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    Quote Originally Posted by decapod View Post
    Not sure if it's the models or the fumes I'm addicted to.
    1/144 WW1, 15mm Vehicles and 1/1250 ships:

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    Paul, these planes look exceptionally smooth and detailed to me... and they're blue. What is the material used?

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    Very nice detail on those prints!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Von Scharf View Post
    Paul, these planes look exceptionally smooth and detailed to me... and they're blue. What is the material used?
    That's just the camera/lighting - they're the same material as the first post on this thread which is in daylight. I'm using "anycubic basic grey" UV cured resin.
    There are many variations of resin strengths and colours available. I'll be trying another type soon.

    The basic grey seems to paint up really well - hopefully I'll have some more pics soon, my Vallejo delivery arrived today,

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    Models look great, did not know you did the ships until I had a look on Shapeways, mmm... Codwars .... need to look for some rules.

    How do you find the smell from the Anycubic Basic grey, my printer is in the spare bedroom so I use the Eco resin. It takes longer to print but there is next to no smell and its not unpleasant.

    I brush paint mine after a spray primer and they look great using Vallejo paint. You need multiple thin coats but the final result is worth it.

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    Here a few things from my resin printer I have just finished off my bench, all hand painted with Vallejo. A couple of Hellcats for my Pacific FAA squadron.

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    A squadron of Hawk 75's for my Finnish BRS Air Force
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    Those are great, Tim, thanks for posting them!

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    Nice job on all those, Tim.
    REP on the way.
    Nice to see planes from different theatres.

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    Outstanding Hellcats

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    Here's a couple more I have just finished for VF-17 Hellcats.
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    and a FAA Wildcat
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    I need to crack on with some WW1 fighters next.

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    Finally finished one! Don't think I've painted anything with that detail for 10 years.
    - about 15 more to paint now...

    Pilot - Lt.Hans Burkhard von Buttlar. Early 1918 Pfalz DIIIa

    Model by me, printed on Anycubic Mono, Vallejo paints, flanged peg by Daryl (Thanks Daryl ), Decals by Dom...

    It was one of my first attempts at 3D printing, lost the tail skid and you can see a few layer lines where I had the printer lift speed too high, the current models I have are so smooth compared with this one.

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    Still, that's some nice work, there, Paul.

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    Quite nice Paul, with striking colors. I am curious whether it was easy to remove all the support-structure without leaving divots or bumps behind?

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    Nice work Paul, once you get the hang of the settings they are so smooth. I am still amazed at what comes of the printer sometimes.

    I am going to try printing some out on a shallower angle to compare to my normal 70-75 degree angle to see the difference. They are mighty fine prints

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    Thanks everyone for the kind words and rep, very much appreciated.

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    Nice paint job on the Pfalz Paul

    "He is wise who watches"

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    WW2 not my bag but your examples are outstanding Tim

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Quote Originally Posted by ReducedAirFact View Post
    Quite nice Paul, with striking colors. I am curious whether it was easy to remove all the support-structure without leaving divots or bumps behind?
    It's quite a process once they are printed. Brushing with Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) then I use small wire cutters to snip the supports. The Caudron G3 was interesting!
    I'm still a bit rough with that, need to be a bit more careful. One recent hint is to dunk in warm water and the supports come off more easily - before the final UV curing the material is quite soft, warming it makes it even softer.
    After the model is cured it goes much harder and brittle (but not as brittle as shapeways "detailed") - from there any support leftovers can be filed off, even on struts.

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    Paul, those are some wonder looking 3D prints!

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    Nice to see you on the painting side Paul. Great job on your Pfalz.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elffriend View Post
    Here's a couple more I have just finished for VF-17 Hellcats.
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    I need to crack on with some WW1 fighters next.
    Nice job Tim, I like those.
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    Thanks again.

    Here is a before and after shot of my print of the Pfalz D.IIIa.

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    And another of a Fokker D.VII

    Not great shots from my phone. May have overdone a few supports but I like to keep the wings straight while they print. A little bit more cleanup on the finished plane and she is ready to go.

    I give them 15 seconds under a UV nail light, then remove supports with a sharp knife and find it causes very little damage to the model. It will cure the surface so you dont scratch it or damage it but the underlying resin will still be soft. As Paul said warm water helps the process as well, I was damaging the surface sometimes with my nails before I started giving them a short blast of UV light. Then a couple of minutes back under the UV light on both sides and the resin is nice and cured and sands very well.

    I will make a few adjustments to the supports and add the post on the bottom and hopefully ready to paint some next weekend.

    Big thanks to Paul

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dak21 View Post
    Those are some cool tanks! You must need a huge area to play armor games at that scale.
    Actually not as much area as you would think. You don't bring all the armor in at once. Bolt Action rules are even more specific than WoG. This game my brother Bob (BB401) and I played just this past April (we were vaccinated) uses not much more that two WoG game mats.

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    Very Nicely done! Keep up the good work!

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