FDM PLA 3D printing - with a model making inclination

[Dave Ward]

Finally ran out of blue PLA - onto grey

1/72 Churchill AVRE with fascune rack

1/72 Sherman BARV
Both need a clean up , but lookng good & ready for primer
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Whilst most models come in complete parts, some come as 'flat packs'

1/72 Churchill ARK
Dave

[Dave Ward]

With a minimum of clean up & a few drops of CA.....................

Dave
ps - I'm printing off 2 post-war tanks - Centurion AVRE & Centurion ARV

[Dave Ward]

In my search for the unusual - both at 1/72.......................

Churchill Mk.I


Alecto - only a 1/76 model appears in Scalemates, so not very common. Info is a bit patchy on this machine - ' several made ', ' limited number produced ' It's small, the hull is only 60mm long!
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Universal Carrier - Wasp II in 1/72

I think I've reached the smallest I can achieve with FDM

.......................and yes, I still have failures - this is the 3rd and final attempt to print this

1/72 Rolls Royce armoued car 1914 - not possible with my FDM printer - the front mudguards are just too flimsy.
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Some more unusual vehicles, all in 1/72

Churchill 3" Gun Carrier

Centurion AVRE


Centurion ARV

All modern tanks seem to have really small fittings, which are really difficult to print by FDM - and as soon as I see 'slat armour' - forget it ( in 1/72 at least )
Dave

[Dave Ward]

I printed a 1/72 A7V -

I'd had enough of the black PLA - it's gone back into storage with its' companion, the silica gel pouch
and back to a neutral grey & how much better it looks!

CA1 Schneider in 1/72 - The St Chamond is printng now
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Your painting queue must be stretching around the block by now Dave Interesting stuff though.

[Dave Ward]

I was thinking of getting a big bucket of primer & dipping them!
Dave

[Dave Ward]

a 1/35 Culin Hedgerow cutter for a Sherman

- probably a bit too neat! These things were knocked together in Field Workshops from German beach defences ( or so I read ).
A weird alternative fir the Sherman, instead of the Calliope - the Whizbang - actually saw ( limited ) combat
That's going to take a bit of printing in 1/35
Dave

[Dave Ward]

a 1/35 Culin Hedgerow cutter for a Sherman
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- probably a bit too neat! These things were knocked together in Field Workshops from German beach defences ( or so I read ).
A weird alternative fir the Sherman, instead of the Calliope - the Whizbang - actually saw ( limited ) combat
[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1224266[/ATTACH] That's going to take a bit of printing in 1/35
Dave

I was right - took 12 hours to print - the clean up seems to be impossible! I'll probably have to cut the thing in two to do a succesful print.......................
Dave

[Dave Ward]

It'll probaby print as a resin in one piece, but with FDM the space between the turret top & the launcher is just too narrow to allow clean up - I just had to try! Ironically splitting it into two has cut the overall print time down to ten hours, there's less support structure needed
Dave

[Dave Ward]

I printed the whizbang turret in two halves & ca'd them together
A little filler needed, here and there
Another Sheman turret oddball - again in 1/35 - the Sherman CDL
What I need now is a M4A1, as both these turrets seem to have been mounted on cast hull versions - I do have an Italeri model in the stash that could be a suitable donor
Dave

[Dave Ward]

I have only one Italeri M4A1. so I decided to print one - the hull wasn't too much problem, but the weak point is the tracks - even if they were resin printed, they wouldn't be very good
Still, the hull fitted with the CDL turret

......................and with the whizbang turret

in 1/35.............................
I also printed a 1/72 Beaverette, the original converted car model..............

On the edge of what's useable!
Dave