3D printed 1/72nd scale Los Angeles class submarine
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Originally posted by rwtdiverHi Steve,
Your LA Boat looks fantastic! If I may, can I get your process of finishing your 3D printed boats? Do you use high fill primers with sanding in-between coats, and then use a PU spray (water based or solvent) after the primers, or do you use the PU first and then the primers? Then you apply your finish coat, and this boat is ready for the water?! No finishing resins or fiber glass at all?
Thanks for any info you can give! Your finish work on you 3D printed boats is right on!!:-)
Rob
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I got that "LA Lean" thing going with mine..."It does not take so many words to speak the truth" Chief JosephComment
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Makes sense. These pictures are of the Olympia (SSN-717) which is a flight one boat and what I am basically doing. Thank you for the information. I am getting ready to add a scum line so it will have the "LA lean" as well.Comment
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Originally posted by He Who Shall Not Be NamedNICE!....
Some bird-**** on the upper rudder, draft numbers, hull numbers, DSRV 'targets, some running stains down the sides, none-skid, and some anti-foul red from centerline down and you're off to the races!
David
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David, I am really confused by what I see on the internet so maybe you can help? I am doing the USS Olympia (SSN-717) but I can't tell for sure if it had the red anti-fouling on the hull? I do find a picture of it in drydock without it but can't determine that it didn't get painted after the picture was taken. Any thoughts? Was there a time when the later Flight 1 boats didn't get it?Comment
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Latest progress. I designed and printed some brackets to secure the sub-driver with some hair bands. It works great and very simple. Now the WTC is installed. I also finished the pushrods for the stern planes and installed the drive shift and prop. A simple support bracket holds the pushrods in place to connect to the pushrod magnets from the WTC when the stern section is twist-locked in place. Then I designed and printed a bracket to hold the fairwater planes servo and connected its linkage. I also, soldered up the harness for the servo. After that I painted a dark grey stripe on the top of the hull to simulate anti-skid and finally designed and printed some aft mooring cleats. All in all a very productive evening.
Left to do is install the snorkel and masts, install the fairwater planes servo harness in the WTC, apply graphics which have been ordered, add some more weathering and then trim it. This one will definitely be ready for Sub Fest and there is still a chance the Ohio will make it as well but if not no big deal. This LA will give me three boats to take in addition to the Redoutable and Nautilus.Last edited by SubDude; 09-01-2020, 02:13 AM.Comment
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