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Dave/Hagan/Idiot
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Professional idiot, part time madman, half human - half 'God knows what'. To confuse and annoy.
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I occasionally 3D Print stuff https://www.myminifactory.com/users/binkythebomb
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Finally replacing my old predator tank with a new-ish kit.

My old one was the half plastic/half metal kit that you could bludgeon a toddler with (almost did too).

Let's hope this one won't fall apart as often.
Predator tank, mid-assembly. No banana for scale.
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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That cancelled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about.
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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#3dprinting #wip #travellerrpg

HYPERION EXTERIOR IS DONE!

Okay, it's missing the resin parts being installed, but I'm leaving myself all week to finish that due to work.

Deck A parts are curing now, then later I get to dry fit everything and find if any parts need redoing.
The spherical body of the Hyperion dropship sits ready, waiting for its windows, doors and thrusters to be installed. 28mm scale astronaut also from 2nd Dynasty, just to show off the size. Same shot as before, this time with most of the resin parts (not all however). About half of the total model is small-scale detail work, so the resin parts really show them off.
August 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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And finally, the body of the Hyperion so far, minus all the resin parts.

Workspace is being redecorated, so I have no idea when the next update will be, and I'm working the next few days.
The Hyperion Dropship, the black plastic flying football. Resin parts nearby can be easily fitted and removed with clips.
August 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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#3dprinting #travellerrpg #wip

The Hyperion is one step further along. Deck A grid is down, the walls installed and the outer dome printed.

Just the top to print, and then it's a lot of time with the boiling water and resin parts to install.
Hyperion Deck A, floor grid installed and ready for the detailed parts. Deck A sitting above Deck B, fits nearly perfectly. Nearly. Deck A lower dome, waiting for the upper dome to finish printing. Hyperion Decks A and B plus dome all fitting together.
August 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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#3dprinting #wip #travellerrpg

Now with more Gubbins!

2 laser power sources, one bulkhead & one airlock.

The dry fit is snug. And I do mean SNUG! I still need to print a few more special clips to hold it together.

Some sanding and cleaning will be needed to make it all fit perfectly.
The parts in play. The bulkhead, laser couplings and airlock parts for Deck B. The new parts added to Deck B. The circular Deck now needs the grid filled with furniture and floor plating.
August 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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#3dprinting #travellerrpg #wip

Hyperion coming along nicely. Deck B grid now assembled, though waiting for some parts before it's ready.

RCS components are also now installed, and it all fits neatly together.

Internals are printed and need some cleanup before installing (not pictured).
Deck B of the Hyperion, the grid section of the bare floor before the detailed parts are affixed. The external walls now give the craft a definitive Flying Orb feel. Deck B and floor grid, sans the lower deck. A ring of hull plates just missing a few internal Bulkheads. 4 RCS modules (reaction control system) installed on the exterior of Deck B, ringing the middle of the ship. The lower deck of the Hyperion show the size difference. Hyperion, with both current decks and RCS modules installed. Some gubbins in the background hint of a space toilet.
August 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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More parts on the cutting mat.

Landing gear is a multi-part assembly for each corner.

Putting them together isn't a problem, but getting them slotted into place, however, is a pain.

A small pile of micro clips is needed to put it all together.

Bade plate and thrusters are now being printed.
Landing legs, from the lower right and going counter-clockwise, you can see how the whole thing is put together. 4 clips, leg and bracket make up the component. The clips go into and through the bracket, matching the placement on the legs. Finally, the bracket clips into the leg assembly while still leaving half the clip for attachment to the main body. The bottom of the Hyperion, two legs are attached while their opposite side is left exposed to show how the exposed clips join the parts together. Note how the legs help strengthen the build by adding more points of pressure to hold the base sections in place. Legs are attached and the base section is now standing firm on its new feet.
August 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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#3dprinting #wip #travellerrpg

Hyperion Deck C is largely finished. FDM bodywork and Resin parts (generators, fuel tank domes and ladder hatch).

Micro clips hold it all together.

Now for some minor cleanup before the landing legs are finished.
Two quarter deck sections put together to make the half deck of a Hyperion dropship. The half bowl had a resin square section for a hatch, along with a cylindrical generator and fuel tank dome. The two halves of the Hyperion dropships' lower deck, partially assembled with resin components. The assembled lower deck of the Hyperion dropship. All four generators, dome caps and hatch now fully installed. A close up of the Hyperions hatch. The octagonal deck plate has a slot for the addition of a ladder (not pictured). The tight confines make the deck somewhat claustrophobic.
August 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Deck C, Assemble!

Okay, so Capt Cockup has yet to visit this build so far. The lower section is now loosely clipped together making sure it's all aligned properly.

Now printing the landing gear overnight, though it's still a 13-hour print.

