Coming soon(ish)

No progress on the Rakshasa. But I haven't been standing still. I've got near-print-ready models of Fenris, Ryoken and Sentinel (thanks Danielle!) waiting in the wings. Just waiting for the Form1 to arrive. I hope they clear the order backlog soon. Otherwise I'll be forced to buy just one more hideously expensive cartridge for the V-Flash to get me through the summer. Anyways, here's some teaser renders:

Rakshasa Print

I finished up designing the joints on Saturday and did a printout last night. It turned out good for the most part except for the tips of the medium lasers. I'll be reprinting those sometime down the road. I'm hoping to get the cleanup done today and assembly done sometime during the week.

Coming Soon! Rakshasa!

I've been puttering with the Rakshasa this morning and have just about all of the bits modelled. Just have to figure out how to do some of the joints and it'll be ready to print...

Its a 75 ton mech so it'll probably be pretty pricey to print on the V-Flash at 1/60th scale at the moment, so will probably just do a couple at 1/100 for now.

Things are still looking positive for the Formlabs printer. Hopefully will have one in April or May -- then we can take a look at getting the costs under control for 1/60th scale prints of all the mechs that I've modelled so far.

Whitworth for Sale

I just posted the auction for the 1/100 scale Whitworth. Not sure yet if this will be the only Mech auction this Christmas. I've got a few more 2001 items that can go, and some other random stuff will appear as I finish it.

I've been doing some new CAD files so that I can print the 2001 ornaments on the V-FLASH. That would mean better detail and lighter ornaments. So far, I'm close to finishing the ARIES lander and have done some preliminary work on the POD. Hopefully you'll be seeing these at auction for Christmas 2013!

2012 Christmas Auctions Have Begun!

I just posted the first of the 2012 Christmas Ornament Auctions. We're starting with a moonbus, space plane and a pod. We've got a bunch of other stuff lined up to paint right now so we'll see how much of it makes it to auction. In addition to the abovementioned pieces, we should be listing some Aries Landers and maybe a Discovery or two. I've got some NSEA Protector Ornaments queued up as well, but just want to see if that was ever released as an official Hallmark Ornament before I list them.

See the current auctions HERE.

Christmas (auctions) are coming...

There will be the usual 2001 stuff and a couple of 1/100th scale Battletech mechs for good measure...

yup...

any day now...

V-FLASH and 3D Systems

V-FLASH... every printout is an adventure. Y'know the kind... where most everybody dies from exposure or starvation and you end up eating your bunkmate. Sigh. Only five months til I get my Form1. Then life will be sweetness and roses... (I can hope)

Our friend Scott over at Messy Desk wanted a 1/60th scale Whitworth, so I thought I'd give it a go on the V-FLASH this weekend.

Lets see... took me an hour and a half to clean and prep the printer. First it needed cleaning. Then the resin in the cartridge needed to be mixed (it kept coming out clear and inconsistent). Then the header came off the tranparent feeder. Then I found the missing pin and reassembled it. Then I put the cartridge back together without the resin feed tube connected. Then I took it apart again. Then I lost a spring from the drive coupler. Then I found the spring again. Then I put the cartridge back together. Then I cleaned it again. Then I started printing.

So maybe, just maybe, there's a 1/60th scale Whitworth printing as I type...

ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!! I coulda had an Objet by now...

Why 3D Systems would continue to use FTI technology in their new Projet Printers is beyond me.