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  1. Well, on Britmodellers it seems to be the usual “moderator-dictatorship’ terror. For a short while I hoped BM was different…. Don’t worry, no need to win ‘moderator’-friends or influence anyone. Let’s call this “the last post
  2. Well, the Island is finished and, I must say, I’m satisfied. Uploaded a short video to Youtube which is easier then posting 23 pictures here. Posted the link in the “ready for inspection” section for all to see and enjoy. Unfortunatly the link was removed. Seems it is for forbidden to share a link to Youtube because if you are leading members “to a channel” or “advertise”. A simple PM before removing the link would have given me the chance to explain but it seems that is not “the moderators way”. Asked them to restore the link. Hope they do. If not…well….those who would love to see the finished product will have to do without. Let’s hope the link is restored.
  3. Thanks, but isn’t there a way to avoid visible layers during the printingproces ?
  4. Hi, Recently started with liquid resin 3D printing, using a Creality Halot One and Blender. On the prints the layers are visible and I’d like to know how to make my prints smooth. At this moment I print very small objects so the layers are hardly visible but I intend to do larger ones and those must me smooth so please help me out.
  5. The 1/700 lookes great. As you might have seen in this forum I’m working on the 1/700 scale Tracy Island. 160x90 is huge!! Yep, I know miniature welt. Never been there but seen it on Youtube. Thanks for the compliment. Yes, I build a lot of different things. Mostly for a museum of a friend of mine, like the Tainanman square and the Anne Frank House. Next project for the museum is a 1;35 cutaway dio of the Fuhrerbunker with full interior.
  6. This is, by far, one of the most detailed projects èver. Been scrolling through all 96 pages and this is what we call “a long term build” since it seems you have been working on it for the last 10 years…😵‍💫😵‍💫. The extremly small size of a lot of parts is amazing……you must be wearning +15 glasses to even see them (and steady hands too…😬). With small parts like this there must be a “Bermuda Triangle” in your room…. ( that’s the spot where all the stuff is that fell on the floor never to be found again….). What’s the scale and what will be the total size once it is finished. Are there some “overall picturs” yet? As said, an amazing build !!!
  7. TB3 launchbay and elevatorshaft are ready. ( yes, there is a little man on a coach on his way to tb3.....) Added some scenery. As usual there are some things that need some improvement which you nortice when you take close-ups Next is the roundhouse and then the boathouse so.......we're getting there. I should because another huge project is waiting........The Fuhrerbunker with full interior on a 1/35 scale.
  8. Lab and powerstation added. I've placed the first part in an Island envirement ( scenery must be added but that will have to wait till the whole Island is ready and......I've added lights !! The red lights are alarmlights, they "blink". More lights will be added. Next part is place the TB1 set in an "Island envirement. Pictures are not great but I didn't feel like "building up the whole camera-show" again, Feel free to comment. Btw I've made this my new reference for the build. It's more detailed.
  9. 3D impression of the testlab and powerstations
  10. Thanks, yep….it’s the ultimate “Blue Peter” version 🤭🤭 and I’m amazed by what one can do with Blender and a 3D printer on this scale. The TB1,2 and 3 are the only bought items. The rest is all 3D printed. I made a lot of items myself and some, like the pod-vehicles, where bought as a printfile, rescaled, altered a bit and printed. Now working on the test-centre, power station and labratory. After that it’s time for the TB3 launchbay and roundhouse, the boathouse, some “hidden” powerstations. After that everything must be put in 8t’s place to comstruct the island. When all that’s done I will conclude that even in this scale it’s BIG 😬😬 and it will end in the Historama museum ( like 90% of my work ) or in an advanced Thunderbird collection…..
  11. TB2 launchbay and hanger are done. Over to the next phase.
  12. Time for an update. Been building on the TB2 launchbay and hanger ( and I'll say it again.....on a 1/700 scale ). Got me some podvehicle 3D files ( thank you, Ralph ) with were re-scaled to 1/700 and a lot of little items to dress up the launchbay. Far from ready yet. Lots of work must still be done. Waiting for the TB2 to arrive from Australia. Comments are welcome. Enjoy !!
  13. 3D impression of TB2 Launchbay and hanger. Since I print a lot of items I use this to get everything into the right scale before printing. When an item is finished in Blender I append it to the hanger file to get it into the right scale.
