TeeELL Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 The T3 will be built as a 29(F) Sqn aircraft although the ‘pen-nib’ fairing will be worked on to enable me to cast extras for the second Javelin, which will become a FAW6. Obviously the FAW9 kit is being used for helping create all the 3D parts. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 As expected the fit of the parts don’t necessarily match the 3D drawings. No matter, it took just moments to tweak the drawings. In addition, I have thickened the flaps, again just a moment and a couple of mouse clicks to resolve. So another print run to proof the new drawings. It never fails to impress me exactly what these resin printers are capable of - the nose wheel spokes have the gap between them as shown on the photo of the 3D drawing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Those printed bits look brilliant! Be still my heart! Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 I have just wasted a print run because I forgot to add the supports. Some good came out of it though. I discovered that the nose wheel legs can be printed with a great deal fewer supports and that my ‘flaps’ did not have the complete design. I have now corrected everything and I am running another print. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-21 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Saw a boxed Airfix Gloster Javelin FAW.9R at the Chiltern show for £25. I already have one in my stash. Great work TeeELL for Javelin fan's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 I am pleased to report that the nose wheel leg has printed, with supports, but without the myriad of supports to the mudguard etc. that saves a huge amount of tidying up. The flaps are working out - I am now awaiting a side-on view to determine the correct angle so I can build the flap bay as an integral part. The main undercarriage legs are under way with some compromises as they will be drop-in replacements for the original parts. I have fitted a nose gear leg to the Airfix model and I am delighted to say that it has worked perfectly. I will get some photos done next week. Once again, the slicing software has produced issues printing the latest version of the rear fuselage, but I will work that out I am sure. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 Progress on the main gear assembly is on hold whilst I wait for ‘theplasticsurgeon’ to crawl around the FAW9 at The Jet Age Museum. He has a list of measurements and photos needed so that I can do as good a job as the Airfix moldings allow. I hope to produce the lowering/raising mechanism as a drop in unit with the jack and lateral supports and will sit within the bay. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Despit having enough information to crack on with the main gear. I just keep making stooopid mistakes! I have stepped back for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 36 minutes ago, TeeELL said: Despit having enough information to crack on with the main gear. I just keep making stooopid mistakes! I have stepped back for a while. Chalk it up to experiential learning. Stupid mistakes are like me jamming a razor chisel blade under my fingernail. 😱 Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 Well I have done about all I can with the main U/C legs, I need a test print before I design the actuating mechanism. I’ve done the flaps but need to change the angle! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 Working through photos and diagrams of the main U/C bays I must definitely compromise. The 1/72 bays are the wrong shape below the surface of the wings and I am not going down the ‘Eduard’ route and creating a full replacement. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 Well, the printer is doing it’s thing and in an hour and half I will know what has and what hasn’t worked! The U/C bays are probably the most unlikely to work - but time will tell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 20, 2022 Author Share Posted September 20, 2022 Progress is limited! Having printed the parts I discovered that, somehow, I made the main U/C legs 2mm too short - how, on earth, did I manage to make such a critical error? The flaps are looking OK but need a little more meat for the printing process. I guess I am ‘getting there’, but it is proving more challenging than I imagined. The main U/C bay parts I cannot really check until I’ve sorted the main gear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 This morning I have been re-working the original drawings to correct the dimension errors on the main U/C leg. What is great about the software is that, if I roll the time-line back to the correction then do the correction, when I roll the time-line to the end all drawings have been updated - even the mirror image leg. Here are a couple of photos of components taped in place to give some idea of how they are progressing: Having placed the flaps in place I can see that the flaps need a bit more work but, in general, they look OK. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 I am keeping my fingers crossed that the latest ‘prototype’ print will show me that I’ve sorted out the main gear and the flaps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 I think it was on here, but I posted (somewhere) a print failure and someone suggested a site which would check the print files . I cannot, for the life of me, find that post! Help!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 I seem to be doing ‘test prints’ on an almost daily basis! Today I am hoping to finalise the main U/C legs and associated actuating mechanisms, U/C main door actuating system (very much a compromise as it is worked around the Heller/Airfix wheel well details - there are 2 sacrificial parts to hold things in place until affixed to the appropriate parts) and finish the modifications to the flaps. As it is Friday I may not have time to photograph the end results, I’ve my Covid booster this afternoon as well! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 We Flat Iron Fanatics really appreciate all the hard work you're doing! Thank you so much!! 👍 Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 23 hours ago, TeeELL said: I think it was on here, but I posted (somewhere) a print failure and someone suggested a site which would check the print files . I cannot, for the life of me, find that post! Help!!! This? https://www.3dcreationlab.co.uk/news/fix-stl-files-for-3d-printer.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 I seem to be doing ‘test prints’ on an almost daily basis! Today I am hoping to finalise the main U/C legs and associated actuating mechanisms, U/C main door actuating system (very much a compromise as it is worked around the Heller/Airfix wheel well details - there are 2 sacrificial parts to hold things in place until affixed to the appropriate parts) and finish the modifications to the flaps. As it is Friday I may not have time to photograph the end results, I’ve my Covid booster this afternoon as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 The test print has completed and I have, what looks like, good prints. I need to check them out. The main U/C door operating mechanism has non-prototypical supports because the kit has moulds in the wrong place. A bit of a large compromise (‘tis underneath though)! I hope this is the final ‘test print’ I hope. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 24, 2022 Author Share Posted September 24, 2022 16 hours ago, Space Ranger said: This? https://www.3dcreationlab.co.uk/news/fix-stl-files-for-3d-printer.php H Space Ranger, I don’t think that is the site, I did visit it briefly and I recall it said it would take no more than 4 minutes to resolve an issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 24, 2022 Author Share Posted September 24, 2022 I will paint some examples of the parts to bring out the detail so you can judge for yourselves whether it was worth the time I have spent creating the items. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 3 hours ago, TeeELL said: H Space Ranger, I don’t think that is the site, I did visit it briefly and I recall it said it would take no more than 4 minutes to resolve an issue. This? https://products.aspose.app/3d/repairing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeELL Posted September 24, 2022 Author Share Posted September 24, 2022 Hi Space Ranger, still not the one, but I will give it a go. The only item that can cause issues is the replacement rear fuselage and the very last thin I want find is, after a 2hr 45min print session, that every print has a ‘fill’ down the hole(s) for the jet pipes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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