NavyShooter Posted July 23, 2022 Author #61 Posted July 23, 2022 So, I've been busy with the 3D printer, and have built some additional aircraft options for my ship's air det. You can see the Banshee and Tracker at the front....who can ID all the rest of the aircraft? There's one more type that I'm working to find a good model of that I can print next. GrandpaPhil, AON, yvesvidal and 3 others 6 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
lmagna Posted July 23, 2022 #62 Posted July 23, 2022 (edited) CF-105 Arrow, F-35, Sikorsky H-19, CH-124 Sea King, CF-100 Canuck Looks like you are creating the entire Canadian aircraft arsenal! Well except for the F-35. Edited July 23, 2022 by lmagna NavyShooter, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey
Canute Posted July 23, 2022 #63 Posted July 23, 2022 Needs a CF-18, too. lmagna, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
NavyShooter Posted July 24, 2022 Author #64 Posted July 24, 2022 Good point! I'll see if I can find one of those...that means at least 2 more aircraft types are coming still...lots of options for my air det! Got some sanding and priming done tonight. Starting to look better! The Trackers had their landing gear painted last evening - and that went well up to the point that I knocked over the paint bottle. Silver paint all over the bench. Yah! The Sea Kings and the F-35's need some more filling and sanding, but at this point, I have the following aircraft printed: Banshee - 8 Tracker - 8 Sea King - 4 (of 6) HOS4 - 4 Bonus types: F-35 - 4 CF-100 - 4 CF-105 - 4 Still to come: A-4 Skyhawk - 4 CF-18 - 4 Any other possible aircraft that might fit with my fanciful RCN Air Det? Canute, Keith Black, lmagna and 3 others 6 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted July 29, 2022 Author #65 Posted July 29, 2022 The F-18's are on the printer right now....the Skyhawks are done and primed. Here's how the Trackers look right now: yvesvidal, Canute, Keith Black and 7 others 10 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted July 31, 2022 Author #66 Posted July 31, 2022 All 44 aircraft are now printed, it's now just a matter of completing them. I posted a picture in one of the HMCS Bonaventure groups showing the CF-100's, and there was some indignation about that aircraft having never been on the Bonnie....just wait 'til they have an aneurism over seeing the Arrows and F-35's. 🙂 I'll get kicked out of the group for the heresy I'm sure. I'll feel better about this massive pile of aircraft once I finally get a few more of them finished. The Trackers are about ready for decals next. That said, now I'm pondering printing up a couple of 20mm CIWS to stick on to be able to use instead of the 3"50 guns when I mix up the air det...I'm sure folks will disapprove of that too! In other news, my anchor winches and anchor chain arrived...so I've got other stuff to muck about with as well. GrandpaPhil, AON, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 4, 2022 Author #67 Posted August 4, 2022 I spent a bit of time today working on the 3D design for the 'hockey stick' style folding radio masts. This is version 1...I'll print it, test, and repeat until I get the version I like... mtaylor, GrandpaPhil, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 4, 2022 Author #68 Posted August 4, 2022 And....while I'm waiting for the current print job to finish up (a test module for my Anchor system) I decided to do up the decals on one of the Trackers. Here's Tracker 530 with her full plumage! There will be a couple of layers of clearkote applied over top to seal and protect everything! I'm rather happy with how it turned out. GrandpaPhil, KeithAug, Ian_Grant and 6 others 9 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
lmagna Posted August 5, 2022 #69 Posted August 5, 2022 The old Bonney is going to look impressive with all the details you are printing. Too bad you could not use a thin wire or something hard to see and have an aircraft taking off or landing. Ian_Grant, NavyShooter, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey
NavyShooter Posted August 5, 2022 Author #70 Posted August 5, 2022 Lou - I've pondered the idea of putting in a catapult and using it to launch failed 3D prints of the aircraft... Ian_Grant, Canute, Keith Black and 2 others 5 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 5, 2022 Author #71 Posted August 5, 2022 Additional antenna designed - with base, and some additional stiffening braces added to the hockey stick radio mast. The draft version of the hockey stick mast came out OK - with the additional detail braces put in, I'm going to see how it turns out with no supports being printed. The other 'simple' antenna is a 30 footer, but there appear to be a mixture of 20 and 30 footers on the ship, so I'll just print all at 30 and snip the ends off to get the 20's. From the pictures I have, it appears that the bases are identical. Keith Black, Ian_Grant, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 5, 2022 Author #72 Posted August 5, 2022 Here is the printed version of the 'hockey stick' mast. ccoyle, yvesvidal, Keith Black and 5 others 8 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 6, 2022 Author #73 Posted August 6, 2022 The new version of the antenna looks good. Bases for both antennas need some work. Canute, AON, Keith Black and 4 others 7 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 6, 2022 Author #74 Posted August 6, 2022 New bases are on the printer now...we'll see how it goes. I've also spent an hour or so doing up the design for this antenna (circled in red) I took the base for the 'hockey stick' antenna, squished it down by about 15% in height, then built the 'funky' diamond bit based on a couple of other drawings I found. Had my Liberty Ship out on the lake for a bit this afternoon as well - problem with taking it out on nice days on the weekend...folks in big boats are out