  14. Yep, that's whu I can't stop building this stuf 🙂 https://diggelenhans.wixsite.com/hans-van-diggelen/fab
  15. Well, in fact it did as you can see here.. Villa cutaway What’s more disturbing is to imagine the enormous sound and dirty fumes launching this from your pool must have given, not mentioning the same situation x 10 when TB3 is taking of from inside the roundhouse but we were children back in those days and we didn’t see all the impossibilities watching this great show!!!
  16. Working on the TB2 launchbay. I found some 3D podvehicle files so there will be some very small vehicles and planes in the hangar. Also found the Ftoys TB2 ( in Australia ) so that's great too. I have some TB2 3D flies and I printed one for measurement purposes but the problem is in the detals and the decals ( can't print white decals ).
  17. Hi Peter, the portrets are 2mm x 3mm so lo leds i’m afraid. As for John…..yep….poor guy but, on the other hand….it might have been a relieve when you live with your dad, grandma, an old servant, four brothers and one girl. Getting away from that for a month doesn’t look that bad. Perhaps we should feel more sorry for the one girl……😬
  18. Worked hard on the villa so it's 99% ready. Funny thing is that when you take pictures you see where some improvement is needed so that will be done too. Had a lot of fun making the lounge and yes. there's a piano and a statue. The whole scene now measures 15x23x10cm..... Ordered the Konami TB3 which is about the right scale for the next part. Enjoy
  19. Hi guys, you are partly right. Problem is (and that makes this build rather difficult ) there wasn’t “one” launchbay or “one” goes for all they used in the show. There were many, often in different scales and…..they sure doesn’t look the same. If you “google” Thunderbird 1 launchbay and look at the pictures and video’s you will see there’s a few variations of the “orange squeezer” to. There’s a grey one, an “orange one” and a “orange-gold” one. I’ve used the last color. But that’s not all. If you compare picture there are many variations in this launchbay so one has to make choises. Another thing is the scales…I’ve taken the “cutaway” drawing to be my reference but the dimensions make no sence. For instance….if you use the 1:700 scale on all parts (which I do) there’s no way TB1 would have fitted in his hanger (which is part of the house). While being lifted from it’s launchbay up to the hanger the nose would have hitted the ceiling 🤣🤣. Of course they used different sets here too which varied in size. So…ones again…choises must be made. it is 100% impossible to make “the one and only correct Tracy Island (parts)” because, as said, there never was “one”. Hope this helps and hope you like it. For more TB …visit my website. https://diggelenhans.wixsite.com/hans-van-diggelen/fab As for all the maintenance….the guys did all that by themselves. That’s why they all were single. No time for girlfriends….Alan tried but didn’t got very far either since duty always called 😇
  20. The pool is opened !!!! The pool furniture is about 2mm....., Now the works has started on the villa and the lounge will be decorated with all it needs........
  21. First topic. Tracy Island 2.0......it's 2.0 because I made this 2 years before but only used "left overs" etc.etc. That one was sold so I thought....let's try it again but better and more detailed. So....I started to "study" Blender and bought a 3D printer to make a lot of things I need myself. I'm making a Tracy-Island cutaway model like the one in the books Started with the TB1 Launchbay and here's what we've got untill now. The rocket ( F-Toys) was bought, all the rest is handmade and it's only 22x11x6 cm ( Rocket is 5 cm ). To be continued...ps...looking for a F-Toys TB2 model.... Visit my website
  22. Hi, I’m Hans (from Holland) aka Graspaps ( which stands for Grass Dad, my honorary title given by my son&friends whom I join every year to the 3-days metal festival “Graspop” in Belgium. 65, retired and, apart from a lot of other hobbies, I build miniature. Most of my work is sold and I make a lot of things for a museum like the 1/35 model of Anne Frank’s house. I’m still a BIG Thunderbirds fan and made a lot of TB items. You can find a lot of my “work” at https://diggelenhans.wixsite.com/hans-van-diggelen/portfolio. At the moment I’m working on a new version of Tracy Island. Done one before but since I recently started with 3D printing this 2.0 version will be muxh more detailed. I will post pictures of the build in a few days.
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