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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from thibaultron in 3D-printing for modellers?
Thanks for the replies, gentlemen. I thought these 3D copies were always made of resin, but now I'm not sure any more. Is it so that copies made out of metal (soft aluminium, for example) or maybe even wood, are possible?
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from Archi in 3D-printing for modellers?
I don't know if the subject has already been treated before. If not, I really think this is worth looking at. To duplicate guns, or gun carriages, or ornamental figures, make extra anchors, or to replace a lost, missing or broken piece.
The first "3D copies" I saw were rather rough looking, but I am sure the technique has improved in the meantime. One question though: how small duplicable detail can be rendered? At what cost?
I recently was rather surprised to see such a printer on sale in a warehouse (Makro in Belgium) at around 1000,-€, but I have no idea what the actual cost of materials is.
My questions: has anyone tried this new technique? Are there any 3D copy shops, and was is the resulting quality?
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from Altduck in SS Stephen Hopkins by schooner - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Liberty Ship
you did a super job on your gun and on the windlass (as well as the rest of your build of course).
I think I remember that there are some linked chain available for a reasonable 1/100 scale. Didn't you consider this? I used some on a Flying Fish model at scale 1/96 and they look great (better than the rest of the (unfinished) model.
I'll love to watch the rest of your project. I personally started a Victory Ship by Bluejacket but I got stuck although I had already corrected quite a few inaccuracies (prow is wrong, chimney as well, railings not the right type, correction of the half finished one piece hull a pain for me (partly due to poor tools on my behalf). A plank on bulkheads would have been far easier to build I think.
But you are doing a great job on this one!
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from schooner in SS Stephen Hopkins by schooner - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Liberty Ship
you're right. It's about time some etchings specialist finds a way to produce lengths of linked chain at 1/200 and, why not, at 1/350 scale. Plastic modelers would be thankful.
My model was in fact a Victory Ship, a superb ship that was both larger and faster than the Liberty's. But their general arrangement was similar. They were discarded mostly during the sixties because they rusted very fast, and their turbines used huge quantities of fuel (some 75 tons a day at sea!). But their speed of up to 18 knots would have made them a tough challenge for U-Boats.
The Bluejacket kit I bought had its superstructure made of mere blocks of wood that had to be piled up, and the general detail was rather simplistic. I suppose the kit was (is?) a reissue based on plans by a Mr Boucher.
As a collector, I had bought in the past plans of this ship, which later appeared to be the ones of the kit. And I was lucky to have done that, because the toner used for the plans in the kit was not burned in thoroughly, and I soon had large blind spots on my plans. I'm sure Bluejacket would have replaced them, but I then used (much more carefully) the other set of plans.
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from cog in SS Stephen Hopkins by schooner - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Liberty Ship
you did a super job on your gun and on the windlass (as well as the rest of your build of course).
I think I remember that there are some linked chain available for a reasonable 1/100 scale. Didn't you consider this? I used some on a Flying Fish model at scale 1/96 and they look great (better than the rest of the (unfinished) model.
I'll love to watch the rest of your project. I personally started a Victory Ship by Bluejacket but I got stuck although I had already corrected quite a few inaccuracies (prow is wrong, chimney as well, railings not the right type, correction of the half finished one piece hull a pain for me (partly due to poor tools on my behalf). A plank on bulkheads would have been far easier to build I think.
But you are doing a great job on this one!
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from schooner in SS Stephen Hopkins by schooner - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Liberty Ship
you did a super job on your gun and on the windlass (as well as the rest of your build of course).
I think I remember that there are some linked chain available for a reasonable 1/100 scale. Didn't you consider this? I used some on a Flying Fish model at scale 1/96 and they look great (better than the rest of the (unfinished) model.
I'll love to watch the rest of your project. I personally started a Victory Ship by Bluejacket but I got stuck although I had already corrected quite a few inaccuracies (prow is wrong, chimney as well, railings not the right type, correction of the half finished one piece hull a pain for me (partly due to poor tools on my behalf). A plank on bulkheads would have been far easier to build I think.
