Brandy Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Dave Slowbuild said: Thanks for posting the photos Ian, nice to put faces to names! But I can’t believe Johnnie is the only one who has bought anything?? Dave He was just the only one holding what he'd bought! Ian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 Tis true. I should have got a bag! 🤣 Fantastic to meet you yesterday Ian. My only regret is I didn’t see your little ambulance. (I did manage to see the battle) This thread has been a great read this morning and I’ll follow along with interest. I have found it’s really easy to get lost in the detail Rabbit hole when making parts digitally that get printed out at such a small scale. It’s always good to keep a notion of size when making these little bits and what you don’t need to worry about. Take care dear boy. Johnny 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 And then I had to go and read this thread too. WOW I love how you describe grabbing Fusion by its scrawny recalcitrant neck and making it allow you to change the basic shapes you begin with. I wish I could do that but every time I make a shape it becomes fixed in space and won't allow me anything more than occasional chamfers. These two photographs are heading into my personal archive and memory box. I'm really happy to have dined with four of you on Saturday, there was room for more but maybe you had better fare where you were. Ours was adequate but one of us had a gippy tum next day didn't you? Ian I still only managed to see the Battle amongst the battle lines drawn up in a slightly inadequate comp area but well done on your Gold for the FE8. Off to chamfer a notional box and add cylinders to sculpt in Fusion for a morning of time wasted. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 55 minutes ago, perdu said: wish I could do that but every time I make a shape it becomes fixed in space and won't allow me anything more than occasional chamfers. The trick is to change the shape before extruding. Draw your basic rectangle or whatever you need, then draw lines, circles, etc to bisect it and change the shape. You can snip off the unwanted lines. Then extrude it! Much easier. Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Hmmm... Away to try So you cant change extruded items 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 It was great to meet all of you as well (even if BM only decided to notify me you'd tagged me this morning!). Had a good read through the thread and will be following the rest of it, Ian, I'm highly impressed at your improvements to this rather lacklustre kit James 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 1 hour ago, perdu said: So you cant change extruded items You can, by extruding another shape as a cut. But starting off with the way I described to get the basic shape correct is far easier. Ian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 23 minutes ago, 81-er said: (even if BM only decided to notify me you'd tagged me this morning!). Had a good read through the thread and will be following To be fair, I only added the tags last night! I wanted to get the names in first before my memory failed me! Ian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Great to see you all chaps. A mojo boost it was! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 19 hours ago, CedB said: Great to see you all chaps. A mojo boost it was! Likewise Ced! Ian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 Just in case anyone is wondering about the lack of updates here, I had hand surgery 2 weeks ago for Dupuytren's disease. All going well so far and I start physio this week. It's quite an eye opener to try to do things with only one hand, especially when the hand available is not your natural one! I deliberately didn't post a pic 2 weeks ago! Ian 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slowbuild Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I fancy your modelling skills are better with one ‘wrong’ hand than my two handed efforts! Still there’s always Fusion to play with in the meantime? Best wishes Dave 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Crikey Brandy it must have looked shocking a couple of weeks ago, it looks painful but at least you can open your hand fully now. Hope the physio goes well and you have a fully functional hand. I'm stunned that you have been able to make such beautiful models with your hand problems! Richie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen Barett Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Brandy said: +++ I had hand surgery 2 weeks ago for Dupuytren's disease. +++ I had to google "Dupuytren's disease", giving https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuytren's_contracture and some questions remain since I read "The cause is unknown but might have a genetic component.[4] Risk factors include family history, alcoholism, smoking, +++" Get well soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Ooh Ian, sorry to hear about that. I had to google it also. Hope you can recover soonest? Take care. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 13 hours ago, Jochen Barett said: Risk factors include family history, alcoholism, smoking, +++" Yes, it's hereditary, although it doesn't necessarily show up in everyone. Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Funnily enough, my boss had surgery for that a few weeks ago as well. I hope you have a speedy recovery, Ian! James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 (edited) That looks painful. Hopefully all goes well with the treatment. I’d hope to get to Telford myself in the next year or so. Does this mean we’ll see the Taube dusted off. Mine’s actually managed to get (admittedly not a lot of ) bench time as part of my 2022 KUTA collection Edited December 5, 2022 by Marklo 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 4 minutes ago, Marklo said: Does this mean we’ll see the Taube dusted off. Absolutely. This is my current project, although I have to admit that mojo is a little short right now. Ian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 17 minutes ago, Brandy said: I have to admit that mojo is a little short right now. I tend to be daunted by the rigging on this one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Eeek. Hope yer mit gets better soon. Johnny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 8 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Eeek. Hope yer mit gets better soon. Johnny First physio today and all going well. The surgeon is very impressed at how well it's healing up. Ian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, Brandy said: First physio today and all going well. The surgeon is very impressed at how well it's healing up. Ian That is very good to hear, looking forward to seeing an update when you are fully healed. Richie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kay Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Ooer! My bad for not keeping up with hand issues. Looks like it’s well on the way to being mended, so that’s good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 Hi all! I have managed to recover some of the lost mojo and have been printing out cylinders for the engine. They've turned out very nicely, but I can't seem to get the tiny gap between them to stay clear of resin. I tried printing them individually but they're too fiddly like that. I have been using 0.03mm lift height and 6 second exposure, so I tried 5 seconds. That got the gap, but other details failed so I went back to what I had. This is what I will go with. I had to print at 105% to make them fit so I guess the drawing I have is slightly off. No matter, I'll do everything else to match the drawing and print at 105% for them too. The extras now are the crankcase, and the inlet pipes. I thought about butchering a resin Argus engine for the crankcase, but I'll see what I can do with Fusion. Should be an interesting experiment doing that and "pipes" for the induction..... Thanks for looking in! Ian 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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