I should probably start the resin parts too.
August 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Clips, lots of clips, probably not enough clips.
Two sections of the Hyperion lower deck and a lot of micro clips on a platter, all 3D printed.
August 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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#3dprinting #travellerrpg #wip

Hyperion Dropship Deck C is now ready for clips and all the fiddly detail work.

The clips will take about 3 hours to print enough to hold it together (32 or so, not counting the central square section) and a few more for comfort.

Resin parts to follow.
Hyperion Sphere, Deck C, the four quarter parts of the lower deck are now placed together to make a bowl full of fuel tanks. Four fins hold the bowl in place where landing legs will finally be placed. Lower deck bowl, seen top-down, with a square section in the dead centre at the bottom of the model. Sphereoid fuel tanks take up most of the bowl. The quarter sections are placed into two identical halves. Some clean-up marks can be seen where a sanding pad has been used to take off some minor flaws.
August 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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#3dprinting #wip

Spherical dropship started, engine room lower deck and hull sections. Printing at a slightly finer layer than usual due to all the fiddly bars.

Only a little sanding is required to take off the rough parts.

Sections 3 and 4 being printed now.
Two identical quarters of deck C of the spherical dropship. Printed in black PLA plastic. One giant orb-like fuel tank takes up the centre of each section. The two quarter sections are now placed together to show how it all fits together. The square section that will take up the centre of the deck will house a ladder and hatch section leading outside when the ship has landed on a planet.
August 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Update: parts cured, arranged and partially assembled.

Type E Starfighter ready to knock on an enemy starship and ask if they've paid their insurance dues this month.

Missing are the missile pylons that need to be modified slightly.
Head-on shot of a partially assembled heavy Starfighter. A mixture of resin and black filament parts. Twin autocannons flanking the pilot seat, paired cannons on each wing tip, a turret that will take a pair of light laser cannons, and 12 missiles all arranged to take up space on each wing. All in all, enough firepower to make any insurance adjuster have a heart attack. A single large targeting array takes up space under the nose section.
July 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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#wip #3dprinting

Type E prototype heavy fighter.

Black FDM bodywork, Yellow SLA addons and detail work.

The turret had to be in resin because of the detail (a previous one did not do well in filament).

Also realised that I did not print the rear fins. Oh well, at least I have spare filament.
Black body of a heavy fighter constructed in a filament FDM printer. The yellow resin parts of the heavy fighter, 2 pilots hang from supports like victims in an aliens pantry. Same resin platter hanging sideways over the tank, dripping excess material back into the pool. A partially assembled fighter sat on my gloved hand. The yellow resin weapons (printed earlier) are clipped in place. Barely viewable under the fighters nose is a large targeting module.
July 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Continued.

Air-raft model (hover-coupe). Fdm base, resin parts.

I've not experimented with clear resin yet so the front will have to wait for now.

Featured front, back and garage shots for scale.

Walls straightened after some minor warping (heat dipped in boiling water).
Small hover car (2 seater) without its windshield. Resin parts for detail (and a pilot in full space suit). Rear view of the blocky air car. Resin hatch cover along with the rear cowling. Aircar sitting comfortably inside the Scout S garage bay. The two internal wall sections, freshly dipped from a bowl of boiling water. The heat makes them flexible enough to straighten out the walls that had warped slightly during post processing.
July 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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#3dprinting #travellerrpg #wip

It's dryfit day!

Scout S now has an engineroom deck that fits, is removable, and is now flanked by a garage module and passenger bay/airlock.

Also installed the hatches for the landing legs. I'm not 100% happy with how they turned out, but they fit.
The engineroom deckplates installed into the body of the Arrowhead shaped Scout S. A mixture of grey and yellow resin parts locked together with hidden clips. The engineroom again, this time taken from the rear, showing how it is suspended above the small cargo bay below. The same shot from the rear, this time without the engineroom deck installed. Partitions show how the engineroom is separated from both the cargo bay and the two flanking bays (Garage and Airlock). The hatches for the landing legs in the 'Closed' position. The print is a little rough.
July 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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I have way too much on my hobby table.

And a work meeting to attend.

On a Sunday.
A tabletop cluttered with so much hobby-related crap I'm not sure where to begin or end. Unpainted models, tools, tubes of glue, what looks like a chilli resin cat on a space scooter (for some reason).
July 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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#3dprinting ##travellerrpg #wip

Scout S update.

I have a ship's cat.

And an engine room.

Still working through some of the resin issues (minor warping that requires some sanding and polishing).

Again, design by 2nd Dynasty
Twin banks of generators flanking a strip of corridor. A small resin cat sits watching the photographer screw up the shot. Upper angled shot down the narrow corridor strip of the engine room. Twin generators are open on the top, showing off the gubbins inside. Further back, two thruster pods are split off by a corridor section running at a right angle to the first. To one side at the rear, a small selection of seats butt up against one thruster pod (awaiting a wall to separate them). Ships cat is still in shot, giving the photographer a weary look. Another upper-angled shot showing off the engine room. You can see a series of pipes and heavy-duty cables hidden in the previous pictures off to one side of the generator, sinking into the floor. The rest of the deck tiles are missing for now. Small resin model of a cat is still mocking looking at the photographer, almost as if it was sculpted that way (maybe it was designed to look hungry? I honestly can't tell, the sculpture is too small to truly tell).
July 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Holiday Hobby Day 3.

