The Wooksta!: Not a Spitfire Blog - comments thread.

[Lost Cosmonauts]

And here's mine

Quote from: Lost Cosmonauts on Yesterday at 05:01:28 AM
Printers are running in Tim's capable hands


Can I ask a rather basic question simply to satisfy my own inquisitiveness ? How long does it take to print a kit like this ?

For a small printer like mine it is split across a few runs

For P1103 you get print 1 a nose, both wings and a tail ~ 10 hours, print 2 a pair of fuselages ~12 hours, print 3 gives 3 sets of small parts ~ 5 hours. Print 4 gives a big batch of cockpits ~ 5 hours. So you are looking per kit maybe 20 cumulative hours of machine time plus water wash, solvent rinse and UV cure on top for all of the parts

[Gondor]

And here's mine

Quote from: Lost Cosmonauts on Yesterday at 05:01:28 AM
Printers are running in Tim's capable hands


Can I ask a rather basic question simply to satisfy my own inquisitiveness ? How long does it take to print a kit like this ?

For a small printer like mine it is split across a few runs

For P1103 you get print 1 a nose, both wings and a tail ~ 10 hours, print 2 a pair of fuselages ~12 hours, print 3 gives 3 sets of small parts ~ 5 hours. Print 4 gives a big batch of cockpits ~ 5 hours. So you are looking per kit maybe 20 cumulative hours of machine time plus water wash, solvent rinse and UV cure on top for all of the parts

Ah, so the total print time is 20 hours roughly, but while one print is running you can do such things as wash, rinse and cure previous prints.

Gondor

[Lost Cosmonauts]

That'd be true if you had multiple spare build plates but as the print is still attached to the build plate for the water/detergent wash and you've got removing it and cleaning the build plate, refitting and levelling to do before you can set it going again. There is more hands on work than you might think

[NARSES2]

Thankyou, that's interesting. 

I'd often wondered about it and now I know 

[NARSES2]

I do like that He 277 Lee, hope you can make some progress 

[The Wooksta!]

It's the engine mounts that will be the issue with the wings.  I've figured out the deeper fuselage and how to do it, but will need to do some digging in a wreckage box.

Willie mentioned that he wanted to try converting a 177 to a 274.  Having looked at both, I'd say it's possible but would need to look at a wing donor.

[NARSES2]

Like the idea of a Beaufighter TF.X with turret Lee 

[The Wooksta!]

It's one I've been thinking about for years.  May have to resurrect that turret Blenheim as well. It had an accident and has yet to see primer.

[The Wooksta!]

One or two of the turret Beaufighter casts didn't come out, air bubbles in the gun mounts.  I'm wondering if I can replace it with a Bristol turret with a pair of 20mm cannons from a Shattipuss.  I've some Aeroclub Shack bits that could be ideal

Four blade props, definitely.  I may use the Firedog rocket mounts - I think they were used on far east Beaus at the very end of the war, as I've seen a photo of a TF.X with said mounts with SNAKE on the rear fuselage.

[kitbasher]

Stick with the P.1103, Lee - you know it makes sense 👍

[Gondor]

They have a nice choice of sanding equipment at B&Q Lee

Gondor

[kitbasher]

They have a nice choice of sanding equipment at B&Q Lee

Gondor

😂😂😂

[The Wooksta!]

They have a nice choice of sanding equipment at B&Q Lee

Gondor

I have a lot of files and sanding blocks.  Seems to be doing the trick.