Hello all,
Long and necessary break for some different reasons..............and one in particular: my main computer broke down! I have another one in the living room where I could put some directories before the screen of the other become all black!!! I have to wait the next week to have a repairer at home!
I worked again on this engine, but I have modified my point of view a little bit: in fact, all in 3D is quite impossible for one main reason: as soon as a part reaches a certain dimension, the price to print it becomes exponential: for exemple, the long hood behind the cab. So I decided to take again my cutter and my rule to make it at a more affordable cost.
The doors are now glued on the frame and all the hinges are made (tedious work with very little parts - strips and rods - to fit together!); I have to re order door latches.
But I kept the roof in 3D resine printing; too hard to drill 20 mm diameter holes for the fan housings in a 2 mm sheet of styrene!
The resine breaks like glass and it happened to me on this part! hopefully, the break is hidden and reinforced by the exhaust stack glued on!!!
I just added rivets and lift rings on and the exhaust stack (also in 3D/resine); I find it's not too bad like that.
The 2 following parts have been re done in styrene too: their appearance in 3D was not like I wanted; I just keeped for the first one the fan grille in resine.
I also changed the lift ring for a little bigger ones.
On the other hand, this one is fully re done in styrene, always for a better appearance.
With these modifications, I will have a better model.
Next week, I will give some other little parts to make in 3D to complete this long hood and after that, I began to do the cab.
jpv in France
