aptivaboy wrote:
The Sims conversion or the Fletcher gun tub? Both are yes. I just need someone to doublecheck my dimensions on the gun tub before I go any further. I started adding internal supports and reinforcements to match photos as best I could, but then figured that would be a waste of time if the scaling was all wrong and I had to start all over again.
The Bagley or Benham (I'm now waffling on which one to do) will get done sometime and 3D printed. As for when, that's an open question. With work and family issues, I can't predict when. I tend to go weeks without doing any CAD work and then I'll CAD like a madman for a week and blow several projects out the door at once. Its just how I tend to operate, so the answer to this one is yes, but no predictions or estimates on an ETA. It could be a year or so out.
Bob
Uhm.... Since it is 3D, I don't suppose "scale" is an issue (what scale it gets printed in), as the printing method is the only constraint there.
I am currently working on a Benham stack.
It seems to be the only part of the Midship Model's kit that requires much real work. I have ViaCAD, and occasionally AutoCAD to work with as my "hard CAD" programs.
But often it is simpler to work in a polygonal modeling program, and then just subdivide until the resolution is good enough to print. Often compound curves are a beach to do in surface modeling programs.
Do you have blueprints you are going to work from for the Bagley/Benham?
And.... I know what you mean about work.
I have several 3D modeling projects I am doing at the moment for which I haven't done anything in weeks (stressed out over having to sue a doctor), but I often go a week without working, and then spend four days straight, without sleep, working on a project.
MB