Happy 2025

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I use ViaCad Pro ... but there are other good alternatives around. My resin printers are by Elegoo, I have the Mars and the Saturn. They get better every...

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A bit more work on the Holland. Currently I'm detailing the torpedo compensating tank and the firing valve of the torpedo tube. At the time of the Holland...

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That's a nice design.....I like it!

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Project is finished....made a display box and now the Viper hovers as book nook above our heads...

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I continued working on the bow torpedo room...I printed and added the fittings for the tube control the winch motor and its worm gear and the respective...

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Looks like a fun event.....great!

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Nice....I like it. Special reason for showing the boat with a yellow stripes (training boat)?

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I finished applying the decals and then went for weathering. I started with a gray filter, followed by gray wash for shadows, dirt and, streaks, and then...

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Yes I do....all my boats are based on self-drawn CAD files.

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More tanks and bottles...and the batteries. The batteries were packed in wooden boxes, so in the picture one only sees these wooden boards, In case of...

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Further progress on the internal structures. water tank, compensation tanks, compressed air bottles, torpedo firing tank, lockers and boxes. This will...

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When they get buffy, then tehy are ripe for dispoasal....

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David, seems like you git the part with the fireworks, associated with New Year's eve, a bit wrong.....glad nothing serious happened. I like the idea...

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That's what I'd call comprehensive.....and for free!

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I'm further refining the internal structures of the Holland 1. I added the main ballast tank and redesigned some bulkheads. Difficult, as I don't have...

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Happy new year...peace, health, happiness and a bunch of joyful projects for all of you.

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Painted the hull with Tamiya primer gray and then I pushed the base color with a thin layer Vallejo wite gray into the desired direction. After that the...

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Isopropanol ... I use the Elegoo wash&cure machine

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After the CAD models are almost finished, I started to build the interior of the boat, that s going to be placed inside the corresponding 1/72 scale Vesikko...

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After all the CAD design work, the Shchuke, 3 x U1, I needed a break from submarines and ultra small parts. So time for my old Sci Fi love Battlestar...