Administrators JeroenPeters Posted October 27 Author Administrators Posted October 27 Great stuff. Read through the manual and found the dimensions. Length and width were almost spot on! 3
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted October 28 Author Administrators Posted October 28 Posting stuff online can be very rewarding. Yesterday someone on Facebook shared photo's of his own Herkules II. He actually owns one in his collection and shared several photo's. Needless to say this results in a list of necessary changes I'll need to make. First: the wheels. My 3D skills are not good enough to replicate the wheels 100%, but I can make them way more accurate than my first try. 6
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted October 28 Author Administrators Posted October 28 Just received a whole set of photographs and measurements from Arsenal-45. Amazing stuff. Where is was first short on reference, I now have it in abundance! Here's a newer pic of my wheel (37cm in diameter) and a new reference photo. 7
GusMac Posted October 28 Posted October 28 Great reference material and just in the nick of time before you printed it 4
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted October 30 Author Administrators Posted October 30 Doing numerous changes based on the photo's and measurements I received from Arsenal45. One detail is the double lock that secures the handlebar. Will look the whole thing over a few more times, but then it should be OK-ish enough. 5
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted October 30 Author Administrators Posted October 30 Well. Here goes nothing! 4
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted October 30 Author Administrators Posted October 30 Test fitted the wings. Perfect fit. Added the fastener strips to the inside of the underwing panel openings. This build is going pretty fast due to great fit and engineering. 5
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted November 1 Author Administrators Posted November 1 Here we go. Fired up all printers today with mixed results. Managed to pull off 3 complete sets. Might do some new prints with thinner supports. 6
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted November 2 Author Administrators Posted November 2 First print with medium thick supports. Safe but i prefer thinner supports 6
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted November 2 Author Administrators Posted November 2 Quick assembly. Not happy yet, but it looks like a Herkules II. 8
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted November 3 Author Administrators Posted November 3 Test fitting the lift under the tail. Checking the height. Just did another print run with thinner supports, but sadly they could not carry the weight. Will try again with slightly thicker attachment points. 6
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted November 4 Author Administrators Posted November 4 Printed another one in beige resin. This stuff is a bit more brittle but has finer details. Also just got word from Arsenal45 that i need a few extra supports in the base plate simce i’m modelling the Herkules IIB and not the IIA. 7
Martinnfb Posted November 4 Posted November 4 Yeah Jeroen, how could you forget those extra supports? Jeez.... Most impressive, hats off to your mad skills and research work. Cheers Martin 4
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted November 5 Author Administrators Posted November 5 Fixed the structure. All good to go now! 6
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted Saturday at 09:27 PM Author Administrators Posted Saturday at 09:27 PM Final version and print of the main body of the Herkules. Thickened the piston. And altered some other parts. Thinned the attachment points of the supports. The model is now easier to seperate from the supports. This will do. 7
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted Sunday at 09:03 PM Author Administrators Posted Sunday at 09:03 PM Almost there. 6
Count0 Posted Monday at 04:53 PM Posted Monday at 04:53 PM Sweet. When are you going to sell copies to us?? 🙏 2
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted Monday at 08:21 PM Author Administrators Posted Monday at 08:21 PM 3 hours ago, Count0 said: Sweet. When are you going to sell copies to us?? 🙏 I’m not too keen on selling since it’s a hobby, but i might put it up on Shapeways. Just managed to get the attachment points perfect. Now you can just pull the supports and the whole thing falls clean of the model. The height of the Herkules is modelled at 6cm, which will match the height of the tail. If you study the photos you’ll see the compressed rear oleo’s of the main gear making the plane sit more in an angle and lower at the tail, but I’ll keep the stance as is. 3
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