But you are doing a great job on this one!
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from Eddie in San Francisco II Discontinued
Hard to imagine that their top selling item (considering the number of models built over the forums) would be discontinued.
I also checked on Artesania's site, and was pleased to notice that they, at last, seem to have decided to depart from their reddish / yellowish wood finish, so typical of Artessania and Occre. For instance their new Hermione looks much more convincing than their prior offering. Good job on their part. Maybe there will come a new San Francisco as well.
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from mtaylor in Gaeta Falcata (Gajeta Falkusa) by jack.aubrey - FINISHED - Marisstella - 1:20 Scale
Another "touch of class"!!!
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from Eddie in A Dutch waterline
Thanks, gentlemen, for your replies. Your advice for the paint makes sense. In any case, some serious trials for the "blurred" effect will be necessary.
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from mtaylor in 3D-printing for modellers?
Thanks for the replies, gentlemen. I thought these 3D copies were always made of resin, but now I'm not sure any more. Is it so that copies made out of metal (soft aluminium, for example) or maybe even wood, are possible?
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from thibaultron in 3D-printing for modellers?
I don't know if the subject has already been treated before. If not, I really think this is worth looking at. To duplicate guns, or gun carriages, or ornamental figures, make extra anchors, or to replace a lost, missing or broken piece.
The first "3D copies" I saw were rather rough looking, but I am sure the technique has improved in the meantime. One question though: how small duplicable detail can be rendered? At what cost?
I recently was rather surprised to see such a printer on sale in a warehouse (Makro in Belgium) at around 1000,-€, but I have no idea what the actual cost of materials is.
My questions: has anyone tried this new technique? Are there any 3D copy shops, and was is the resulting quality?
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from coxswain in Spanish Galleon ISABELLA by deckape - FINISHED - Billing Boats
Nice job! A little question. Doesn't your plan show an access to the latrines on the beak. You know, all that gaspacho, and zarzuella and paella and bocadillos have to find a way out, caramba.
(As you can see, I am revising my spanish
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from jack.aubrey in Gaeta Falcata (Gajeta Falkusa) by jack.aubrey - FINISHED - Marisstella - 1:20 Scale
Another "touch of class"!!!
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from Canute in 3D-printing for modellers?
Thanks for the replies, gentlemen. I thought these 3D copies were always made of resin, but now I'm not sure any more. Is it so that copies made out of metal (soft aluminium, for example) or maybe even wood, are possible?
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from mtaylor in 3D-printing for modellers?
I don't know if the subject has already been treated before. If not, I really think this is worth looking at. To duplicate guns, or gun carriages, or ornamental figures, make extra anchors, or to replace a lost, missing or broken piece.
The first "3D copies" I saw were rather rough looking, but I am sure the technique has improved in the meantime. One question though: how small duplicable detail can be rendered? At what cost?
I recently was rather surprised to see such a printer on sale in a warehouse (Makro in Belgium) at around 1000,-€, but I have no idea what the actual cost of materials is.
My questions: has anyone tried this new technique? Are there any 3D copy shops, and was is the resulting quality?
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from Eddie in A Dutch waterline
I still have in my waiting room a rather nice half built model of a 17th century Dutch whaler, based on Sergal's Baleinera Olandese. One of my first jobs will be to paint the lower hull off white. I know that the waterline will NOT be parallel to the keel (the stem should be a little higher) and I will also try to have the waterline a little curved, that is raising fore and aft.
I have been studying some paintings of Dutch merchant ships (especially flutes, as this is the type of ship I'm building, and indeed, the waterline is a little lower amidships. Now I also took the precaution of looking at paintings by different artists, and also noticed that the waterline is always blurred, not sharp like the one I would obtain with masking tape.
