Maxkee's Project Log _ Longest Day
Painting continued
So started again after the christmas break. Painted the bases and the metal parts black. This was a bit labour intensive. Hope to finish next week the metal and wood parts.
I started playing around with a 3d model I have of a lcvp. So first I imported it in 3d Builder to fix any issues with the model. Subsequently I made cuts in 3d builder to isolate both the steering wheel as the machine guns. These are too fragile as-is for FDM printing.
I removed the machine guns, I’ll insert Warlord LCVP crews later on, and created some insert to support the warlord crews.
The problem with the model is that the boat is quite deep which means it stand out of the water a bit more than I would like. Also I would like to angle the LCVP a bit so that the front comes up more from the waterline. This will mean that I will get a lot of print layers on the top deck. Therefore I have decided to do some more modelling over the weekend. I’ll cut and decrease the depth of the deck and cut the top in half so that the top can print flat and the bottom slightly angled.
Will be continued 🙂
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