S-boat 55 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 That's a very impressive outcome well done, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 I made some other prototypes. The missing details are now present, inner and outer steering wheel, projectors, fire cannon, bell. For the front defense, the Tug pudding, it was complicated to print it because of its file size. I couldn't reduce it, it crashes too. Also this piece makes a mess in Chitubox. I managed to print one copy, but the shell is full and so the supports have stretched a bit, which is not good for the shell. On the other hand, the pudding looks very good, too bad. I'll go back to a simpler defense, I'll work on it once printed. A print is in progress. I have to get some 2 bars railing ( Eduard ) at 1/350. I'll be able to tackle the preparation of the 1/100 print, then 1/200 later. The 1/200 should be easy because it goes widthwise on the printer plate at an angle. Not much to change, except for details like the railings. My fleet is growing day by day. A few hulls have been thrown away directly. But I'm on the right way. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 A I thought you where just building one Tug looks more like you are going for a full fleet there Pascal. Stay Safe beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Tks, Beefy! For this time I let the slicing program hollow out the hull, it's fast, but it only brought me problems when printing. So I hollowed out tonight with the Fusion drawing program, it's much longer but it's well done. That's why I have a small fleet, but with small defects on the hulls. I only kept the good hulls. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Iceman 29 said: For this time I let the slicing program hollow out the hull, it's fast, but it only brought me problems when printing. So I hollowed out tonight with the Fusion drawing program, it's much longer but it's well done. That's why I have a small fleet, but with small defects on the hulls. I only kept the good hulls. Similar printers have not yet reached the heights in skill that you have achieved in 3D modeling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 Thanks Dimitri. we learn faster by taking into account our past mistakes. I still have a lot to learn. We're up to our necks in pudding with my friend Bernard who kindly offered to help me with the recipe for this thing that looks like nothing and is difficult for me to reproduce in 3D. I'm not an ace in specific technical 3D modeling, but Bernard is. His work: https://www.laroyale-modelisme.net/t27739-le-canon-du-soleil-royal-au-croisic-en-3d-et-en-resine https://www.laroyale-modelisme.net/t28180-figure-de-proue-du-soleil-royal-en-3d-et-resine#635871 His prototype is very successful with texture, I will keep on these two versions the 04 with finer threads than the 004, but to see at the printing because sometimes you have to force the line to bring out the details at this scale. I also did my soft version, which I worked with a scalpel after printing to simulate the strings. It's not bad either. The new version I just printed: On the right the new version, on the left the old ones. Both versions of Bernard, with different thread sections. I really like the first one, but it may be less suitable for 1/350 printing, the second one would be more.. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Must cost you a small fortune with all these 3D resin prints... Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Well not very satisfied with the quality of the 1/350 Eduard railing. The brass is not very good, too hard and therefore too elastic, a horror to form. The vertical bars are too far apart. I ordered IJN #3527 which will stick better at https://www.tomsmodelworks.com hoping it will be better. Also, there are ladders. To follow! _______________________________ Printed the 1/100 version, it's a nice hull. I printed a temporary work support to make it more convenient to handle. The goal might be to make a small 1/350 diorama at the foot of the 1/100 version to show the towboat in its water lines, it would be integrated to flush with the display tray. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 The little 'guy' is looking rather neat, especially with the railings on. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 Thanks Stuart, I'm waiting for the new 1:350 railing, it should be much thinner and more credible. It was shipped the 01/29/2022 from USA. It takes a week for the trip to France in general. 3D printing is progressing. Small parts and large parts. There are still some to be printed, including the railings, fire barrel etc.. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 As a matter of interest, how do you decide what angle to print your parts like those in the top image? Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 I put them one by one which takes a lot of time. I put as few as possible. The program can do it automatically, but it's usually wrongly positioned or not at all as it should be. So I do it myself each time, it avoids that the piece goes to waste. The angle avoids mechanical stress on the part because of the surface parallel to the bottom of the tray (FEP film), it can also prevent striations of the layers on parallelepipedic parts, but in our case, it doesn't matter, there are no flat surfaces. Other printed elements: The one-piece rail, do not break when handling..! 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Thanks for the info Pascal. That one-piece rail looks fragile, better you than me in the fitting. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 I don't pass my pieces at all or very rarely to the UV after printing, it remains flexible thus. Much less fragile. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Looking just wonderful Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 Advances in painting with the LifeColor panoply. I will not say again all the bad things I think about this brand of acrylic paint... The only advantage is the range. So the hull is painted in US Navy 5-S Sea blue and the superstructures in 5-H Haze grey. We can see that the Tugboat Nokomis was not yet painted in 5-O, while Hoga was. This confirms a transition period of mesure Ship-2, The Hoga is probably painted in 5-O, hull and superstructure the same day. The Nokomis is painted in the same way when the Hornet returns from the Coral Sea, you can see it on this picture. Hornet CV-8 and Nokomis. At Pearl Harbor, May 26, 1942, just after the Battle of the Coral Sea and just before the Battle of Midway. The harbor tug Nokomis (YT-142) is underway alongside her. The USS Yorktown (CV-5 arrives at Pearl Harbor after the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 27, 1942, with her crew parading in white on the flight deck. After repairs, she departed on May 30 to participate in the Battle of Midway. The tug Hoga (YT-146) is in the center foreground. USS Arizona (BB-39), and Hoga presumably, can be recognized by her mast. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 The paint advances, it starts to take shape. Antifouling US Navy AK 5026. Lifecolors: Hull 5-S Sea Blue, Deck blue 20-B, 5-H Haze grey for the superstructures. Anthracite Revell N°9. Directive of 31 July 1941, implemented from September. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 She looks absolutely wonderful!! Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Pascal that’s a triumph. Again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Very nice. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Amazing stuff again Pascal looks very eye catching. 👍 Stay Safe beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 Thanks buddies! Paintings and collages of details parts, of the lifeboat (not finished) mainly on starboard. I have some touching up to do. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Back after a few days of vacation on the island of Ré (France). https://www.holidays-iledere.co.uk/ The advancements; paint, rigging, acetate windows, propeller, remaining fire hoses to be installed, life buoys, 2 storage lockers aft of the bridge, hawsers/trailers on deck (Ordered from Occre).. etc. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman 29 Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 I used this excellent Vallejo wood set for the Tug Pudding, even though it's not wood, I have to say it's not bad and will help me for my next wooden ship decks: https://acrylicosvallejo.com/en/product/effects-en/old-and-new-wood-effects-71187/ 71.187 Old and new wood effects Set with step-by-step Scratchmod, for creating new and old wood effects in silver-gray. The wood colors can be used for boxes and crates as well as for tool handles, etc. The old wood colors will help reproduce much older, weathered wood. Contents: 8 x 17 ml./0.57 fl.oz. Aerial Model 70.614 IDF Israeli sand gray 61-73 71.027 Light brown 71.032 Golden brown 71.075 Ivory 71.077 Wood 71.131 Concrete 71.141 IDF Sand gray 73 74.517 Dark Gray Thanks to the advice of "Thimarie" who used it for one of his mounts that I had read recently, it tempted me to try it, it's exactly the look I'm looking for for my teak decks or other rot-proof woods: https://www.laroyale-modelisme.net/t22318p125-schnellboot-type-s38-1-35-italeri I took some pictures at the museum in La Rochelle the other day to have a good reference for my next projects. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 A very beautiful tug boat! And I really like the colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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