Beardmore Aviation Ship

Caveman · March 04, 2022, 02:41:02 PM

So I now own a resin printer - and I've been playing around with it learning what I can and cannot print. I am hopeful that this will be something that I can print.

Can you guess what it is yet?

NARSES2 · March 05, 2022, 01:15:25 AM

Paddle steamer Ironclad or gunboat ?

Old Wombat · March 05, 2022, 01:16:27 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on March 05, 2022, 01:15:25 AM
Paddle steamer Ironclad or gunboat ?

Or both?

NARSES2 · March 05, 2022, 01:27:17 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 05, 2022, 01:16:27 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 05, 2022, 01:15:25 AM
Paddle steamer Ironclad or gunboat ?

Or both?

True

PR19_Kit · March 05, 2022, 02:03:52 AM

A train ferry? The well down the centre for a few train storage tracks........

zenrat · March 05, 2022, 02:37:04 AM

Early aircraft carrier. The aircraft take off down the middle between the superstructures.

Old Wombat · March 05, 2022, 03:30:41 AM

Quote from: zenrat on March 05, 2022, 02:37:04 AM
Early aircraft carrier. The aircraft take off down the middle between the superstructures.

That was also one of my first thoughts.

Which instantly reminded me that I have a Dreadnought to convert into an early RAN carrier & I began wondering if that is what the RAN might have gone with, a question I am still pondering, which is why I didn't mention it.

Caveman · March 05, 2022, 03:55:58 AM

Quote from: zenrat on March 05, 2022, 02:37:04 AM
Early aircraft carrier. The aircraft take off down the middle between the superstructures.

https://wargamingmiscellanybackup.wordpress.com/2018/01/29/the-beardmore-aviation-ship/amp/

zenrat · March 05, 2022, 04:00:48 AM

The aircraft are going to be tiny.
Presumably they will be very early biplanes. Are you going to rig them

Caveman · March 05, 2022, 04:44:40 AM

Quote from: zenrat on March 05, 2022, 04:00:48 AM
The aircraft are going to be tiny.
Presumably they will be very early biplanes. Are you going to rig them

I'm modelling it at 1:700. I've not worked out how I'll do the aircraft yet.

frank2056 · March 05, 2022, 10:27:29 AM

What printer did you get?

I recommend getting UVTools to repair your sliced files. PrusaSlicer is a great alternative to the Chitubox or Lychee slicers.
Also, get a screen protector of some sort. If you have a failed print and don't clean the vat (or leave a piece of resin stuck to the build plate) it can end up damaging or puncturing the FEP. Resin inside your printer is no fun.

The 1/700 planes can probably be printed nose down (up) towards the build plate with as few small supports as you can get away with.

Caveman · March 05, 2022, 11:28:09 PM

An Anycubic Photon Mono. Screen protector is on the todo list.

nönöbär · March 06, 2022, 01:06:44 AM

I hava an Anycubic Photon. 1/700 scale parts can sometimes a bit tricky for the smaller ones, but aircraft can be done. See my CVE carriers, most aircraft there are printed.

Caveman · March 06, 2022, 04:02:22 AM

Quote from: nönöbär on March 06, 2022, 01:06:44 AM
I hava an Anycubic Photon. 1/700 scale parts can sometimes a bit tricky for the smaller ones, but aircraft can be done. See my CVE carriers, most aircraft there are printed.

They may have had quite an influence on me...

NARSES2 · March 06, 2022, 04:40:25 AM

Quote from: frank2056 on March 05, 2022, 10:27:29 AM
What printer did you get?

I recommend getting UVTools to repair your sliced files. PrusaSlicer is a great alternative to the Chitubox or Lychee slicers.
Also, get a screen protector of some sort. If you have a failed print and don't clean the vat (or leave a piece of resin stuck to the build plate) it can end up damaging or puncturing the FEP. Resin inside your printer is no fun.

The 1/700 planes can probably be printed nose down (up) towards the build plate with as few small supports as you can get away with.

I can't pretend I understand a word of that middle paragraph

Nice to see members embracing the latest tech though