Woodstock74 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Just wanted to make introductions and to draw everyone's attention to some of my products. I'm Mike, I'm based in the US, and I like to (CAD) draw random stuff up and have it printed. I always have too many projects, I rarely build (these days--constantly hoping to change that), I avidly collect, and I absolutely love model making. My interests range from 1/350 submarines, to 1/48 WWII prop fighters, to 1/35 armor, to 1/24 Le Mans/IMSA GTP cars, and a little in between. Anyway, I have a Shapeways store here. My most recent products of interest: 1/48 P-61 radar bay 1/350 HMS Trafalgar upgrade kit 1/350 HMS Spartan (S105) Dry Deck Shelter Shapeways handles the printing and the shipping, I only apply a markup after I upload the .stl file. Shapeways has an algorithm that determines the base price, and for some larger items my markup is only a few dollars. To give you an idea, a small diesel/coastal 1/350 submarine, the volume and size for that, is about the upper limitation of base price cost + markup vs marketability. I had grand ideas of filling in some 1/350 submarine gaps but they've just about fizzled out (I've drawn and posted a Norwegian Ula diesel sub and have a Nacken A14S in final stages). I'm fully cognizant of trying to add value to money, hence some of the combo sets I've produced (1, 2, 3) as a means to try and trip the pricing algorithm in the customer's favor. Honestly unsure of what Shapeways' international shipping costs are like...half-thought they had a satellite printing hub Europe based but that might be way off. I port out to Shapeways what my home printer can't realistically handle, however I typically test-print everything at home first. I print these items at home on my Anycubic Photon. And I box and ship from out of the house here in Charlotte. And yes, shipping is what it is...it's around $13.78 to the UK. 1 box and 1 screw set weighs around 3 oz. Naturally I'll combine shipping, and in almost all cases, additional items will be zero extra shipping cost (as the weight increase is negligible and I don't think the rate changes until you get closer to 8 oz), so see it as a flat, though immovable, shipping rate and plan accordingly. While I like to entertain requests, the ultimate reality is that if it doesn't peak my personal interest there's slim chance of it happening. Even if it's a guaranteed money generator. And I get a lot of scaling requests, "could you scale this from 1/350 to 1/72", this is often fraught with issues and I find it better to draw in the intended scale of execution as it allows optimization of the wall thicknesses to the scale. I have a dedicated FaceBook page where I'll give previews of what I'm currently working on. Current project as of 10/15/20? 1/48 Pratt & Whitney R4360...starting to regret this one...and a note...some times what I'm working on doesn't make it to the printer as inspiration is always the driver for me... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 The P&W if it cones to fruition will definitely be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: The P&W if it cones to fruition will definitely be nice. I'm getting bogged down in the details a bit, and that starts to work on the motivation. It's always a juggle between what's reasonable at, in this case, 1/48 scale, and what isn't. And I always want to put as much as possible in it. But it's time consuming. I'm also starting to realize; as it's intended for the Accurate Miniatures/Special Hobby Corsair F2G, I need to insure it will fit into the cowling! And I still need to determine what to do about the exhausts and cooling baffling, whether or not to include it. The R4360 that comes with the kit has minimal detail. I also have Engines & Things' R4360, and it too doesn't include those elements (BTW, as crusty as E&T's R4360 is, it's a much more accurate shape than the one that comes with the kit). I'll post up a screen shot tonight of the latest progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Still a ways to go, lots of detail to add, especially to the rear supercharger housing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) Nice detail by the way, would it be one piece unit or an assembly of cylinder heads and supercharger to crankcase type ? Edited October 16, 2020 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Just now, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Nice detail by the way, would it be one piece unit or an assembly of cylinder heads and supercharger to crankcase type ? Multi-piece assembly for sure. Right now the thinking is...cylinders...all 28, separate, engine block as one unit, and the gearbox and supercharger housing both separate. That way everything is easier to paint. I'll also draw up an engine stand, so you can display it by itself if you want. This IS NOT a faithful dimensional reproduction (I haven't a single drawing--I do have, however, two 1/48 scale representations: the one that comes with the kit and the Engines & Things engine). I'm drawing something that is close dimensionally but that also fits into the cowling on the F2G kit. I suspect I'm going to find there will have to be a small dimensional compromise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangseat Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Nice bit of Onshape there! Thank goodness for Transform/rotate eh.