DocRob Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 And now, to something completely different. Just for the building and later painting and weathering fun, I started this little fellow. What a change to the Mikro Mir plastic of my recent Fokker build. Cheers Rob 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Rob, is that a Wave MaK kit? How do you like it? Carl 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 16 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: Rob, is that a Wave MaK kit? How do you like it? It's a Hasegawa MK-44 Ammoknight kit. There are two battle suits in the box, with different weapons. So far, I like the fit and engineering. It builds like a breeze. The firs one will be part of a little dio, the second one, well, ..., I have some ideas. Next week, I will receive a 1/20 MAK Küster (similar to a Kröte), which is based on the old Nitto kit. Cheers Rob 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 What deviltry is this!?!?! How did they get coal into a warship back in the day of steam? One big hatch and a big funnel, you are guessing? Nope! One bag at a time. Through little hatches in the deck, all around the ship. Großer Kurfürst has... I'm guessing... like 130 to 150 coal chutes. There are a few grouped in twos, threes, and fours. But most are like these single chutes I've attached to a loop of blue masking tape. As you can see I have gone about half way through cutting them from the fret. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Gaz, I feel your pain after just having finished building effectively two sets of tracks for my Firefly. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 5 hours ago, GazzaS said: What deviltry is this!?!?! And I thought, they could have casted the 20 to 30 nut bolts onto my battle suit, instead of letting me cut them from the sprue, cleaning and gluing them on. I'm a sissy . 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I’m glad you guys know what Wav Mak is..........have I led a sheltered life...... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, Bomber_County said: I’m glad you guys know what Wav Mak is..........have I led a sheltered life...... Nothing to worry about Phil . In short: Most of these kits were designed by the Japanese artist Kow Yokoyama back in the 80's for the now defunct Hobby Japan magazine. Under the name SF3D or Ma.K (Maschinen Krieger ZbV3000) these comics were transferred into plastic kits by the Japanese company Nitto, most in 1/20 scale. Nitto lost the license to produce these kits, by the end of the collaboration with Hobby Japan and most of the old kits made an big increase of prices on the second hand markets (do I hear WNW?). Since 2008 Hasegawa started to issue different new tooled kits of the series, followed by the company Wave, which incorporated some of the old Nitto plastic. Therefore it was possible to enter into the Ma.K universe with a manageable invest, where for a long time there only existed mostly Japanese garage resin kits, hard to find and quite pricy. For further backgrounds and some great artwork, just search the net, which is full of related content. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 11 minutes ago, DocRob said: Nothing to worry about Phil . In short: Thanks Rob, you learn something every day, I’ll have a look.........what with work and cranky elderly parents time isn’t a luxury......... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Well, to continue on the virtual workbench drift, I have, as I indicated above, extracted my R-985 design from the SOD. Close to 6 years ago, I stalled at the design phase of the (complex) cylinder's head. With renewed energy on the use of Solidworks, and the help of excellent pictures I found on the net this week, I could redo the design of the full cylinder, as follows. Needless to say it is a very compex shape, with multiple planes and angles, and this is worth a few hours of work in front of the screen ... And assembled with the rest of the engine, designed 6 years ago : The eagle-eyed among you will spot that the full engine is still missing the manifold-to-head intake pipe. But that's an easy-peasy one to add, I dare say It now remains to see whether my home 3D-printer will be able to cope with the finesse of the details If yes, a fun fact is that the #2 of the long series of the R-985s was used successively on: - The Gee Bee model Z, which I have - The Gee Bee R-2, which I also have - Then the "Spirit of Africa" Sikorsky S-39 which I had started to scratch some time ago (and will now try to design, at least for some components, in 3D). So, if the print is succesfull, I will have plenty of uses for it ! Hope you like it. Hubert 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 51 minutes ago, HubertB said: Well, to continue on the virtual workbench drift, I have, as I indicated above, extracted my R-985 design from the SOD. Close to 6 years ago, I stalled at the design phase of the (complex) cylinder's head. With renewed energy on the use of Solidworks, and the help of excellent pictures I found on the net this week, I could redo the design of the full cylinder, as follows. Needless to say it is a very compex shape, with multiple planes and angles, and this is worth a few hours of work in front of the screen ... And assembled with the rest of the engine, designed 6 years ago : The eagle-eyed among you will spot that the full engine is still missing the manifold-to-head intake pipe. But that's an easy-peasy one to add, I dare say It now remains to see whether my home 3D-printer will be able to cope with the finesse of the details If yes, a fun fact is that the #2 of the long series of the R-985s was used successively on: - The Gee Bee model Z, which I have - The Gee Bee R-2, which I also have - Then the "Spirit of Africa" Sikorsky S-39 which I had started to scratch some time ago (and will now try to design, at least for some components, in 3D). So, if the print is succesfull, I will have plenty of uses for it ! Hope you like it. Hubert Hey Hubert that looks fantastic, any chance on getting a copy of it in 1/24th scale, or better yet a copy of the digtal file so I can work on it in Unigraphics NX16 and then print it on my 3D resin printer? I need it for my 1/24 DeHaviland beaver kit thats on hold because of the motor...please Ron G 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 17 minutes ago, CrankyCrafstman said: Hey Hubert that looks fantastic, any chance on getting a copy of it in 1/24th scale, or better yet a copy of the digtal file so I can work on it in Unigraphics NX16 and then print it on my 3D resin printer? I need it for my 1/24 DeHaviland beaver kit thats