reports from my workbench and elsewhere ..
Jan 02, 2021 : First modelling session for 2021, and for the hole of the holidays actually. So far I have only put on first covering layers of Vallejo Royal Blue and black, plus started with first bright yellow. These figures, specially the Caroleans, have several.....
Nov 30, 2020 : Got all gunners printed now in the 60mm (1:26.5) scale. The haubitz in far left is a misprint, one wheel failed. Got ok except this so I thought I paint it anyway and use it as an abandon cannon put aside somewhere.
Nov 08, 2020 : Low motivation this weekend, was meant to print some Carolean gunners, but for another day. Got some paint on at least.
Nov 03, 2020 : Got the idea to re-print old vehicles since I now have a resin printer and with such I can make much better prints. Also alterations to the CAD, which just wasn´t possible before when I only had the Dremel filament printer to work with. First out,...
Oct 10, 2020 : The model got painted today! Really pleased with it. Would be nice with a matching limber. I will see if there is one I can photograph and measure.
Oct 04, 2020 : The 1816 swedish field cannon is done and painted. Had some odd experiences with matt varnish this time. Last 1:20 figures got really shiny from "supposed" matt colours, so I tried Vallejo Matt varnish on one of them. It got even MORE shiny than the other
Sep 20, 2020 : From Artilleriavdelningen in Gothenburg. A swedish field cannon from 1863. Still front loaded, but with a grooved barrel. Model will be printed in 68mm (1:24) scale.
Sep 13, 2020 : So this is the complete set! Made the barrel and added some missing details today! Next step is to prepare for print and make it happen.
Sep 12, 2020 : Carriage drawing made today! This is so much fun !!
Sep 11, 2020 : Made the drawing for the wheels this evening. The wheel diameter is 68.5mm in the 1/24 scale I intend to print them in. Will continue with the carriage and barrel during the weekend.
Sep 07, 2020 : By pure luck I found out that the cannons from 1816 which normally is standing outside Drottningholms castle in Stockholm, is in Gothenburg right now and has been since two years when the renovation started done by Artilleriavdelningen. Yesterday I was th
Sep 05, 2020 : Finally got some paint on the spare-wheel wagon today! Really enjoyed doing this. CAD was easy, the new Mars printer behaved and I had some relaxing time today painting it. What more can you ask for....
Aug 29, 2020 : Just another set of pictures on the old layout, now diorama to be. Just before former track-beds where covered into dirt roads instead. They are a bit white´ish due to glue still not set on the pictures.
Aug 26, 2020 : Really impressed with my Elegoo Mars Pro printer! Never had a print like this! This is the absolute best I got from any of my own printers so far, far better than anything from ShapeWays. There is a few supports left on these, but all that will be take...
Aug 22, 2020 : Got a just perfect drawing from swedish army museum last thursday on a swedish 1831 reserve wagon, so I made the CAD for it this evening. This was pulled behind a regular limber, so they had both extra ammo, carriage, wheels, axles, winch and all kinds of
Aug 21, 2020 : The 1831 cannon w limber is done! Very pleased with both cannon, limber and gunner, but the scenery need an upgrade to match, Also still learning to paint better. The gunner was finished up with a thin black wash, but maybe I should have added some to ...
Aug 15, 2020 : Suddenly it happens. Got on first layer of paint today.
Aug 08, 2020 : Finished printing the last parts for the cannon and limber today. I like it when everything just works !! The AnyCubic photon was my first resin printer which I learned a lot from, I am aware of that, but still, it generated a lot misprints from th
Jul 26, 2020 : Finished the limber this evening! Ready for the printer. A gunner for the same period is in the making by DigitalSculpt. More pics when printed.
Jul 18, 2020 : Found the original drawings for this cannon on swedish digital museum. A limber will follow. This time I did the CAD drawing in 1/32 instead of previous 1/40 scale. Been a while since last, nice to be making drawings again !!
Jul 06, 2020 : A while ago I found a vid on the tube which showed how to clean 3D resin prints with ordinary washing liquids instead of IPA. I had to try that, so here is a bust of a carolean soldier I made from one of the figures from DigitalSculpt. Even if I saw ....
