The last coiuple years I have been converting ship models into space ceafr in the theme of the old Starblazers series.  The theory being that the Yamato did a great job but it coiuld always use help and some countries took the less expensive route and salvaged ship wrecks and made them into space warships. Eventually a fleet would need repair facilities so I made a medium size one that will have a small special operations ship to work on. 

Some of the names I have goten in the S.F. section are interesting and I will need to use a couple of these.

I already have the Space Assualt ship Toronaga.Fire Support ship William Tell, Battle Cruiser Prince of Sherwood, and Interdection ship Sweeny Todd.

ikar01,

your repurposing of c-pap parts is looking really cool. May I ask just exactly what that cool looking monster is that we are looking at? Looks seagoing to me, maybe with a large well deck for carrying something else? Or maybe space going??

And now that you mention it, it seems that lots of us model builders are pretty good scavengers as well. My wife supports the madness and has gotten to the point that she does't toss anything out that is made of plastic, metal or foil without finding me and saying "could you use this in the hobby room"?

It also seems lots of us were not very "main stream" while growing up which explains why we had time to spend at the bench lol.

Regarding your service it was greatly appreciated by many and please count me among those.

I'm always on my notebook, even watching movies.  I'll see a car or vehichle that looks cool and do a quick search to see if there's a kit :)

This site is awesome for seeing what's what by movie:  https://www.imcdb.org/

If you consider model making as part of the craft hobby, we have a lot of company.  While there have always been crafters, the hobby has grown considerably in recent decades.  The growth of craft stores in every neigborhood has helped this growth

I consider myself a wood carver as well as a model builder.  I started modeling in the wood era when wood carving was an essential skill for scale modeling.  I have now done bird carving, and am just getting into whale and dolphin carving.

Growing up I always was a sort of outcast.  only a couple friends, no rea girl friend until I was a senior.

Things changed a bit after I got drafted.  I was working with a lot of good guys, for the most part, being in the Security Police made us sort of disliked by most of the base, but you got usd to that.  Near the end of my second tour my girl dumped me for some guy she met in college,  a hippie I suppose.  Each time I returned I was reminded by people that I didn't know how much they hated us.  You get used to it, mostly, and ignore it.  Now I'm still sort of a outcast, except for the club I belong to and the guys at the gun shop.  

]I can live with that and my wife is always there, somewhere.

I have heard that we live in a "Disposable Society". It looks like the members here, including yours truly, are not card carrying members of that society.

Jim 

Stay Safe.

When the HB M-706 came out I was looking forward to it because I used to drive one during alets.  The first version to show up was what the Army ans us called the V-100.  This one had a turret with twin M-60s.  I had to completely change this kit to the Air Force version, add a ton of details and replace the tires with resin ones that had commando on the sides as well as replacing the chain they included for for the winch with a cable.

Now that the E2 version is out I have bought two and want to get one more to cover the three different paint jobs that I know of.  I will be needing some custom decals for the different markings but that is in fhe future.

The bottom of the tank is now acting as the command area at the top of this monster.

What would be the top is now part of the engine system.

midnightprowler

 

 

Gamera

 

 

Back to the bench

While lying in the chair having a root canal performed today I realized that every step of the way I was thinking about which tool he was using and how it could be used at the model bench.

I am sure others of you out there have more examples of our somewhat warped mindset!

 

 

 

 

 

Well, while being fitted for a tooth cap I did wonder if maybe you could take a mold of the tooth and then 3D print out the cap and have it all done in a day instead of waiting for them to send it off and get it made.

Guess the 3D printing material must be too soft for use in a tooth though. Maybe sometime in the future???

 

 

 

 

I did a short stint working in a 3d printing outfit. Here is how 3d is used in dental work, very simplified. A scan is made of the jaw/teeth. That scan is sent to a 3d printer, and the printer makes the mold of the tooth or teeth. Dentists use this instead of the old stick a blob of putty in your mouth to make teeth molds. From there the dentist makes your crown or whatever. Hope that makes sense.

 

midnightprowler

 

 

Gamera

 

 

Back to the bench

While lying in the chair having a root canal performed today I realized that every step of the way I was thinking about which tool he was using and how it could be used at the model bench.

