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  1.    yvesvidal reacted to a post in a topic: Type 26 City-Class frigate by NavyShooter - 3D Print - 1/144 - Display
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  3. NavyShooter
    The underlying model still has a lot of facets - there will be cleanup no matter what with this model. Print lines on this draft version were not a huge concern for me - I was looking at fit of the modules together. With the new printer, I'm going to do some test prints of modules of other models and compart with what I've got onhand already and am hopeful that the $$$ shows some measurable improvement. The full size version (1/144) that's on the printer is going to get treated differently than the previous models - they were display only. This one will be for R/C, so she's going to get some fiberglass on the hull. That should help smooth the faceting out a bunch. We'll see.
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  8. NavyShooter
    Here's the test print. No major issues - going to go full steam ahead and print the 1:144 version over the weekend. It's a 2 day, 3 hour print (51 hours) for the entire hull.
  9. NavyShooter
    Here's the forward half of the ship - printing at 'ludicrous' speed now. It'll be done in...17 minutes. Wow.
  10. NavyShooter
    OK, New printer (Bambu H2S) is setup and running now. I've got a re-do of the hull for the R/C version printing at 1/288 scale as a test, and if that goes well, I'll click 'print' and on Monday I'll have a 1/144 sample hull waiting for me in 4 segments.
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  18. NavyShooter
    David, WRT the door - that door was a bit sticky in how it was assembled - I think I'm going to be making sure going forward that the doors are free moving and not sticky - see if that changes how they launch. My new Bambu Labs H2S has shown up, and is going through it's calibration right now. 🙂 Good. Also, I presented the V2 model last night to the RCN Command Chief for him to display in his office in Ottawa. His problem to get it back there 🙂 It was much appreciated, and he's going to send me a couple of photos of it once it's all setup and on display. He was super excited about having the first T26 model at NDHQ. I expect his office will get a few jealous visitors! NS
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  23. NavyShooter
    Phil, that's amazing brass work! Well done good sir! You have the 'heat shield' part of the grenade lockers right - having been an ammunition custodian on a modern warship (Halifax Class) all of our upper deck lockers had a heat shield which was normally painted white that was stood off a couple of inches from the lockers to provide shade and natural cooling. Originally, as fitted, the ships didn't have these heat shields, and we ended up having to put shot matts on top of some of the lockers and put a fire-hose spraying a light amount of water over them to provide some cooling while in the Persian Gulf back in the 2001 time-frame.
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  27. NavyShooter
    Here's some better slow-motion video:
  28. NavyShooter
    The two test shots went between 30-80 feet I think. The one fired with the cover/door open already flew straighter than the one which had the door closed. I'm pondering the results.
  29. NavyShooter
    Here's some screen captures from the video.
  30. NavyShooter
    Today was the test launch day for V4 of the VLS system. Worked ok. I sealed the entry point for the ignitor into the launch tube with hot glue, and it looks like one of them didn't seal quite perfectly, that's OK...it's a learning curve. The second was better sealed. The brass plates I glued into the J-tube at the bottom got blasted apart - viewed with a flashlight, it's clearly destroyed. The one without the brass survived the shot OK as well - so - I think I'm going to go without the brass and make them expendable after a single shot instead of worrying about the brass if it's going to get destroyed anyhow. The missiles - first shot went straight up about 60-80 feet or so and the parachute ejection charge went "pop" quite nicely up in the air. Shredded the 'missile' - I considered it expendable anyhow, so no big deal. I had the launch door open for the first shot, so it went straighter. The second shot I left the launch door closed, and it opened just fine when fired - but I think that deflected the shot and so it went across instead of up - ended up about 30 feet away, 30 feet up in a tree when it popped the parachute ejection charge. Overall - I am pleased.
  31. NavyShooter
    I have no formal confirmation as to exactly where things go, so this is my 'best guess' based on some informal chats with some friends. I'm open to being incorrect....in fact, I know there's parts of this model that are wrong, but that's OK since the ships themselves don't even exist yet. Nice thing about it being a 3D design is that I can adjust on the fly, and V3 will be closer than V2....and V4 will be even closer still.
  32. NavyShooter
    Hoisted a flag (ok, it's glued in place...whatever....) and am calling V2 complete. Here we have DDH 241 - HMCS MacKenzie The next one will be the first of the R/C version(s?) - we'll see how it goes. I'm quite pleased with how this is looking. I understand that this is closer to the 'actual' look, but not quite correct - V3 has further revisions to the superstructure to match the RCN version more closely.
  33. NavyShooter
    V2 is ready for decals, and some of the 'detail bits' have been glued on.
  34. NavyShooter started following Revell 1/72 Flower clas corvette
  35. NavyShooter
    Observation - the below the waterline colour on the ship should be BLACK not red. That was some feedback I got from the crew of HMCS Sackville as I was working on my model of her (and the St Thomas model I did as well.) NS
  36. NavyShooter
    OK, HMCS St Thomas will likely be moving to Ontario this summer (at last) and I've got a model of HMCS Sackville that's spent the summer in the pond. Here's the touch-up paint on the hull of Sackville that I applied today. I'll do the port side tomorrow.

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