May 02, 2020 : Face painting isn´t easy .. period. I realize that I evolved in keeping the brush still and getting the paint there I want it, but I have huge steps to go in colour mixing and by all, getting the right consistency. This is my first attempt ever at face
Apr 28, 2020 : Among with the french bolster this weekend, I did also print these two guys in 75mm (1/24) scale. The idea was to practice some face painting. By no means a tutorial, only me trying after watching a couple vids on the Tube. First two pics shows status...
Apr 13, 2020 : Today I painted these gunners carrying buckets and another officer on horse. They look nice painted, but what really makes them pop is the wash afterwards showing all shadows and wrinkles in the cloth. It is easy to overdo the wash, so I always dilute ...
Apr 06, 2020 : Painted horses and barrels today. See below pics. To my knowledge I never painted horses before, either on paper or real life models, so was fun first googling around looking for prototypes to get ideas from. To of them is way to big, but as I written...
Apr 05, 2020 : Made a couple of barrels as load for the supply wagon. They are all of the same design, I only varied the height and proportions.
Apr 04, 2020 : Latest new carolean figure from DigitalSculpt carrying bucket and a rammer.
Apr 04, 2020 : Printed the bridge wagon today. Got OK from first print for once..
Apr 01, 2020 : Finished painting all the guns and wagons yesterday evening, except the bridge wagon which will follow next time. Still missing many important figures and loads for the wagons so I can make much more staged poses for them, but that will also come in....
Mar 29, 2020 : Put on first layer of paint on the guns and some wagons today. Next session will be adding the rest colours and one final session I guess for details and weathering. The new water washable resin from Elegoo is trickier to print, but takes paint ....
Mar 27, 2020 : Small update on the previous tests. Looking at my tablet I found the colours not so instinct as they are in real life, so I took this photo later in the evening with only the studio lights on, no daylight from the windows. Hopefully this is a more "true".
Mar 26, 2020 : I did continue with the last three boxes from previous test and this time I think I found what I was looking for. First an important note, I am a total novice when it comes to painting very specific tones of colours. Vallejo with a bit more serious att...
Mar 26, 2020 : I was not satisfied with previous blue colour I used on my guns, so I asked the NGRM forum about ideas. This is the result of some of those ideas and self experimenting. I took a piece of left-over hull section from the Monitor Sölve I did last year....
Mar 26, 2020 : Did finish the farm house today. I did chicken out a bit on the "real" static grass and used "ground cover net" instead. I was afraid of ruin it. A loose net I can move around was easier. The net is the same as the roof, kitchen fan filters but stretched
Mar 25, 2020 : Solved the adhesion problem today by changing to medium size supports, smallest just doesn´t work with this new resin. The marks on the longside of the pontoon is a design flaw, not caused by the printer, the walls are to thin and easy to fix. Now the..
Mar 24, 2020 : Did print the last anycubic green last weekend (the green hay wagon below). After that I did a test print with the Elegoo Washable photopolymer resin which went well. The famous sheet recommended 8 sec exposure, but my best result was with 7 sec. After...
Mar 22, 2020 : Sat about an hour at the dining table today, releasing the latest prints from there supports. I am surprised how that little 250 ml bottle could be enough for so many prints.... The good thing is that the best part is still to do -- paint them all.
Mar 22, 2020 : Not much into modelling lately, but the printer is working 24/7 ..
Mar 20, 2020 : In these corona times I am working from home. Since at home all the time I can have our basement window open, which is needed for my smoke cabinet I built for my photon. These wagons are printed in the green resin which is delivered together with ...
Mar 15, 2020 : Got a bit further with the farm house this evening. Now I can´t do more until the roof has dried. The (thatched) roof is made of kitchen fan filters, cut to size and airbrushed a very pale yellowish colour.
Mar 15, 2020 : Finally started on the swedish old farm house from the 1700s. The prototype is the real deal and not a replica, it has been kept intact since it was built. I will turn the backside out, so no windows will be visible, as if the yard is on the other side...
