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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from thibaultron in Constitution's Guns?
Brenckle's post in 2015 suggests that:
- The drawing of the "old" long gun barrel may well represent Constitution's 24 pdrs of 1812;
- We have no idea if any of these exist today ("It is hoped that some of this information will help us identify some existing guns that might conform to types carried on Constitution during the War of 1812 and the following decades. If you know of any early 32-pounder carronades or 24-pounder long guns that match these measurements, we’d love to hear from you!")
Desy & Monea (2015, https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2015/08/25/modern-armament/) also say that the reproduction guns present today are not correct, but without mentioning what IS correct.
And no one seems to have specific carriage drawings, other than the several generic carriages of the period, such as depicted on p.2 of the pamphlet: https://www.navyhistory.org/the-constitution-gun-deck/
Will be interesting to see if Tucker sheds any light on all this.
For a model of Constitution's 1812 24 pounder, I guess I'd go with the "old" barrel drawing and that generic carriage drawing.
Oh, and use the words "might be" in any description of said model!
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from michaelpsutton2 in Constitution's Guns?
Brenckle's post in 2015 suggests that:
- The drawing of the "old" long gun barrel may well represent Constitution's 24 pdrs of 1812;
- We have no idea if any of these exist today ("It is hoped that some of this information will help us identify some existing guns that might conform to types carried on Constitution during the War of 1812 and the following decades. If you know of any early 32-pounder carronades or 24-pounder long guns that match these measurements, we’d love to hear from you!")
Desy & Monea (2015, https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2015/08/25/modern-armament/) also say that the reproduction guns present today are not correct, but without mentioning what IS correct.
And no one seems to have specific carriage drawings, other than the several generic carriages of the period, such as depicted on p.2 of the pamphlet: https://www.navyhistory.org/the-constitution-gun-deck/
Will be interesting to see if Tucker sheds any light on all this.
For a model of Constitution's 1812 24 pounder, I guess I'd go with the "old" barrel drawing and that generic carriage drawing.
Oh, and use the words "might be" in any description of said model!
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from thibaultron in Constitution's Guns?
Can anyone point me towards accepted info on Constitution's 24 pounders?
I've read that the 1906 and 1930 restorations both resulted in the "wrong" guns being recreated for her, and the most (all?) of the current 24 pounders are from the 1930 restoration.
But do we know what the "right" guns may have been?
I'm hoping to find dimensional info to help in constructing a larger scale gun model. I searched here, but the number of hits are overwhelming while not shining light on this question...
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from king derelict in 3d printing process
And it doesn't all have to be printed. The house above is wood and styrene, with printed details.
My 1:8 R/C DUKW axles work better with some brass parts:
Printed wheels, rubber tires from a printed mold:
Brass tubes because the printed ones I made before actually sagged ("crept") under load:
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from king derelict in 3d printing process
And sometimes we print parts for things that float!
Railings- sometimes there's more resin in supports than the parts:
Many of the parts needed for this inland rivers towboat:
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from lmagna in 3d printing process
And it doesn't all have to be printed. The house above is wood and styrene, with printed details.
My 1:8 R/C DUKW axles work better with some brass parts:
Printed wheels, rubber tires from a printed mold:
Brass tubes because the printed ones I made before actually sagged ("crept") under load:
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from lmagna in 3d printing process
And sometimes we print parts for things that float!
Railings- sometimes there's more resin in supports than the parts:
Many of the parts needed for this inland rivers towboat:
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from thibaultron in 3d printing process
And it doesn't all have to be printed. The house above is wood and styrene, with printed details.
My 1:8 R/C DUKW axles work better with some brass parts:
Printed wheels, rubber tires from a printed mold:
Brass tubes because the printed ones I made before actually sagged ("crept") under load:
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from thibaultron in 3d printing process
And sometimes we print parts for things that float!
Railings- sometimes there's more resin in supports than the parts:
Many of the parts needed for this inland rivers towboat:
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from mtaylor in 3d printing process
And it doesn't all have to be printed. The house above is wood and styrene, with printed details.
My 1:8 R/C DUKW axles work better with some brass parts:
Printed wheels, rubber tires from a printed mold:
Brass tubes because the printed ones I made before actually sagged ("crept") under load:
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from mtaylor in 3d printing process
And sometimes we print parts for things that float!
Railings- sometimes there's more resin in supports than the parts:
Many of the parts needed for this inland rivers towboat:
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from reklein in 3d printing crew figures
More of the DUKW driver:
Daz file cleaned up and made printable by Game Print. Bad gaps all filled in with no serious loss of detail.
Pics show the figure fresh off the printer and post-cure, no fettling yet. But depending on the skill of the digital sculptor, some amazing detail can be included, as evidenced by the lacing, cuffs, collars, face. Of course a lot of this would be lost in smaller scales... this big boy is 1:8. BTW, I didn't bother buying the hair package! But he'll be wearing a helmet anyway.
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from reklein in 3d printing crew figures
The real art is in the original 3d sculpting, from a digital ball of clay, a figure that not only looks realistic but is recognizably a historical figure. I know a fellow in Spain who can do that- here's "Papa" Hemingway in 1:12 scale.
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from gjdale in 3d printing crew figures
More of the DUKW driver:
Daz file cleaned up and made printable by Game Print. Bad gaps all filled in with no serious loss of detail.
