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Alrighty....a little update on the Bonnie. I'm bringing her in 'as is' condition to a display at the Halifax International Boat Show in 2 weeks, so I decided to dress her up and see what 'as is' condition looks like. I have printed and assembled the new hangar deck, which has the necessary wells for the elevator lift mechanisms. The hangar deck is going to be a lift-in/lift-out module that will fit below the flight deck when I'm all finished, and the flight deck is going to get sliced up with 'hatches' to allow access to remove the entire module, as well as provide access to the anchor deck area, and the rudder area below the aft cable deck. I didn't glue any of the accessories in place, in fact, none of them are really in the right spots, I just wanted to get some imagery to share with a couple of folks so they could get an idea of what I'll be bringing along to the show. I'm quite pleased with the progress - there's still a long way to go, but getting the elevators figured out has let me move the bar along considerably. NS
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One module left to print....and here's how the window glass turned out:
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A bit of work today on the ship. The hangar deck is about 75% printed - and I've done some more work on the island too.
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She's right on about 7 feet long. Definitely too big for the bathtub...but the good news was that with the front seat folded forward, I was able to fit her into my CR-V. 🙂 BARELY!
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Your work is inspiring! Having watched the build over the past several months, seeing it develop and the detail that you've laid your hands to come to completion...well done. You are a master of the art of model ship building! NS
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I grabbed some window making solution/glue, and have given it a try on one of the old versions of the Island. Here's the application, the material, and the dried window. I'm quite pleased!
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Alrighty....home from a busy vacation with the family...now I can relax! Spent part of today out in the shop puttering away on the forward elevator part of the project....here's how Version 1 looks: I'll call it "almost functional" - but not very reliable yet. I have some work ahead of me.
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F4U-1A Corsair by DocRob - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/32
NavyShooter replied to DocRob's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Your problems have been overcome - patience is a good thing! -
And...having read a few of the 3D design threads...here's what I started on this evening:
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Here's my 2nd try at this...first time I tried on my own and it wasn't very pretty. This is HMCS Bonaventure's hull plan. Aiming for 1/96 scale.
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Hi everyone from Brisbane Australia
NavyShooter replied to Ray Durant's topic in New member Introductions
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Here's short video of the Sea King spooling up on the flight deck. Lots left to do, but it's on the way!
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The arrestor spools printed quite well!
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On the actual ships, they used pistons and chain hoists - one on each corner of the lift. I have an image of it somewhere that I'll dig up. The pistons were horizontally arranged.
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It was pointed out to me by a Sea King pilot that I had the blades rotating the wrong way...so I had to rectify that. New blades have been printed, and are now on the way to paint. Including for the static aircraft. In other news, I saw an update from Bob Griffin (who's in the UK and is building a model of the HMS Victorious) showing his new aircraft lift. I reached out to him to find the source of the scissor lift, and have now ordered a pair of similar ones for myself. My project has been slightly stalled on this aspect, as I have to figure out the elevators before doing a bunch of other stuff. -I can't re-print the hangar deck until I figure out the elevators -I can't fit the electronics and other hardware until I figure out the hangar deck -I can't cut the access holes in the flight deck until I fit the hangar deck There are a bunch of 'to do' items that have been pending this step, and these mini scissor lifts are exactly what I've been looking for I think.
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Today I got a bit more 3D design work done. Problem #1 that I had to solve was the rotor blades on the Sea King actually spin the opposite direction to that shown in the pictures I've posted...so I've redone the file, and will print some new blades when I get home tonight. With that fixed, I have to ponder whether or not I'm going to fix the 3D file for the folded version of the rotor blades...I might just leave them. After that, I still had a bit of time to play with, so I finished the design on the arresting wire spools. Bonnie has 7 wires - and only a few of them are 'the same'. So, some calipers and some sketch time later, here's what we have. I'm going to print 2 of each of them I think. One that will be 'no wire' for display only. The other set I'll do with elastic 'wire' between them. They are on 6mm pins, so they'll be able to be switched out if I'm going to have the aft elevator in use or anything like that.
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Here are the ammo crates with detailed photos of the Hedgehog projectiles themselves.
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Additional photos of the launcher.
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Goodday, I paid a visit to HMCS Sackville this morning, and took some detailed photos of the ship's hedgehog launcher for a gent on another forum. I thought that this forum might appreciate the detailed pictures as well as a reference guide in case it's needed. Here are some useful dimensions: Overall length is 88.75 inches Overall Width is 53.3 inches Height of rear shield is 42.5 inches Width of rear shield is 54.5 inches Projectile length is 37 inches Length of Projectile stabilizing fin is 4 inches Diameter of projectile appears to be 7.5 inches
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After a short hiatus due to life things going on, I got back to doing some work on the Bonnie. Last night I did some work on the motorized Sea King. This is a draft print of the aircraft, with some shimmed in bits to fit the motor inside and it seems to work OK. Intent is to have the aircraft on deck, with the helo starting power cables going to the edge of the flight deck where I'll plug it in. Rotors will spin at about 30 rpm, which is about right for a starting helo.
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Another New Guy Introduction
NavyShooter replied to Petes Shipyard's topic in New member Introductions
I feel your pain...I joined the Navy in 1992 with a couple of ships on the slipways in my parent's basement....and they never did end up finished. I moved to Halifax, and after a 26+ year career have now slid into the Public Service and am no longer spending months away from home....so I'm stepping back into the model building world. I'm bringing a 3D printer with me though, so my projects have been focused on that basis. (3D Printed Liberty Ship, and an HMCS Bonaventure model that I'm bringing to completion and fitting out with 3D printed bits. Welcome back! -
F4U-1A Corsair by DocRob - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/32
NavyShooter replied to DocRob's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
That is amazing work! I wish I could do half that good! -
Spent a bit of time on the weekend getting the aft catwalk sorted out. Version 3 was close, but I'm happier with Version 4. With V4, I printed the smoke cannisters separately and am painting them independently before I glue them back in place.
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Also had to re-print the LW-02 RADAR dish, as it was a bit too large for scale. Now to work on rotation.
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It's been a bit since the last update. A bit of work on the hangar, but I've been working on other details and pondering the elevator mechanism. Here's the Quarter-deck area (Aft Cable Deck?)
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