Well the Tesco screen wash was a bust, tried it but it didn't work - it was just separating and not actually dissolving the resin, so back to the drawing board I guess in trying to find an alternative solution. Such a shame as it smelled nice as well.
- tesco screenwash
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As for the roof print, it did shift, slightly, which was good and it meant I could just sand it flat again but it does mean that next time I print a big flat piece to just orient it vertically and not angled.
- warped piece
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The other half of the roof I was able to print without problems, I just needed to add extra support to the corners attached to the build plate so that they don't curl up during the printing process, a problem learnt from the first roof.
- printed JST roof
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I then joined the two pieces together, reinforced from underneath with plasticard and superglue - then it occurred to me that I could also weld the two pieces together using resin and cured with a UV torch, this i did in the upper structure - i will then sand this flat once it has fully cured.
- JST roof
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I also created a 'plug' to hold the gun barrel in place in case I decide to turn this into a running beast in the future, but in the mean time I needed a simple solution to keep the gun barrel in place and at the right length. This would have been more economical had I used the FDM printer and likely would have printed a lot faster as well(4hrs print time) but working in a box room, I just don't have the room for two printers - I can either have the FDM or the resin, one or the other.
- gun barrel stopper
Really love the look of this tank, looks slightly slimline with that mantle I reckon but of course I'm biased
and the 128mm gun barrel with the pepper pot muzzle brake is just so right for this tank =)
- JST side view
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This was the pepper pot muzzle brake I designed and had printed ages ago
- pepperpot muzzle brake
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