having fun too...and my little bateau doesn't have enough freeboard to last well in waves that big! Canute, GrandpaPhil, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 8, 2022 Author #75 Posted August 8, 2022 So...more progress...we have 2 Trackers with decals complete now. It's taking about an hour and a half per aircraft to do the decals. There's about 25 per plane to apply. It's...challenging...but rewarding when they're done. I got a layer of paint on the hockey sticks and the HF/DF antenna last evening, and retreated into the A/C for the night. Today, I had some time so I got some 3D work done on the RADAR mast on top of the island. I had previously attempted to use DSM to create the main mast, and that attempt failed rather miserably. So...today...I tried the 'simple' Tinkercad program and had some good success. Here's the plan view I worked from, and the 3D result ready to head to my printer tonight. We'll see how it goes. AON, Keith Black, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 8, 2022 Author #76 Posted August 8, 2022 Here's the first two completed Trackers! Keith Black, ccoyle, AON and 5 others 8 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
Ian_Grant Posted August 8, 2022 #77 Posted August 8, 2022 6 hours ago, NavyShooter said: <snip.snip> I had previously attempted to use DSM to create the main mast, and that attempt failed rather miserably. So...today...I tried the 'simple' Tinkercad program and had some good success. <snip.snip> Nothing wrong with TinkerCAD. 😄 NavyShooter, AON, lmagna and 3 others 6 Quote
NavyShooter Posted August 9, 2022 Author #78 Posted August 9, 2022 Printed 2 versions of the Radar Mast last night - still not quite right, so I've 'chopped up' the mast into parts, and will try to print the pieces to glue together. We'll see how it goes. I can probably clean up Version 2 and use it. Version 1 is already in the garbage. mtaylor, lmagna, Keith Black and 5 others 8 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
lmagna Posted August 9, 2022 #79 Posted August 9, 2022 I'm pretty certain that you persistence will pay off Brad. Looking forward to the next installment. Keith Black, NavyShooter, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey
NavyShooter Posted August 11, 2022 Author #80 Posted August 11, 2022 OK, so version 2 doesn't look very good even with a layer of paint on it...so we're on to version 3. For this one, I sliced the model up so that it could be printed and assembled. I'm much more pleased with the results. No cleaning off parts, no whisps of plastic, no support material to remove. It's got a layer of paint on it...more pictures another day! Keith Black, mtaylor, Canute and 2 others 4 1 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
lmagna Posted August 11, 2022 #81 Posted August 11, 2022 That is a definite improvement Brad. Congratulations Canute, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey
NavyShooter Posted August 12, 2022 Author #82 Posted August 12, 2022 Antennas...just about done. They fold down as well. AON, ccoyle, Canute and 5 others 8 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 14, 2022 Author #83 Posted August 14, 2022 QTY 4 of 8 Trackers complete with decals. It's about 45 minutes per plane. Keith Black, mtaylor, yvesvidal and 4 others 7 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 15, 2022 Author #84 Posted August 15, 2022 5 Trackers done....and I got a test module printed for my Anchor system. We'll see how that works later this week. mtaylor, Keith Black and Canute 3 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 17, 2022 Author #85 Posted August 17, 2022 6 Trackers complete. Keith Black, lmagna, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
Canute Posted August 17, 2022 #86 Posted August 17, 2022 Nice elephant walk. Your Trackers look very good, Brad. Keith Black, NavyShooter, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
NavyShooter Posted August 18, 2022 Author #87 Posted August 18, 2022 All 8 Trackers complete! lmagna, mtaylor, Keith Black and 3 others 6 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 19, 2022 Author #88 Posted August 19, 2022 And now....the hard part. Cutting some of the wings off to 'fold' them. This hurt to do tonight: AON, Keith Black, mtaylor and 3 others 2 1 1 2 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 19, 2022 Author #89 Posted August 19, 2022 As a slow-time background activity, I've been puttering away at the 3D design of the main mast. It's most definitely still a work in progress, but I'm adding bits of detail slowly. Here's what it looks like right now. (Of note, at this point, I'm planning to chop off the top 3 sections and replace with the piece on the left that will simply glue straight on top.) There' still a bunch of work to do and add detail at the lower levels, but it's getting there. On the right we have the 'solid frame' that will be glued together. The small platform is for the SPS-10 Radar and sits at Level 6, and the large frame section in the middle goes between the main mast and the funnel, attached to the rear of the mast. I think I have to print this and assemble it to see what detail gets added next. Canute, Keith Black, AON and 3 others 6 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
NavyShooter Posted August 22, 2022 Author #90 Posted August 22, 2022 Trackers are 100% complete. yvesvidal, GrandpaPhil, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Brad/NavyShooter Build Log: HMS Blackpool - 1/144 3D Print RC Build Log: HMCS Bonaventure- 1/96 - A Fitting Out Completed Build: RMS Titanic - 1/100 - 3D Print - Pond Float display Completed Build: HMCS St Thomas - 1/48 - 3D printed Bens Worx Completed Build: 3D Printed Liberty Ship - 1/96 - RC A slightly grumpy, not quite retired ex-RCN Chief....hanging my hat (or helmet now...) in the Halifax NS area.
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.