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Offline Rich H

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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #60 on: November 13, 2019, 07:41:11 PM »
Prototype with zero cleanup as yet.

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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #61 on: November 13, 2019, 07:43:17 PM »
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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #62 on: November 13, 2019, 07:44:25 PM »
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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #63 on: November 13, 2019, 10:26:26 PM »
That's looking rather nice

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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #64 on: November 13, 2019, 10:53:27 PM »
That's looking rather nice
I agree.

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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #65 on: November 13, 2019, 11:10:59 PM »
Really looking forward to this  :)
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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #66 on: November 14, 2019, 12:21:46 PM »
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Note the lines you see on the turret are not 'print lines'.  The lines on the track guard are print lines (diagonal)

The lines ont he turret roof are a result of aliasing. 
This is a digital layering process: the printer uses an LCD to turn on and off 3d pixels of resin.  if there is a gradual slope it has to digitise that.

Imagine going up stairs with a fixed step height (layer height) and fixed step width (Pixel size). 

Assuming step height and width are the same then at 45 degrees the steps are evenly spaced. 
If its 60 degrees every now and then you have to add an extra step in to 'catch up'.  These catch up steps result in additional step lines you can see.

Sounds bad... but remember we are actually talking VERY small steps. 
The layer height used on my printer is usually 0.05mm and the LCD pixel size is 0.047x0.047mm for reference a human hair is on average 0.08-0.1mm

The printer will actually print down to 0.01mm but it's far easier for me just to sand the surface very slightly as 0.01mm means prints take 5x longer and the super fine layers plus extended print time means print failures are more common.  For example at 0.05mm one track takes 11 hours already.

One layer of undercoat and they vanish anyway ;)

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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #67 on: November 15, 2019, 08:17:15 AM »
New turret print and accessories

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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #68 on: November 15, 2019, 10:54:45 AM »
Overall it looks very good. It might just be the angle or the photo but the barrel looks a bit off. There’s a fairly pronounced taper between the mantle and the fume extractor on the real thing and then the barrel is fairly straight after that. That looks like it has more of a taper towards the muzzle. See below.

I take it that Empress are doing the .30 cal in metal?

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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #69 on: November 15, 2019, 10:59:35 AM »
Cheers - I'll see if I can find a better drawing. 

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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #70 on: November 15, 2019, 11:12:19 AM »
By the by, if it only comes with one spare wheel, folk will need to add the mounting brackets for the other on the glacis. I assume it will cone with both spare wheels.

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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #71 on: November 15, 2019, 11:14:18 AM »
All the additional bits will be metal for robustness.  I don't do the MGs so they match across the range.
It'll have two ;) - one failed to print - they are separate to provide options for other marks.

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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #72 on: November 15, 2019, 11:37:30 AM »
Thanks Carlos  :-*


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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #73 on: November 15, 2019, 03:26:29 PM »
Great looking model.
Love it.
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Re: Next project started - RAAC Centurion for Empress
« Reply #74 on: November 15, 2019, 06:40:28 PM »
Nice.
I was going to ask about the big tank that hangs on the back of the hull.