on hold because of the motor...please Ron G It will be my pleasure, Ron. I just need to tweak the design of two components on the cylinder (thought about this tweak after my posting) and do the intake pipes. PM me your email address and you’ll get the files during the course of next week. The design is in 1/32, but I am sure it will withstand scaling up to 1/24. If anything, it will be easier to print in this scale. It will look much better than your current alternative anyway Hubert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 The assembly of the Ammoknight is done so far. It's possible to build it in a day. Painting and weathering will take a bit longer, but will be supported by a kit design, which allows to detach all major subassemblies with polycap connections. On the pics, everything is only dry fitted and some parts are missing, because they will be painted separately. The included pilot figure is bad and has no arms and is only usable with the suit closed. The position of the welding girl is not decided yet, but more likely as in the first picture, patching up the battle suit. Cheers Rob 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Sasha the welding girl! I think yours is the first I've seen in the wild. Have you seen any of the Brick Works figures? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 3 hours ago, HubertB said: It will be my pleasure, Ron Love it how we all help out one another. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 43 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: Sasha the welding girl! I think yours is the first I've seen in the wild. Have you seen any of the Brick Works figures? Exactly, Sasha the welding girl from Industria Mechanika, among some other of their great kits in my stash. I've seen pictures of Brick Work figures as well as Honemits figures, but don't like them too much. I seem not to be able to find the poses, I'm looking for and I'm not that deep into the babe thing, at least not in resin . Sasha is an exception here and the idea that she will wield on a heart shaped patch on a battle suit is in my head since years. The figure itself seems to be of a special type of resin. It's a little soft, almost vinyl like, but highly detailed. Same goes for the wielding cart, which needs no glue, due to the slightly flexible material. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 The more I use my 3D DLP printer, the more I realise that resins have a HUGE impact on print quality. I am not suprised that this yellow resin yields superior finesse in printing. I am not yet through my (costly) voyage of trying different resins, but this is worth a « Hints & Tips » subject in its own . In the meantime, my « tweaking » of the R-985 design resulted in an extra 6 (or 8 ?) hours of work, but I can call the design project « finished ! ». Now begins the printing trials, which most likely will be beyond the capacities of my printer, requiring re-designing for less scale-accurate detailing ... Hubert 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Amazing ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted February 23, 2021 Administrators Share Posted February 23, 2021 Hubert, that 985 looks Amazing! Considering that the only 985 is to swipe the decent engine from the KH Kingfisher Kit, I’d say your creation is all that more special! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Clunkmeister said: Hubert, that 985 looks Amazing! Considering that the only 985 is to swipe the decent engine from the KH Kingfisher Kit, I’d say your creation is all that more special! Thank You Ernie. In fairness, when I started this design, there was not even the Kingfisher kit available, so tehre was no 1/32 R-985 at al on the market, be it injected - the Williams' kits representation is not that accurate), or AM. The KH Kingfisher engine is not bad, but I dare say my design is vastly superior . Especially as the first printing trial turned out beautifully. The only glitch I encountered is that my slicing software was unable to cope with 9 cylinders in one go (each .stl file for a cylinder is 318 Mb big), but that was overcome by having split printing runs. But all the parts turn out incredibly well, especially as the printer is a (very very good neverthless) less than USD 500 piece of hardware ! Ron should be happy for his Beaver kit . Here is a pic of the printed components, fresh out of the curing process. The resin is Anycubic's transparent green for those that want to know. Not only reasonably priced and easily available, but excellent on the details' rendering (some details like bolt heads are 0.3 mm in dia, and the cylinder cooling fins' thickness is 0.15 mm ), even though the color is a bear to photograph. (click on the pic if you want to see it bigger) It's a very good way to start the day, I tell you Hubert 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Hubert, you’re the maestro........that must be so satisfying when they appear..... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Bomber_County said: Hubert, you’re the maestro........that must be so satisfying when they appear..... Yes, Phil. It is very satisfying. This is an all-new approach to scratchbuilding, and I personally find it as rewarding to see the printed parts as producing them with my own hands. The fact that I spent a close-to-3-digits number of hours (maybe 3-digits with hindsight, after all ) to design this engine contributes to the feeling that this is MY unique work. And it is reproduceable « ad-infinitum », which is good, because I have a few kits craving for a good R-985 replica. I am currently in the printing process of yet another experiment : clear parts. If the Mystery Ship windscreen comes out as transparent as I expect, even if it needs a bit of post-finishing, this will open another universe of possibilities. High on my list would be designing-then-printing an accurate windscreen and canopy for the EE Lightning to replace the completely botched ones of the Trumpeter kit. One can also think of a complete fuselage for the Sikorsky S-39, or for a Republic Seabee ... Thanks for the compliments. Hubert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 You are hired Hubert 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 33 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: You are hired Hubert Pheeewwww ! Thanks. I was worried about what I would do of my retirement time ... Hubert 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackster Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Superb job Hubert! Cheers Kev 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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