HMS Lion by Ian_Grant - 1/150 - RADIO - RESTORATION - WW1 Battlecruiser

[Ian_Grant]

@Kevin-the-lubber, here is an update.

 

Bambu Studio does indeed have a simplify function, but it appears to default to "Very High" detail level which is what the screen shot above depicts, believe it or not. When I lower the detail level not only does the hull exterior get even worse, but the interior details (floor gratings etc) start to disintegrate too.

 

Here's a screen capture of "Low" detail level. Now that's an ugly hull!!

[Kevin-the-lubber]

Ian, in that case I’d guess that whoever uploaded the model had to simplify because of file size limits. Is there any way of tracing back to the designer and getting the original?

[Ian_Grant]

6 hours ago, Kevin-the-lubber said:

Ian, in that case I’d guess that whoever uploaded the model had to simplify because of file size limits. Is there any way of tracing back to the designer and getting the original?

You can contact designers via Yeggi/Thingiverse.  I noticed that the steam pinnace design, which prints with a perfect hull, was by one designer whereas the other boats were by a second designer. I had not noticed in my excited downloading.

 

The second designer's intro notes that he is a "beginner" and warns not to expect perfect designs. Indeed, the images on Thingiverse show the same hull scalloping as I see in Bambu Studio. Far be it from me to chide him about this; he has done a great job on the interior and has far more 3D skill than I. So it's back to sprucing them up by myself, somehow.

 

Thank you for the suggestion, Kevin!  And indeed for this trip down 3D-file-world!  

[rookie]

I also spent a lot of time looking for downloadable whaleboats pointed at both ends for Morgan

my first one I did not realize was not for 3D printing so it did not slice well or print very well

 

i also tried pulling apart the various pieces so I ended up just printing  the bare hull with seats etc removed 

 

this can be done in blender.  I think the top right window shows the separate parts and each can be deleted 

Edited August 11 by rookie
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[Ian_Grant]

A little more progress. I've had Lion on the water at three club pond sails. Very relaxing and it's fun to chat to the same 5 or 6 other guys who show up at the park. This week there was a boy hovering around interested; gave him a shot at steering her around. Among other things in a constant flow of talk, he remarked, "You  must be the youngest one here".  HaHa.  Says something about the hobby. 

 

I added the port and starboard navigation lights, at the level of the charthouse deck. Still need to make white ones for the foremast/mainmast.

I started working on the mainmast stays, then realized they would get in the way of drilling holes and adding stanchions for the aft shelter deck railings (which I have been procastinating about for weeks!). I now have the stanchions for the inner railings made, glued in, and painted grey. I decided to add the boats in the aft well deck before the railing threads were in the way. I spent a l-o-n-g time painting these boats; even then in the end I decided to forego painting bootstripes and red u/w hull on the steam pinnaces since it seemed too much more taping etc for results not all that visible. Here we see the two steam pinnaces, and two stacked boats. The port side will contain the "admiral's launch" beside the pinnace. I can't find a suitable, cheap, 3D file so I'm going to use a whaler hull which printed nicely. I added trailboards at bow and stern and will paint up all fancy for the admiral's use. Don't know whether they slapped grey paint all over these boats in wartime or not. Also visible in the pic are the "green ball" and "red flag" of the helm indicator for ships following when in line ahead, and the inner rail stanchions. I added handrails to the two ladders, from 0.5mm brass rod.

I printed a prototype for the Hotchkiss gun emplacements; she carried two on the aft end of the shelter deck according to Norman A. Ough's drawing. God knows how I will make tiny Hotchkiss guns.....TBD.

Last, I finally glued on the forecastle breakwater which also has been sitting around painted and ready for weeks.

I ordered and have received (just this week) a sound board with USB programming cable and speakers. It's a great little board which plugs directly into an RC Receiver channel (taking power from it too), specifically the channel which has a 3-position switch on the Transmitter (commonly used by pilots for full flaps/half flaps/flaps up). In this case you click it up say "n" times, then click it down once. "n" is the number of the sound track you want to play (board can store many), and clicking it down triggers the audio play. The board can store almost half an hour total of sound.

 

I have WAV files for bosun's call, klaxon, and the old-time steam driven triple-note whistle. Club members suggest "God Save the King" (this is 1916!) and heavy gun fire to go with the rotating turrets. I'd also like to play a voice calling "battle stations" but I have not yet found it with a British accent, only American.🙄  Should be fun!!  For example, other club members with model Corvettes have sonar pinging, sonar pinging with a return echo from a sub, gunfire, depth charges exploding, "action  station" calls (no Brit accent but they're models of Canadian corvettes).

 

We're starting our trip the day after tomorrow so it will be a while for the next update. Thanks for following!

 

 

Edited yesterday at 02:25 AM by Ian_Grant