Mar 15, 2020 : The mortar and an extra limber was printed this weekend.
Mar 14, 2020 : Today the second print of the howitzer was finished. With all pieces printed as one made a 100% flawless print! One second less exposure than recommended, well shaken resin and clean FEP (the clear film at the bottom of the tray) gives this amazing result
Mar 08, 2020 : Did draw up this mortar this evening. The real thing was photographed at the Artillery museum in Kristianstad, down south in Sweden last summer 2019 when we visited during our vacation. This particular version is a bit later from 1751, so was not part....
Mar 08, 2020 : Painted the king and his gunners, plus printed this gun with the limber this time, not much else this weekend.
Mar 02, 2020 : Printed these drought horses this weekend. They got a bit big for there scale, but good for paint practices anyway. Will correct scale and print again next time. Again design from DigitalSculpt, I am just a happy partner in this case ..
Feb 29, 2020 : The king on horse.
Feb 29, 2020 : Planted some trees and cleaned up a bit. Need a better 1600s house (current is early 1900) plus some fences.
Feb 23, 2020 : Tried to print the guns as one piece this time. Tiny fault on the right wheel on both, else perfect. Printing a second pair now, giving a total of four. With the two howitzers already printed I get a little company with six guns. Will be a pleasure to pai
Feb 23, 2020 : Was looking for something to use as ground cover and found this pack of old tea from 2018. Since in paper bags not a tiniest smell from them. Perfect for scenery! Trees might need re-planting, but else it got quite good. The grass was supposed to stand up
Feb 16, 2020 : Inbetween test prints I kept myself busy with the howitzer guns. I managed to use the wheels after all. I did sand down both the little nod on the carriers and on the backside of the wheels. They sit a bit close now, but not that much. In the background i
Feb 15, 2020 : When it got to late for a second test print yesterday evening I did start a print of "Alex and his uncle" in two scales 1:40 and 1:48. Then I did not know what I know now, so I did slice them with 0.01mm layer height, which made the print take more than..
Feb 03, 2020 : Seems I am getting the hang of this now! All parts printed this weekend are either Ok, or perfect. Here comes the barrels which was done this morning, both for 3-pdr regiment piece and the howitzer.
Feb 02, 2020 : Ironical, the gunners got near perfect but not 100%, these wheels is indeed 100%, but I placed them to close to the bottom so it will be almost impossible to release them from the supports. We live and learn : Not to many at the same time, read the manual
Feb 02, 2020 : These also got rather Ok, but they are a good example of the angle issue, why a resin print should be angled to be super. A sharp eye notice several lines on these, in a vertical way sometimes and sometimes horizontal. In this case they are removable and
Feb 01, 2020 : They are not perfect, but I now got my first really good print! Really needed this after all the hopes and emotions involved in this new adventure of mine, resin printing. Right after I started printing the howitzer carriage. Should be ready tomorrow. Wil
Jan 25, 2020 : My adventure into resin printing doesn´t go so well ... The print itself worked fine, but 7% into the process I noticed a leak outside the tray .. so had to abort and clean it all up. Was lucky to found out so early, the print was 27 hours long so I coul
Jan 19, 2020 : Also resin printers can fail ... but I was also testing filling the printbed as much as possible. Definitely last time I used auto-supports on something delicate. Didn´t work well on a filament printer, nor on a resin printer. The slicer add supports...
Jan 02, 2020 : The carolean gunners was finally printed this evening..Took much longer than what the slicer estimated! This time when I removed the supports I was way to excited and impatient and of course damaged several details. Shit happens. But the detailing a re...
Jan 01, 2020 : I tried to remove the supports from the howitzer this afternoon. It was very brittle, seems I did cure it to long, several parts broke.. even if I was very careful trying not to. Look how the gun barrel looks like, as if it got a very heavy belly .. Inter
Jan 01, 2020 : First print was printed in beginning of November when I finished the curing box. The rest tonight. Third model is printing now, will be added when done. First print was a big success in the sense that it showed what the printer was capable of, even if ...