Pics show the figure fresh off the printer and post-cure, no fettling yet. But depending on the skill of the digital sculptor, some amazing detail can be included, as evidenced by the lacing, cuffs, collars, face. Of course a lot of this would be lost in smaller scales... this big boy is 1:8. BTW, I didn't bother buying the hair package! But he'll be wearing a helmet anyway.
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from BLACK VIKING in 3d printing crew figures
p.s.: As a white guy, I feel I can take any liberties when painting a Caucasian... but somehow I feel- uneasy? - trying do a creditable Black soldier (who by the way were operating many of the DUKWs, with for example the 476th Amphibian Truck Co at Iwo Jima). And it seems that available skin tone paints just don't go here.
This paint is too "chocolate" imho... darned if I know how to fix it.
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from BLACK VIKING in 3d printing crew figures
It sure is hard to pin down the correct shades to use for faded and well-worn US uniforms, but here are my choices for my 1:8 GI DUKW driver and leatherneck hitchhiker.
I'm no figure painter, and I want to make more improvements on the faces and eyes in particular... but I still have to finish building the rest of the DUKW!
- Dressed and posed in DAZ;
- Messy stl's cleaned up at GamePrint;
- More clean-up in Blender;
- Hollowed in Fusion360;
- 9" figures printed on an EPAX E10
- Mostly Lifecolor paints.
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from mtaylor in 3d printing crew figures
p.s.: As a white guy, I feel I can take any liberties when painting a Caucasian... but somehow I feel- uneasy? - trying do a creditable Black soldier (who by the way were operating many of the DUKWs, with for example the 476th Amphibian Truck Co at Iwo Jima). And it seems that available skin tone paints just don't go here.
This paint is too "chocolate" imho... darned if I know how to fix it.
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from mtaylor in 3d printing crew figures
It sure is hard to pin down the correct shades to use for faded and well-worn US uniforms, but here are my choices for my 1:8 GI DUKW driver and leatherneck hitchhiker.
I'm no figure painter, and I want to make more improvements on the faces and eyes in particular... but I still have to finish building the rest of the DUKW!
- Dressed and posed in DAZ;
- Messy stl's cleaned up at GamePrint;
- More clean-up in Blender;
- Hollowed in Fusion360;
- 9" figures printed on an EPAX E10
- Mostly Lifecolor paints.
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from Ryland Craze in 3d printing crew figures
It sure is hard to pin down the correct shades to use for faded and well-worn US uniforms, but here are my choices for my 1:8 GI DUKW driver and leatherneck hitchhiker.
I'm no figure painter, and I want to make more improvements on the faces and eyes in particular... but I still have to finish building the rest of the DUKW!
- Dressed and posed in DAZ;
- Messy stl's cleaned up at GamePrint;
- More clean-up in Blender;
- Hollowed in Fusion360;
- 9" figures printed on an EPAX E10
- Mostly Lifecolor paints.
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from Keith Black in 3d printing crew figures
p.s.: As a white guy, I feel I can take any liberties when painting a Caucasian... but somehow I feel- uneasy? - trying do a creditable Black soldier (who by the way were operating many of the DUKWs, with for example the 476th Amphibian Truck Co at Iwo Jima). And it seems that available skin tone paints just don't go here.
This paint is too "chocolate" imho... darned if I know how to fix it.
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from Keith Black in 3d printing crew figures
It sure is hard to pin down the correct shades to use for faded and well-worn US uniforms, but here are my choices for my 1:8 GI DUKW driver and leatherneck hitchhiker.
I'm no figure painter, and I want to make more improvements on the faces and eyes in particular... but I still have to finish building the rest of the DUKW!
- Dressed and posed in DAZ;
- Messy stl's cleaned up at GamePrint;
- More clean-up in Blender;
- Hollowed in Fusion360;
- 9" figures printed on an EPAX E10
- Mostly Lifecolor paints.
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from mtaylor in Large scale cargo net
Yes, the crossings in the "field" are easy... it's all those splices at the perimeter that give me heartburn.
I'd hate to just tie knots, but it might be that or nothing!
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from thibaultron in Large scale cargo net
Yes, the crossings in the "field" are easy... it's all those splices at the perimeter that give me heartburn.
I'd hate to just tie knots, but it might be that or nothing!
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from thibaultron in Large scale cargo net
I'm well along in building my 1:8 (yes, 1:8) scale DUKW. I'd dearly love to have a cargo net for it's load.
I'm guessing these things are about 8 or maybe 10 foot square with 4 foot long corner eyes, and about 18 runs of small rope spliced to a larger perimeter rope... perhaps 1.5 and 3.0 mm respectively in scale.
OK fine, I can make or purchase the scale rope. But some 88 splices in scale??!? I don't relish that idea.
Any alternate ideas?
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Patrick Matthews got a reaction from mtaylor in Large scale cargo net
I'm well along in building my 1:8 (yes, 1:8) scale DUKW. I'd dearly love to have a cargo net for it's load.
I'm guessing these things are about 8 or maybe 10 foot square with 4 foot long corner eyes, and about 18 runs of small rope spliced to a larger perimeter rope... perhaps 1.5 and 3.0 mm respectively in scale.
OK fine, I can make or purchase the scale rope. But some 88 splices in scale??!? I don't relish that idea.
Any alternate ideas?
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