Into the 3D Printing Rabbit Hole

[Stikpusher]

I'm getting better on this 3D print stuff... having far less misprints and self inflicted misfires as I learn...

a couple of weeks ago, I printed up these Hedgerow prongs for Shermans.



I only needed the middle set, so I gave the others away at AMPS this past Saturday

I also have been trying my hand at printing figures... the first batch I did a faceplant by not paying attention to the orientation of the figures



the second was better but only half of the figures printed up



a few adjustment to the settings and my next attempt went exactly as intended... all printed up properly



I also had success in upscaling some jerry cans from 1/35 to 1/32



Then today was a successful print of some 1/48 Zuni rocket pods. When completed I thought they were too long... then I compared them to the ones in a Hasegawa weapons set... exact same size!



Success... consistently and finally!

[LyleW]

Looks like the rabbit hol, patience and practice are yielding results. Nice work.

[Gary Brantley]

Looks like the rabbit hol, patience and practice are yielding results. Nice work.

Yes sir! You're right, Lyle, those parts are getting better and better! Looks like you're getting the hang of that printing, Carlos.

[Medicman71]

I think someone needs to send me those Zuni rockets.

[Stikpusher]

Thank you guys! The learning curve is easing off, slow but sure.

Mike, ya just never know what could happen… I was a little short of Zunis for my fast FACs… not anymore

[Medicman71]

You know what's really missing from the market is the small rocket pods that aircraft like the A-10 use. I know there's a couple of them out there but not many.

[Stikpusher]

You know what's really missing from the market is the small rocket pods that aircraft like the A-10 use. I know there's a couple of them out there but not many.

Those are available… just not on a free file. I took some from a Fujimi Cobra to put on my F-20 several years back. But yes, you can get oodles of the 19 shot rocket pods from various sources, but the 7 shot pods, old or new are much harder to come by.

[Stikpusher]

And my latest batch of prints… yesterday evening I printed up the stuff for my new A-10… the fans and gun came out sweet



The gun is a HUGE improvement over the kit part…. Although I need to add some barrels using brass or styrene inside the cooling shroud



Once those were done I decided to do another batch of the Commonwealth tank crew…. But this time I cut them off of the bases after they came out of the printer before the wash and cure before the resin became more brittle. It was time consuming, but turned out ok. Since they take so long to print, I had them printing overnight.



Then in the morning I printed up these GE-F110 afterburner flame holders. Damn they look so much better than what comes in kits. The original file was 1/32, but I downsized these to 1/48



I’ll be printing up more for use on various aircraft types. I’m sure that most folks don’t know the difference in afterburner rings in various engine types.

[BlackSheep214]

Those look great!

[Medicman71]

Man that's awesome. I love the A-10 stuff. Looks better than the crap I got from Phase Hangar Resin.