GMK Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) After starting to learn how to use CAD the hard way, I figured I’d try a new project. The Bushmaster is a mine protected vehicle designed & built in Australia, and has deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Mali (Dutch service), & Lebanon (Fijian service). Over thirty have been destroyed whilst deployed, with no fatalities recorded. After some mucking around with the CAD, this is what I came up with. Due to the size of the printer bed, I had to slice up the model into workable pieces, such as this. After a little of bit of time, clean up, & assembly, I was left with this: A little later: Lots of work still to do. Edited March 20, 2021 by GMK Martinnfb, Kagemusha, mpk and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRATCH BUILDER Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 3D printing is the new scratch building tool, projects become limitless, Nice work! Out2gtcha and GMK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Coooooool! dodgem37 and GMK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 If failing = learning, then I’m definitely learning. Came up with a unique concept for aligning & assembling parts today: location tabs! Crazy. Errors required some big reprints, so I took the opportunity to add the interior step between the the driver’s & commander’s area & the rest of the interior. Which looks like this, in CAD: As the front of the floor will be invisible, I’m not going to replicate its precise shape. The new centre section is a 58-hour print! Anthony in NZ, Starfighter, LSP_Matt and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Interior + location pegs worked well. Uncarina, Out2gtcha, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Had an opportunity to access an industrial printer. It has a larger printer bed than mine (upper hull in two pieces, vs. six for mine), prints faster, & to a higher quality (twice the resolution). As you expect from a printer that costs as much as a German luxury car! After so much time spent printing & tweaking the lower hull, it was good to start designing the winch. This mounts on the left side, wedged between the fuel tank & the sponson stowage bins. Uncarina, dodgem37, scvrobeson and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) Re-prints of the lower hull are done. Gorilla gluing the first (rear) three segments. Serious clamping required. Edited July 4, 2020 by GMK Sepp, Out2gtcha, TorbenD and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 More clamping. Time to start to design some external detail. Front engine grill: Lower front grill: More to come. Uncarina, Sepp, Out2gtcha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) Epic work, and I will be watching this for sure! What scale is it? Cheers, Tom Edited July 11, 2020 by Uncarina GMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Uncarina said: Epic work, and I will be watching this for sure! What scale is it? Cheers, Tom Thanks Tom. Scale is 1/16. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 The first & second iterations were acceptable, but there was tweak to the sump/base of the engine bay that necessitated a redesign of the front end for the third time. The bottom of the engine bay, with ballistic covers, towing eyes, & lower part of the radiator grill: Lastly, here’s the non-chassis parts of the front end. The inboard, inward-canted parts join on either side of the part illustrated above. Uncarina and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) Returning to the interior - this time the troop compartment. As I’m building this closed up, the model interior only visible via the windows. As such, representative structures have been added, with detail being limited to recesses so that the outlines of the frame will be visible. Edited July 26, 2020 by GMK Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 This would sell well as a set of stls GMK and Out2gtcha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 Thanks @The Phantom . Pretty intimidating thought, tbh. Definitely a big difference in quality requirements doing something for yourself vs. for sale. The clean sheet redesign continues while the printer awaits it repair parts. Definite uptick in finesse, detail, & quality, as well as taking hours not days! New upper hull clean sheet: Ideally, I’ll be ready for *another* reprint, this time with far more accurate shapes. Kagemusha, Martinnfb, Uncarina and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Excellent! Really pushing the envelope on this one, and I think that is what the hobby is all about. GMK, Kagemusha and Martinnfb 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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