Mk III Valentine X tank wheels printed nicely:
Put them on the kit parts:
Tow hooks:
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Tow bars look great.
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I need folks to buy them though to be great. 
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That heavy tow bar looks Uh-Mae-Zing!
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Airbrake connector and glad hand CAD finished (WWII type). 3D printing this week.
Modern version CAD coming this week also.
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Printed the WWII truck air brake connectors and glad hands in 1/35. These things are tiny, tiny, tiny:
My eyes hurt after taking photos…
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Looks great! Looking forward to the modification for the modern version as well?
^^^Ditto
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Hi Stuart,
Yup, planning to work on the modern version this weekend.
Kind regards,
James
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Some photos of the WWII truck air brake connector and glad hand prints in 1/35:
At x6 magnification:
At x6.5 magnification:
At x7+ magnification:
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Very nice. I am looking forward to the modern ones.
I experimented making casting numbers/foundry markings in 1/35 tonight.
Took some numbers off with an Xacto knife, then glued them to a small piece of Evergreen plastic sheet. The first inverted V - I cut it too thin and broke. The numbers look much better even though a bit thick:
CAD screen shots:
What do you think?
Kind regards,
James
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Probably the photos but they do look a little thick for the scale. Hard to judge. At the needed thickness, probably cannot print or would be lost on removal.
If scaled up to 1/16 and needed for those kits, those would be the bee knees.
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Will printing the letters on little supports like your other prints, instead of the larger square blocks make it easier to remove the character? I find trying to slice off letters like that ends up with them trimmed at an angle, broken or curled.
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I’m thinking that maybe the thickness will be removed if removed using a razor saw?
The casting symbols are for a French R35.
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That’s a good idea, Peter. I am going to try that next. Thanks.
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These are money right here in my opinion. Reduced the thickness by 1/2 and reduced the overall size by 40%. With Petbat’s suggestion, they were very easy to remove w/out breaking and relatively easy to attach to the plastic surface:
First, remove from the tiny supports using an Xacto knife or precision nipper - be careful not to make it fly away to the carpet monster however:
Before gluing - just use a regular plastic cement to soften the plastic:
Glued:
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I’ll send you my bill for the intellectual input 
Glad it worked.
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