I've never seen this done on a model, but I would find it another challenge to try to realise this curved, blurred line. Biggest problem for me is that I do not work with a spray, only with brushes, and I suppose I shall have to make quite a few trials before I start on the hull.
Another problem is the colour: I am aware of the poor coverage of white (or off white) paints, and would like to try with acrylic "one-layer" wall paint. Has anyone tried this? Any tips from other happy painters?
Thanks in advance.
JP
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from Canute in Comparison between Lady Nelson and Sherbourne
I'm not sure, but I think that while the Lady Nelson is a little more expensive than the Sherbourne, it had a wooden base included, which I think is worth considering.
There is also a nice Anatomy of the Ship book named "The Cutter Alert", which allows fantastic super detailing of either kit. Ther are (were) several build logs of the SQherbourne, some going to the extend of making a clinker built hull which most cutters seem to have featured.
There is yet another kit by Euromodel of Como, which has a lovely shape, but I wonder about its authenticity.
Happy modelling!
JP
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from mtaylor in San Francisco II Discontinued
Hard to imagine that their top selling item (considering the number of models built over the forums) would be discontinued.
I also checked on Artesania's site, and was pleased to notice that they, at last, seem to have decided to depart from their reddish / yellowish wood finish, so typical of Artessania and Occre. For instance their new Hermione looks much more convincing than their prior offering. Good job on their part. Maybe there will come a new San Francisco as well.
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from Canute in San Francisco II Discontinued
Hard to imagine that their top selling item (considering the number of models built over the forums) would be discontinued.
I also checked on Artesania's site, and was pleased to notice that they, at last, seem to have decided to depart from their reddish / yellowish wood finish, so typical of Artessania and Occre. For instance their new Hermione looks much more convincing than their prior offering. Good job on their part. Maybe there will come a new San Francisco as well.
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from husky1943 in Spanish Galleon ISABELLA by deckape - FINISHED - Billing Boats
Looks like a fine kit. Were the frames precut? Could you post a picture of the box art so we can figure out how much better your build will be
Drying wood can indeed become a problem, especially on old kits. I did that experience with an old Mamoli kit of the Yacht Mary for which I had to replace most of the walnut for the second planking: it had become very brittle and would break or split at any attempt to curve it. Hope this time Bilings will have provided a better wood quality, or your stocking conditions will be better. Will gladly follow your build.
`Thanks for sharing your experience.
JP
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from S.Coleman in Friesland by S.Coleman - Mamoli- FINISHED - Scale 1:75
This is a great build indeed. Well, I assume this is not a scoop, but I just wanted to check in on a very good build
JP
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from mtaylor in Gaeta Falcata (Gajeta Falkusa) by jack.aubrey - FINISHED - Marisstella - 1:20 Scale
Gets better and better, Jack. Always a pleasure to follow your build. Thanks for that!
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from mtaylor in Gaeta Falcata (Gajeta Falkusa) by jack.aubrey - FINISHED - Marisstella - 1:20 Scale
one idea would be to use transparent wood tint, which would allow all the wood detail to be seen. But as the other modellers said, you are at the steering wheel. I'm so glad I signed in to this build log! (this is where I wanted to put a happy emoticon, but did not find them (sad emoticon!))
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from jack.aubrey in Gaeta Falcata (Gajeta Falkusa) by jack.aubrey - FINISHED - Marisstella - 1:20 Scale
Gets better and better, Jack. Always a pleasure to follow your build. Thanks for that!
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Jean-Pierre got a reaction from jack.aubrey in Gaeta Falcata (Gajeta Falkusa) by jack.aubrey - FINISHED - Marisstella - 1:20 Scale
one idea would be to use transparent wood tint, which would allow all the wood detail to be seen. But as the other modellers said, you are at the steering wheel. I'm so glad I signed in to this build log! (this is where I wanted to put a happy emoticon, but did not find them (sad emoticon!))
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