##wip #3dprinting ##travellerrpg

Arrow Mk1 fighter, copper coloured filament and Yellow ABS resin detailed parts.

Printed the original parts a few years back, but the detail was poor and the thin parts broke.

The replacements seem sturdier, so next up is paint prep.
Arrow Fighter, head-on view. 2 automatons and 2 tri-barrel gatling cannons installed. A mixture of yellow resin parts and copper filament main body. Above view of the Arrow Fighter. Showing more details of the engines and autoconnon mounting. Upper rear of the Arrow Fighter. Showing the X-wing style engine and snub wing configuration. Arrow Fighters' belly. Showing off the long-barrel Gatling cannons, landing legs and engines, all in yellow resin.
July 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Day 2 of the holiday.

#wip #travellerrpg #3dprinting

Internal components started. SLA printer (resin) components in grey and yellow.

The grey corridor section came in 4 parts clipped together. Control console and cockpit hatchway added.

Yellow components for the Shuttle Alpha (not pictured).
Grey rectangular corridor made up of 4 square sections clipped together. The surface is marked with symbols and hatch markings for where doors and Patchway are to be located. No banana for scale, unfortunately. Cockpit controls, cockpit hatchway and grey floor section installed in the detached nose section of the Scout S (Arrowhead). It all fits rather snugly together. Still no banana for scale. Alternate view of the nose section, taken from the left side of the cockpit, looking into the narrow space. Again, no banana. Sections of a model shuttle's Interior. Two weapons cabinets, 4 small rectangular floor sections, 2 panels of a sliding airlock door and the top section of the mid-section airlock. Main body of the airlock not pictured. Let's face it, whoever is taking these pictures probably doesn't eat much fruit, and at this stage, I would even take a tangerine for scale.
July 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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#wip #3dprinting ##travellerrpg More progress made.

We now have legs (alternate versions from the multipart originals). Solid parts (no infill for strength) so it can take the weight.

It's still a little flimsy to hold, it needs the internal parts for strength. Upper deck and jump engine to start.
Underside of the arrowhead-shaped Scout S, now with landing legs and feet. The legs are solid, but shaped to look like they fold into themselves (for stylistic purposes). Basic landing feet are just rectangles, nothing fancy. No fruit present in the image to judge the scale. Arrowhead-shaped Scout S, this time standing on its landing legs, full hull Upper and lower in place. With the winglets installed, it looks like the stealth ship your girlfriend told you not to worry about. Upper deck section (engineeering) and Jump Engine. The room is angled to fit the Upper section of the ship, narrow at the fore, wide at the aft. The engine takes up most of the room, though there is a hole near the front end in the floor. The hole is for access to the deck below via ladders.
July 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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#3dprinting #wip #travellerrpg

Scout S is coming along. Still missing some hull segments, but otherwise the exterior is done.

Now for all the Interior sections.
Upper hull segments of a starship. They are angular and have a shallow slope to fit the arrowhead shape of the hull. One segment had a hole for a turret section, not yet printed. Arrowhead-shaped Scout S starship from Traveller RPG. A yellow pen and wheelie bin lids for scale, though there is still no banana. Without the fruit, it's difficult to get a sense of scale. The hull lacks a few details like a segment near the cockpit window and the dome turret near the rear of the hull. Not to toot my own horn, but it looks awesome.
July 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Current #3dprinting #wip assembled (so far) top and bottom (ladies!).

Went for the winged atmosphere variant.

The lower hull is complete, just waiting for a few pieces to finish up the back section so it holds together better (it feels like I'm holding jelly as I carry it).

Bin lid for scale.
The Scout S model is partially assembled, missing Interior decks. It sits across two wheelie bin lids, one fully, the other only partially. This model is shaped like a giant arrowhead with small winglets. It's hard to judge the Scale without a banana to compare. The roll of decorators makes another appearance. The bottom of the ship, lots of details including two large rectangular vents for scooping hydrogen for fuel. Two smaller winglets near the nose are for atmospheric maneuvering. There are three rectangular holes (nose and near either wing) for the landing gear (not yet assembled). Still no banana to be seen.
July 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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My current #3dprinting #wip a Scout S from the Traveller RPG.

Still a way to go, but thankfully I can leave the printer unattended while at work (only 2 cock ups, but my fault).

Small roll of tape for scale.
A multi-part 3D printer starship, in pieces, looking sad, lonely and incomplete on a small shelf posing as a workable. The light composition is bad, bits are stacked on one another, its overall shape and scale are a complete mystery. They should have used a banana for scale.
July 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM