Trenches and scenery 15mm

New within carpentry and interior design and top of 

this all to do with the family and everyday life has limited

my hobby-time a great deal, nevertheless in my mind I am

always thinking creative. :)

Last week my friend Patrick sent me a package with soft

models made to resemble trenches in the 15mm-scale.

They look very nice but I will need a lot of them in my

future scenarios. To make more I will probably make some

additional strongholds and when finished I will buy some

rubber to make moulds of my own.Making own moulds has

been a goal for a long time and now I got the final push.

I already have some rubber in a package that I bought 2012 

but I am not sure if this still can be used!?

I also got a very nice barn that is a gift from my friend.

Patrick only use models and figures in the 20mm-scale and

then the barn will not fit but for me it is happy days.

Nice details and also a good paintjob. Thankyou very much

Patrick. :)

Scenery to 15mm Flames of war

This summer I could finally enjoy some relaxation.

Last year it was busy hours almost every day.

One day I visited the local Second-hand-shop and

found a 3d-puzzle in the 1:100 scale.

The puzzle will be very practical once assembled

because it is light and can be stored in a box when

not in use. One other nice thing is that it is a model

with a whole quarter and very good when making

a city-scenery. The only backside is the hours it takes

to build. :) I will use this "Bavarian mansion" to

my Flames of war when playing the Eastern front.

My first handmade building - rendered

 Last year I made my first building drawing i CAD

and finally 3d-printed the finished STL-file.

The result was very satisfying and made in filament.

I haven´t painted the model yet but I decided to

experiment with colors and render to see what if.

I must say the model looks good and almost if it

is taken from the real world.

On the link below you also can read about this

model in the making and come alive:

https://huggochslag.blogspot.com/2022/06/my-first-handmade-cold-war-building.html 

The last picture show the housemodel fresh from the

3D-printer. 

Lasercut building

 As a former member of the woodworking-industry I

now has taken a new step into the lasercut-community.

My friend Mats helped me to test this because it also

was intended to be on display on a gaming-convent

in the north named Norrsken.

I was very interessted in drawing in CAD and let my

work be converted into a 3d-model.

I draw the house-model in 3d-cad and it is inspired

from the 5 stores high housemodel that resulted in a

very nice model printed in filament.

The material is 3mm MDF. The walls will be fitted with

match-sticks to give support when glued together

using pva. I will also make balconies to make the 

model complete. The model is made in the 6mm-scale

(1/300). On the last picture the laser was not calibrated

and worked to fast and some details are missing.

Next project will be to make house-ruins for

the game Flames of war. I must end my report and say that

working creative using the computer and print the result

is very inspirational and open up a new dimension in my

hobby.

My first handmade Cold-war-building

Finally I have drawn my first building in CAD and

also printed it in a filament(thread)-3d-printer.

I have tested other housemodels in a resin-printer,

but never in a filament-printer and the result is

not bad at all. My friend Mats in the very cold north

has been my guide into the filament-printer-world

and it has been a very interessting journey.

The model is inspirated from soviet/eastern Europe

high-rise living-compartments and will fit perfectly

into my scenarios when to play Cold war in the

6mm-scale(1/285). The model is very light when

comparing to resin and the only negative is that the

layers are visible but I will use some extra paint to

hide this as much as possible. I can promise you that

this is not by far the last building I will draw and print

myself! :)

My first 3d-printed buildings

 During the summer I surfed into the web-page Thinginverse to

check if anybody had made some 3d-models to be used as buildings

in the 6mm-scale (1/300). I found some interessting to be used as

smalltown buildings in my Sweden 1985-cold war-project.

The stl-files looked nice and this first 3d-printing was also a 

test to find out what to do and what was not adviceable for future

projects. I contacted my friend Mathias and only several days later

the package arrived. My friend also added drain-holes for the

models to leak the fluid resin-leftovers but the holes was to shallow

and only a small amount of the resin leaked and therefore I was

forced to make new and bigger holes to empty the models otherwise

they risked to crack. The models leaked for 3 days but now they are o.k.

Important to know is that always use rubber-gloves to prevent the 

resin to get in contact of the human skin before the harden-process is 

over. If you don´t use gloves and get in contact you risk to get a head-

ache or sick. I very useful test and now I know what to draw and how to 

make my own printable 3d-houses. I will make my 3d-buildings with an  

open compartment. I will also publish my 3d-stl files here on this blog

for anyone to copy when they are finished. To print figures in this scale is

not adviseable in my opinion. Have a nice day!