JeroenPeters

The gun camera was situated under the center fuselage, next to the empty shell container. It had a side opening hatch, showing the G42B gun camera. I couldn't resist drawing it up in order to print it. First steps.

I knew how i was breaking up subassemblies so i knew the wheel would fit and turn. The same goes for the stand.

Cutting the parts free from the supports is nerve wrecking. Lot more small connection points to be cleaned up. The rear wheel actually turns. And the kickstand works too.

And here's the Brough Superior SS100. It will take a few hours of more work to get this prepped for 3d printing.

Hope the Norton 16H doesn’t bore you, but i need to get it printed properly and ready for paint before i continue the Whirlwind. The text on the base will see: it wasn’t the engines… The ones that know what killed the Whirlwind will understand.

Geeez! Even the tiny valve is there. A bit of small cleanup to do. Printing a few bikes more now. I’ll pose two under the Whirlwind. Double engine, so to speak.

After a wash and a cure

Altered the 3d file A LOT. The fenders are so thin they are translucent. Spokes are a bit thicker and came out good this time. We’ll see after a cure. Also started painting the wheels for the Whirlwind.

Sooo… printed the Norton and what i expected happened. The proper diameter of the spokes are too thin to print in 32nd scale. But… only a little. I’ll make the 1.3 times thicker and see what happens. The engine and all the other oarts are really there. You can’t keep see the translucency of the chain cover and even the engine parts through the thin walls. Also printed more small parts for the Peregrine engines.

Adding more wires with lead 0,3mm lead wire. Not much to go by in terms of reference, but just enough and some common sense.

More paint on the engines. Still a lot more painting and wiring to be added.

Decided to paint one block in the later all black colour and the other in the earlier half metal. Like the Kestrel engine. Makes it a bit more interesting to look at.

More colour.

First paint is on. This reveals more detail And some print layers, but all acceptable. Even the Rolls Royce lettering appears.

To make life more difficult I want to build this Norton 16H in 1939 RAF blue alongside to pose with the Whirlwind. The extreme detail I am apparently managing to squeeze from this printer makes me confident. I do however have to modify this 3D model extensively to get it to print, build and paint properly.

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All done! Some minor cleanup needed, but it all fits snugly and tight.

Pfffff. Reprinted the engines, exhausts and engines in beige resin. It’s a bit more flexibele so less likely to break or chip. The small wiring on the engines are all intact and getting the supports off is a challenge. The oil tank and support ls fit great but that’s logical since it all fits in my 3d program. Geez. Getting there. The last pic is a pile of testshots. This weekend i’ll hope to have all the parts cleaned up and smoothed out. Getting nearer to paint!

So. Thinner supports. Different resin. Fingers crossed

Printed the engines over. Some tubes that were actually hollow in my model were too fragile. Even ingnitions wires and spark plugs came through on the print. The detail is amazing. The engine bearers in grey resin aRe too brittle for my taste. Printing them now in a different resin flavour.

Printed 4 engines. Two turned out near perfect. Oil tank came out perfect too.

Prints turned out great. Next print will be the engines themselves. The first ones were printed on a 4K printer as a test.

This never gets boring…

Isolated the engine bearers and did some final research. Will print a set of 3 because I'm expecting some print flaws.

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