finally the completed part:
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    Hello Dancooper - at some point in the near future I'll make the STL's available - the USS Maine was the first ship I modeled and it could use some cleaning up + a build guide. I'll try to work on it over the next few months and will reach out to if/when I am able to release it. in 1/72 scale the hull parts are fairly big - a 3d printer bed size of at least 280mm X 280mm Y and 250mm Z is recommended. what kind of printer do you have?
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    Yes, my knees are being "utilized" but at the moment I'm just placing parts one by one - so they only take abuse for 15-30 seconds.... My knees are in fairly good 'nick' but I still take it easy.
  33. Haze Gray
    So, I really like how unique the French armaments are - here's the Canon de 65 mm Modèle 1891 - love it! I can't design it exactly per its real configuration since even with resin printing some accommodations need to be made but happy with the result. The Charles Martel had four of these on board.
  34. Haze Gray
    Hi Wefalck - I will say that it's a lot easier to make mistakes in CAD but also much faster to correct them in CAD - sometimes I don't notice a problem until I actually print out the parts and realize they don't fit/look like they should... While I've never had to re-print a hull (thank God) everything from the deck up has a strong chance that I'll need to re-print after correcting/modifying them. I think that with a complete set of plans and traditional construction techniques could be just as fast or faster than what I'm doing. While I've created 973 Bodies in fusion many have been combined so by my count, I've only actually printed out 112 thus far. Here's what the Charles Martel looks like at this stage....
  35. Haze Gray
    Thanks Lou - I think the term masochist applies in my instance 😃

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