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Post by Paul B on Aug 14, 2019 17:39:22 GMT
Now that is looking bloody magnificent Bill  . I hope you print more links than you need, that way you can add a few spares around the tank  |
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Post by Marco on Aug 14, 2019 18:44:06 GMT
Wow! just WOW!!!
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Post by The Kernel on Aug 16, 2019 6:30:33 GMT
Ian, Paul and Marco, many thanks for the kind comments. Paul, I will start to clean up the inner face of the links on the next sunny day. I can sit outside with a sanding board and while away a few hours sanding them and then assemble a few to see how they look once linked. There is enough printing media to make a few more if required. I have just worked out I will need 1.7 metres of .80 rod to use as track pins. Oh dear, back to the model shop!!!   bill |
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Post by SteveM on Aug 16, 2019 7:06:49 GMT
The scale of this build is impressive in every way buddy!
You must have one huge bucket of patience and planning to call on , as the fellas say... WOW!
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Post by The Kernel on Aug 16, 2019 11:28:59 GMT
Cheers Steve!!!! Patience doesn't seem to be a problem once I've started a project , never has really, but planning!!!!!! Oh dear, what's that?  ? I have an idea to build something and get some info together and dive straight in and it has caused a few problems in the past!!!  bill |
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Post by Snipersmudge on Aug 16, 2019 17:34:44 GMT
frecking awesome!!!
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Post by The Kernel on Aug 17, 2019 5:28:16 GMT
thanks Pete!!!
bill
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Post by The Kernel on Aug 31, 2019 15:43:35 GMT
Here we are at the end of another plastic gluing/cutting/shaping/cursing/exasperating but most enjoyable month!!!!! Thanks for staying with this build which answers Steve's post where he asks if I plan stuff!!!!!!  . If I planned this I probably would have taken out a bank loan to pay for the plastic card and 3D printer media. I find I am dipping in to this all day, a bit here and then a bit there. here's a few pics of the beast as it is today. I have laid the partially assembled track along the wheel stations to check they look in proportion, it's a bit late if they didn't!!!!! bill     |
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Post by Paul B on Aug 31, 2019 15:58:27 GMT
Fan-bloody-tastic Bill  |
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Post by Snipersmudge on Aug 31, 2019 17:23:51 GMT
Eye wateringly awesome fella |
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Post by The Kernel on Aug 31, 2019 17:28:08 GMT
Paul,Pete many thanks chaps! bill |
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Post by Ian H. on Sept 1, 2019 20:03:35 GMT
Well, that's extremely amazing! I can't even comprehend making something like that. Well done, sir!!
Regards,
Ian
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Post by Boots on Sept 1, 2019 21:23:01 GMT
I think ya know what i`m gonna say Bill..... FANFERKIN`TASTIC!!  |
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Post by SteveM on Sept 2, 2019 6:57:27 GMT
Absolutely stunning Bill! Nothing short of art on show here.
What make/model of 3D printer are you using?
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Post by The Kernel on Sept 2, 2019 12:39:28 GMT
Ian,Boots,Steve many thanks for the kind words!!!!! Steve it's a RS Components WT270A. My son bought a couple for his business and I he has loaned me one. I have no idea how to create the file but was lucky enough to find some on a site where the guy was printing the whole T35 for radio control. The finish on most of the parts is pretty bad, at least when viewed on his forum pics. I have printed the tracks which are acceptable but the idler wheel was pretty poor. It may be better on a higher resolution printer. bill |
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Post by SteveM on Sept 2, 2019 17:59:48 GMT
Thanks Bill
I’m toying with the idea of buying a 3D printer for a few projects but need to do more reading up first
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Post by The Kernel on Sept 2, 2019 18:43:48 GMT
Steve it's a huge subject and growing really fast. there is a lot of freeware available but how refined it is I dont know, In 1/16 scale the parts are in tolerance as far as outline and general dimensions but the finish is compromised because the layering method creates lots of steps. A curve is not smooth but is a succession of thin filaments which creates the general outline but in 1/35 scale,if that is what you envisage working in will require a lot of clean up.I have measured the extruded filament and its diameter is .40mm which equates to a scale 14mm in 1/35, so the steps would be more than 1/2 inch in 1:1. Also the amount of measurements required to create the track link for the T35 is enormous. The file comprises a wire frame which connects all points in x,y and z planes and the software 'slices' this into layers which are laid down with each pass. I looked at creating a file for a German heavy howitzer wheel and up-scaling accurately from 1/35 using a digital vernier would be very difficult and any mistakes would be amplified. So i decided to forget it!!! I was a service engineer working on photocopiers and printers and how I didn't think of the 3D printing process is a mystery cos it is the same idea as an ink jet printer but uses a solid 'ink'. Oh well!! Cubify was a program I was told was pretty good and there are lots of how-tos on Youtube. bill |
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Post by Robbo on Sept 2, 2019 18:51:47 GMT
OMG didn't think it was going to look this good
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Post by dukemaddog on Sept 2, 2019 19:11:47 GMT
Amazing work man! Awesome!
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Post by Boots on Sept 2, 2019 19:15:53 GMT
Steve it's a huge subject and growing really fast. there is a lot of freeware available but how refined it is I dont know, In 1/16 scale the parts are in tolerance as far as outline and general dimensions but the finish is compromised because the layering method creates lots of steps. A curve is not smooth but is a succession of thin filaments which creates the general outline but in 1/35 scale,if that is what you envisage working in will require a lot of clean up.I have measured the extruded filament and its diameter is .40mm which equates to a scale 14mm in 1/35, so the steps would be more than 1/2 inch in 1:1. Also the amount of measurements required to create the track link for the T35 is enormous. The file comprises a wire frame which connects all points in x,y and z planes and the software 'slices' this into layers which are laid down with each pass. I looked at creating a file for a German heavy howitzer wheel and up-scaling accurately from 1/35 using a digital vernier would be very difficult and any mistakes would be amplified. So i decided to forget it!!! I was a service engineer working on photocopiers and printers and how I didn't think of the 3D printing process is a mystery cos it is the same idea as an ink jet printer but uses a solid 'ink'. Oh well!! Cubify was a program I was told was pretty good and there are lots of how-tos on Youtube. bill I think you lost me somewhere where it says..... `Steve it`s a ................ |
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? I have an idea to build something and get some info together and dive straight in and it has caused a few problems in the past!!! 
. If I planned this I probably would have taken out a bank loan to pay for the plastic card and 3D printer media. I find I am dipping in to this all day, a bit here and then a bit there.
