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Hi,

       Does anyone know if there are any drawings available for British 'dumb' bombs with dimensions with them ?, I'm just starting out dabbling in Fusion 360 and thought it'd be useful to model some of these up maybe with a view to 3d printing them in various scales.

 

TIA, Simon

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Early CAD drafts using the VERY sparse details I could glean from various sources

 

51092418992_d9c36a70b1_k.jpg2021-04-03 (1) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

51092407684_4ff857cca1_k.jpg2021-04-03 (2) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

51092418947_036e57f264_k.jpg2021-04-03 (3) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

51092407634_4b326e9183_k.jpg2021-04-03 (4) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

51092328901_43816c498c_k.jpg2021-04-03 by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

Designed for 1/72 so some of the details are deliberatly  a little bit 'clunky' so they'll print out.

 

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19 hours ago, junglierating said:

That 4th drawing has the look of a bucket of sunshine to me ☀️

Indeed it is, I found some dimensioned sketches of 'Red Beard' on the internet

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20 hours ago, Selwyn said:

The tails look ok , the bomb picture is nothing like a british bomb being more akin to a US 750lb should look like this

 

Selwyn

so looking at the image, the nose is too blunt ? other than that I can't really see anything else that stands out to a layman like myself........ anything ?

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Did a few test prints of the files

 

51095933512_f3b1fd2f85_3k.jpg3dPrints (7 of 7) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

BL755

51096642985_c4738f7211_3k.jpg3dPrints (6 of 7) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

Different Versions of the same tail

51095933612_62b41d0d47_3k.jpg3dPrints (5 of 7) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

51096380958_26027ac139_3k.jpg3dPrints (4 of 7) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

51095918949_8f98c52c35_3k.jpg3dPrints (3 of 7) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

a little additional work needed based on the feedback above, but reasonably happy so far, Once I'm satisfied with everything and its as close as I feel I can get, I'll be happy to put up the STL files for download if anyone is interested in them.

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3 hours ago, Sundowner14 said:

Looks good. Are you considering 540 pounders? Asking for a friend...

If I can get dimensional data I'll be quite happy to

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13 hours ago, Sundowner14 said:

Looks good. Are you considering 540 pounders? Asking for a friend...

found a drawing on this site : https://balkaninsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/3.pdf

 

and came up with this initially, still got the suspension lugs to do 

51100223580_cf3ea22eaf_k.jpg2021-04-06 (1) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

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On 4/6/2021 at 7:33 AM, Sundowner14 said:

Looks good. Are you considering 540 pounders? Asking for a friend...

How do these look to you ? supports have been snipped off, but not cleaned up yet

 

51106217199_1b0ebede9d_4k.jpgBritish HE MC 540lb Bomb 3D printed in 1/72 by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

51106217204_c8f0bae791_4k.jpgBritish HE MC 540lb Bomb 3D printed in 1/72 by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

 

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Looking very good!!

 

On a related note, whose paint does anyone use for deep bronze green?  I'm at a loss.  Thank you!

 

Tom

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On 4/12/2021 at 6:40 PM, Sundowner14 said:

@sig226, these 540s are great; thanks for taking the time. Will you be selling or putting up the files?

I'll put up the files or rather a DB link so people can download them as they need

 

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On 4/12/2021 at 6:40 PM, Sundowner14 said:

@sig226, these 540s are great; thanks for taking the time. Will you be selling or putting up the files?

DM Sent with DL link

 

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