D805 Piet Hein, ex HMS Serapis, WW2 S class destroyer

[Marquinius]

This ship really doesn’t want to leave the shipyard … started gluing the deckhouses and whatnot in place and -luckily in time - saw that the deck behind the bridge was severely warped. Oh well. Good opportunity to create an even nicer one .

 

[Marquinius]

And the solution was available online: underside F deck of HMCS Haida. Comparable enough. Lots of supports. No clue why I did not implement these in my design. Blind spot. Makes it actually nicer to look at also.

 

[Marquinius]

I created some supports and cheated a little with the shape: you cannot see them in the model once the lot is bonded together. So simple is best. Goal was to create sturdiness. Interesting times: it is rather a complex assembly. I will print the two deckhouse halves upside down, so that the actual deck will be smooth (I have a smooth print plate). The flash guard and the bridge will be done in resin. End of tomorrow or perhaps day after I'll show the results.

 

[Peter Voogt]

I created some supports and cheated a little with the shape: you cannot see them in the model once the lot is bonded together. So simple is best. Goal was to create sturdiness. Interesting times: it is rather a complex assembly. I will print the two deckhouse halves upside down, so that the actual deck will be smooth (I have a smooth print plate). The flash guard and the bridge will be done in resin. End of tomorrow or perhaps day after I'll show the results.

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It's still fascinating how you continue to develop the parts, with trial and error improvements and the energy to create a new print, Marco.
Regards, Peter

 

[Marquinius]

With all the great manual work I see on SoS, I better make sure I at least try to do the 3D work to a similar level.

 

[RDN1954]

Do you use any self-locating features in your build? As soon as I neglect those, I run into problems of not being able to align parts properly. (This was also a huge pain in the, well wherever, for my Fokker DVII kit; limited to none locating features.)

 

[Marquinius]

Do you use any self-locating features in your build? As soon as I neglect those, I run into problems of not being able to align parts properly. (This was also a huge pain in the, well wherever, for my Fokker DVII kit; limited to none locating features.)

Partly, as having the flat surfaces on the print plate mostly prevent including self locators. But where possible, yes. And a few small strips of glued in styrofoam here and there help. But it’s a chore.

I tend to use slow curing super glue.

 

[Marquinius]

OK. That took a little longer than I expected. I’m sure that a professional 3D print shop would do better, but I’m happy. I had to use some filler to connect front to back, as I simply couldn’t get the connection tight enough during print.

The bridge is not yet glued in place, so those gaps between bridge and deckhouse and the latter to the deck requires some thought. I found a glue that also fills.

We’ll see.

 

[Marquinius]

You might think I’m “dead in the water “, but no worries. Just slow going and not a lot to show.

And I decided to do a little side job. This scratch build model started out as a bouvier, became a dobermann, but I lost some leg spacers.

Still as fierce as a dire wolf, though.

 

[Jack Jäger]

I think the question is ' What do you get when you breed a Dachshund with a Yak ?

Great pic of a lovely beasty Marco.

 

[Peter Voogt]

You might think I’m “dead in the water “, but no worries. Just slow going and not a lot to show.

And I decided to do a little side job. This scratch build model started out as a bouvier, became a dobermann, but I lost some leg spacers.

Still as fierce as a dire wolf, though.

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Nice picture, Marco. A dog in the house offers a lot of distraction and variety.
Regards, Peter

 

[Marquinius]

Just to let everybody know I’m still on board. But man, I am busy. Setting up a remote telescope rig that needs to be ready mid January. I’m moving my scope to Spain and that requires quite a lot of thinking, planning and learning.

Head full with Linux, hardware switches, VPN tunnel and what not. All new to me and actually a little scary. End of January I go over for a week and after that it must work over long distance connection.

So ship building comes third (wife, dogs, food and a dram or two come second and often first, depending how threatening one of the dears look at me).

But I’m close to final testing and am really looking forward to picking up the building tools again.