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 More progress. Still tons of detailing needed for the supercharger housing. Started to look at kit integration. First thing I checked was if the engine as I've drawn would fit in the kit cowling as I really didn't want to change anything...it was going to be too close for comfort, so I sketched up a new cowling and added a bit of detail. This way I was able to thin the cowling's wall thickness, on the kit it was around 1.2 mm thick, and I drew this one to .6 mm, thus gaining around 1.2 mm total ID. So that will eliminate any issues there. Next I'll have to figure out how the entire assembly fits onto the kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 If this gets to a stage where you're happy with it, what do you think it would cost to print and sell copies ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 Just now, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: If this gets to a stage where you're happy with it, what do you think it would cost to print and sell copies ? Not sure, the price keeps going up! I really won't have a solid idea until I sprue everything up. For now I'm only checking that it passes their initial design review that looks at minimum sections, and a few other parameters, and we're good there. At this stage the pricing info it puts out is meaningless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan_Farsight Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 12 hours ago, Woodstock74 said: If there was ever a shout to make something in a transparent material, this cowling would be it! Looking great though! Just had a browse of your shapeways store and see you have the Regulus conversion kit! nice! i have been tempted to give that a model at 1/48, i always quite liked its jet like shape! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 While I don't necessarily want to take on additional design considerations or make promises...I'm at the right point to consider something like splitting the cowling such that you can display it open. That might be a pretty cool feature. Just with the tight confines of the inside of the cowling to the engine itself, and the need to add reinforcement the minute I create a removable panel, not sure what the results will be in 1/48. And I still need to resolve what to do about the engine exhaust and cooling baffling...those two will be major headaches for me in general (I'm very much a CAD novice, even at this point), and they would compete for the space inside the inner face of the cowling that I'd need to reinforce the opening for the cowling. Things to consider... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 12 hours ago, Woodstock74 said: So thinking something like this: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 Still plugging away. I've decided I won't be doing the cooling ducting/shrouding, but will be doing the inlet and exhaust plumbing. I printed the cowling and it came out ok and some modification will result (it seemed to need a bit of reinforcement). So I still have to sort the exhaust plumbing, detail the supercharger housing, and then work on the integration to the F2G kit. That's going to take some back and forth tinkering as I'll have to work out the easiest way to execute it to keep the modeler from jumping through hoops and guessing what I intended. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan_Farsight Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Looks really good! Out of interest are you designing within a single part studio or making components and then going into an Assembly? I am terrible at making large multipart designs within a single studio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 If I was better at it I'd probably be designing into an assembly. But I'm drawing everything within one studio. Just way easier for me that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Just an update, I'll post a screen grab tonight when I get home. I'm still plugging away on the R4360. I've made some test prints of the cowling though haven't proceeded enough with the engine itself to test print any aspect just yet. Came across some drawings that I wish I had had earlier and I changed just about everything engine side. While this has nearly reached give up on life stage considering the time it's taking, at the end of the day I'm drawing it for me and I'm dreaming of visions of sticking R4360s on everything, "Here's an R4360 for you (Hellcat), and you (Spitfire) and you (Mustang), R4360's for everyone!" 🤣 In the mean time I've had a very small part in Maarten's Churchill Class SSN 1/350 scratch build: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 That's looking real good now, its should be a heck of a build in its own right let alone as part of a project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 So initially I was thinking I'd design the kit so you could either build it into the Accurate Miniatures/Special Hobby F2G or display it standalone with an engine stand. But I think that's going to increase the cost way out of proportion (I'm already worried about what it's going to be), so I'll probably end up doing two with the priority for now going to the kit version. I'll work out the details for the standalone kit later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) Suffice to say the R4360 is on hold for now. I just ran out of steam. Though don't fret, I will return to it. At the moment I'm freeing my mind with a fun "what if", creating the M1A2 Abrams III as envisioned in the role-playing game Twilight: 2000. Edited May 12, 2021 by Woodstock74 Image links broken for some reason. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Oh kool I remember TW2000, I use to play it with some friends back in the late 80’s early 90’s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 New product coming along. I've done initial prototyping and a second print as well to hone the part interfaces and plan on a third this weekend to hopefully finalize. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Impeller drive ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock74 Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Impeller drive ? Yeah, pumpjet. Test article for the new Russian Borei class SSBN as I understand it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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