Big difference
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The redesign has made the project viable. Pretty pumped.
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I like following along on your 3D printing journey
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Taking advantage of the redesign that’s intended to make printing viable, I’ve added some additional surface detailing to the turret, as well as the episcopes.
Due to the size of the model, updates are challenging my laptop’s processor, so this is taking a while.
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The opaque test print of the episcopes is complete. After a quick spray of black Mr. Surfacer, they were test fit to the turret.
Will print them in clear when the time comes.
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Absolutely amazing. You are creating a full 1/16 kit with commercial quality!
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A distinctive part of the 87 式偵察警戒車 are the 76mm multi barrel smoke grenade dischargers (MBSGD). Thanks to parallax, the height of the tubes is a bit unclear, so I’ve created two lengths.
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A big driver for returning to this project is improving overall fit.
I left insufficient clearance between the front & rear of the original wheel hubs where the front axle support passes through the rear.
Using an old, failed print of a tyre, the structure is visible.
Here’s the front of the hub fitted to the tyre.
And the rear, showing the (green) axle support from the front hub passing through the new hub rear.
Re-checking the steering fitting showed its anchor point was 1.159mm too high. Always good to check.
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Some of the niggles I’ve had with fit come back to the design philosophy used at the outset, such as separate files for some sub assemblies. One such part is the steering arm mentioned in my last post.
Here’s the assemblies dry fit with a 3mm brass tube axle visible in the middle wheel station.
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