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Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm 1/56 28mm
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AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
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French FT-17 Renault Light Tank by Haliburton - Meng - 1/35
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Well, New modules printed over the weekend, last night I finished cutting out the old modules and installing the new ones. A good time to have a nice sharp, fine razor saw! Almost a perfect fit.
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I ran across a pair of these at a Naval Base in Norway 25 years ago. They were in *rough* shape back then when the NATO fleet dropped in for a visit. I wonder if they've done anything with them since then. It was up near Bergen. Neat build!
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The movie:
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Hangar elevator modules #2 finished printing this morning....as I left for work I started printing the accommodation ladders - we'll see how that looks when I get home tonight.
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As I wait for the hangar modules to print, I'm getting in some 3D design time. I was originally going to have a folding articulated accommodation ladder, but realize that this will exceed the limits of what I can do with my FDM printer, so I went back to basics, got some dimensions, and produced a swappable folded, or setup accommodation ladder. When the Elevators are done printing, and the anchor module, I'll be able to kick a couple of these out to test them out.
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As I await the printer before I do anything further with the flight deck, I decided to have a look at the anchor system. Here's the 'anchor module' that I've designed. This will be about a 9 hour print. You can see at the top the 'ears' which will hold a 3mm brass rod that'll act as a spool for the chain to run across. Below that is the winch deck, and below that at the bottom is the cable well, and there's a solid 'bar' in the cable well to tie the end of the anchor cable around so that it isn't lost by running out all the way. We'll see how version 1 works...
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Here's the problem....
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Some careful measuring, scribing, and cutting this afternoon, and I've got the hangar deck cut-out done, and the hangar deck insert fits almost perfectly. That said, I realized that the design I made originally was factored around the 6mm thick wooden flight deck, so the top of each of the elevators actually projects 6mm up above the white 'pad' around it. That is....less than desirable. It means that I have to either do cut-outs around the elevators, or, re-print the elevator modules. So. I'm about to start re-printing the forward and after elevator modules. Again. Version 5 now...?
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And...there's how she looks at the end of the day! Trimmed to fit, sanded, ready to think about cutting out the inserts tomorrow maybe.
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It's not done yet....and I am still vaguely concerned about how many fingers I'm actually going to end up with at the end of it.
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And here we go with the flight deck. 2mm sheet styrene. Flipped the ship up to get a rough profile, cut out with a set of tin-snips, then clamped in place and started trimming. Got about half done - taking a break for lunch and I'll see if I can get this finished up this afternoon. I was thinking this would take a LOT more time than it is. Still need to sand it, but I'm generally pleased with how it's cutting. A sharp/new blade is making quick work of things!
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OK, one of the problems noted above was the deck overhang that was, well, hanging low. So. A bit of cardboard as a template, a bit of pine, a bit of saw work, some sanding, and some epoxy, and I think I've got the problem solved. We'll see how she looks later today.
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That is the plan! Follow the MSMG on the F-Book place and you'll get updates on when we plan to launch her! In other news, I've been testing my LED flashing light circuit, and based on my test results, a standard 9V battery lasts about 4 days of continuous flashing. I tried with a NiMH battery pack, gave it a full charge, then hooked it up to a solar panel circuit and it lasted about a week - so...I'm guessing that the flashing light circuit (which was designed for Model Railroad use) makes use of a lot more power than I thought it would. Which is odd for a simple circuit with just one LED light. So. Does anyone have any suggestions for a long lasting flashing light LED circuit setup I could use? A cheap LED flasher from amazon or something that I could simply add extra batteries to? I could buy a 20 pack of 9V batteries from Costco and rig them up in parallel, letting them run for about a month and a half...but that seems...inefficient.
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I brought the model into the Guild meeting this morning, and we had some good discussion about the ship. Here's the ballast and leak test from this afternoon. I was concerned about the model going in the lake and going from being warm to being cold (lake is only recently un-frozen) and potentially having cracks in some of the layers - and then I realized that after driving home with her in the bed of the truck that, well, she was already cold...so...off to the lake with some steel plates, and in she went. 20 minutes or so in the lake, some bouncing up and down to test her out, and she seems to hold up well. Most important bit is that there was no water ingress - looks like things are well sealed. Next step will be the 'unofficial' test launch in the near future where I'll put her in the lake here for a couple of weeks to test the ship in a longer term float before we put her into the Public Gardens pond. I will note, I'm updating this site more often than the Guild's official f-book page, so you guys are getting the news before the rest of the world!
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