Stabliofarmer

This is fast becoming a very valid point! None of the slick YouTube videos show anything about having to get the resin back out of the tank or what to do with it. I'm yet to remove the protective film on the touch screen and think it will be staying put!

FDM does of course have its advantages. As Joe's shown coloured filimanets can be used and are available in a wide colour range, resin is more limited. Also there are a greater range of mechanical properties available in filament such as rubber effect. It will be interesting to see the cost comparison between a resin and FDM part. I will contact Joe and give him a stl to put in his splice software and we'll see how the price compares. Off the top of my head the wagon wheel print was 35p.

Joe certainly knows more about the printer market overall than myself. I'm not sure theres really a range, all the hobby printers seem to be around the same price with resin ones being slightly dearer than fdm. The next jump up is to industrial printers, bar one or two resin printers with large build volumes. When it comes to FDM v resin while Joe is clearly getting good results from FDM they appear more hassle, particularly from what I was reading and hearing say three years ago, but more importantly the layers are so much more visible. For me resin was the only option to achieve immediate results that could be used directly as master patterns. Fdm would require hours of filling and sanding, neither of which I enjoy!

I might as well start the topic I've spoken about in the purchases topic. If admin want to do the fancy thing where they move posts to different threads then I think what was discussed in the purchases topic would make a nice start to this one. Anyhow, in the mean time... Printer Printing Printed wheels

Master patterns for resin and rubber parts is my main use for it yes, although some personal builds will probably benefit where ever circles are involved, so some obscure builds can have custom wheels, and flywheels for some traction engines I'd like to make. I will delve into more detail in a topic but cautious of flooding this thread just for now.

I will get writing as soon as I have something substantial to write about, so far though I can't fault the Elegoo stuff. I'm not really sure how they compare with FDM printers to be honest Joe. The print in the photo took just over two hours at a 0.05mm layer height (0.01mm is the lowest it will go), the key thing i think with resin printers is the speed is the same whether you fill the build plate or if you have just one thing on. The height is what determines the time taken as unlike an fdm printer the resin cures an entire layer in one go every six seconds where as an fdm has to go along the entire route for every layer.

The latest tool to add to my arsenal for model making. Finally bit the bullet and bought a 3D printer, I felt the technology has reached a good stage now and is probably plateuing. I've gone with an Elegoo Mars Pro 2, and also bought the Mercury wash and cure station to go with it. The printer is a resin printer which can achieve layer heights of 0.1mm allowing for high detail prints with little to no post processing. The principle is pretty simple, UV curing resin is held in a pool above a smart phone screen. A build plate lowers into the pool of resin til its just above the screen with a thin layer of resin between the screen and build plate. The screen lights up with a photo equivalent to one layer of the part and cures that layer of resin. The build plate lifts and the process repeats until it has produced a full part. I will start a topic and share more detail later when I've got more use from the printer. For now some photos showing the printer, a print just finished and a print detached from its supports and cleaned up. The plan at the moment is to use the printer to create master patterns for resin and rubber casting. Particularly wheels and smaller implements, a firewood processor being the first target.

Very nice work Jan, love the forestry kit but would agree the trailer looks a little wide. In the UK you would struggle to transport it on a lowloader.

Very smart work John!

Yes and no, you can buy them from me but with a waiting list of 30+ people and having not found time for another batch since these it's likely to be a number of years before you got one.

Thanks Mark, assumed it must be a different brand

Lovely additions Mark, especially the lying calf and Field Marshall, what brand is the Marshall it looks to have some differences to the Scaledown I have.

I would have to agree, they're highly specable too. Can put them on air suspension and all sorts, the ultra wide American trailers their building and exporting are very impressive.

More details going on, I'm building one as per the instruction manual and two extra, one for myself and one for the friend, both of which will contain extra detail that simply isn't economical to provide as part of the kit. Primer on all the parts. And top coat of paint. Final outcome of the instruction manual build, less decals as I'm waiting on paper. Please get in touch if you're interested in a kit. Thanks for looking, will update with the high detail models when they're finished.

A close friend works for KTwo and has nagged and nagged to produce a trailer of theirs, so I've been tinkering with one of their Ejector trailers as seen in the what's on your workbench topic. Built up as a laser cut kit the process started on Solid Works CAD software, from that a series of 2D dxf files are created and these are fed into my laser cutter. The parts are sanded down and assembled into the finished model. A start to the CAD file getting the shapes and functions right. After some discussion with the friend the refinements where made giving the above CAD. Which becomes the above real model. Building up the detail Ejector floor and headboard working as per the real vehicle.

Kieran, some truly gorgeous models in your collection, as Barry mentioned, just quality, quality and more quality.

Nice to see Jan, certainly a good use of the printer to develop the turntable

I didn't realise how big those chaser bins are Chris! Looking good

That's a gorgeous set up

Simply exquisite so far John

Looking good Martin, love the weathering

Looking forward to seeing this progress Martin, I see where the wheels are off now! We used a few trailers in similar nic last year

Impressive work as ever John, I can sympathise with the curse, I always find after time away from building it takes a build or two to get back into the swing of it! and sometimes there's a model that just fights you the entire way.

I handed my dissertation in a week ago on Thursday signifying the end of five years at Harper Adams University studying for a Masters in Automotive Engineering (Off-Highway) . I will have to wait until September to find out how I've done. Equally I started work on Monday for Bradley's Group which is proving to be fun and interesting. Some of the kit in being worked on at the moment.

Loving the weathering on that Sean