I am sure others of you out there have more examples of our somewhat warped mindset!

 

 

 

 

 

Well, while being fitted for a tooth cap I did wonder if maybe you could take a mold of the tooth and then 3D print out the cap and have it all done in a day instead of waiting for them to send it off and get it made.

Guess the 3D printing material must be too soft for use in a tooth though. Maybe sometime in the future???

 

 

 

 

I did a short stint working in a 3d printing outfit. Here is how 3d is used in dental work, very simplified. A scan is made of the jaw/teeth. That scan is sent to a 3d printer, and the printer makes the mold of the tooth or teeth. Dentists use this instead of the old stick a blob of putty in your mouth to make teeth molds. From there the dentist makes your crown or whatever. Hope that makes sense.

 

Before I retired a young coworker of mine was diagnosed with cancer in his hip joint. It was a rather rare form and fortuntely had not spread beyond the tumor that was in the bone material. He went to Mayo Clinic in AZ and they did a very high resolution MRI and used that information to 3D print a titanium hip joint. I'm not sure of all the technical details of the process, but it's a truly amazing technology and he has made an amazing recovery. Below is a link to his story and a video interview that is a tear jerker in the best way.

https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/2018/08/20/3d-modeling-powers-innovation-in-patient-care/

Rob Gronovius

Whenever I see equipment, I always wonder what I would need to scratchbuild it.

If a current piece of military hardware is upgraded, what would I need to update a current kit.

 

Rob,

just curious with your years of exposure to military vehicles, do you find it easier to build those subjects knowing what the real world details should be, or do you find it a bit frustrating when the kits are not accurate in those details.

Also thank you for your service to our country, it is greatly appreciated.

My dentist said it's a more expensive technology so they're not doing many that way.

Thanks Pawel, MJY65, and Lee! Figured there was someone out there more on the ball than I who had come up with something like this. Guess my dental office is small time enough we don't have stuff like this. I need to wait a few years till this new tech filters down to us...

MJY65

 

 

Gamera

 Well, while being fitted for a tooth cap I did wonder if maybe you could take a mold of the tooth and then 3D print out the cap and have it all done in a day instead of waiting for them to send it off and get it made.

Guess the 3D printing material must be too soft for use in a tooth though. Maybe sometime in the future???

 

 

 

 

 

It exists, but not 3d printed.  The tooth is scanned prior to prep to get an image of the outer surface then again after reduction.  That scan is transmitted to a 3d milling machine that cuts the crown from a ceramic block which is then heated to finish the glaze.  Takes less than 2 hours from sitting in the chair to walking out.  The system is called Cerec and is being used in many dental offices already.

 

Then there is a couple ways. My description was given to my by both my dentist and the company I was working for.

Gamera

 

 

Back to the bench

While lying in the chair having a root canal performed today I realized that every step of the way I was thinking about which tool he was using and how it could be used at the model bench.

I am sure others of you out there have more examples of our somewhat warped mindset!

 

 

 

 

 

Well, while being fitted for a tooth cap I did wonder if maybe you could take a mold of the tooth and then 3D print out the cap and have it all done in a day instead of waiting for them to send it off and get it made.

Guess the 3D printing material must be too soft for use in a tooth though. Maybe sometime in the future???

 

I did a short stint working in a 3d printing outfit. Here is how 3d is used in dental work, very simplified. A scan is made of the jaw/teeth. That scan is sent to a 3d printer, and the printer makes the mold of the tooth or teeth. Dentists use this instead of the old stick a blob of putty in your mouth to make teeth molds. From there the dentist makes your crown or whatever. Hope that makes sense.

Gamera

 Well, while being fitted for a tooth cap I did wonder if maybe you could take a mold of the tooth and then 3D print out the cap and have it all done in a day instead of waiting for them to send it off and get it made.

Guess the 3D printing material must be too soft for use in a tooth though. Maybe sometime in the future???

 

It exists, but not 3d printed.  The tooth is scanned prior to prep to get an image of the outer surface then again after reduction.  That scan is transmitted to a 3d milling machine that cuts the crown from a ceramic block which is then heated to finish the glaze.  Takes less than 2 hours from sitting in the chair to walking out.  The system is called Cerec and is being used in many dental offices already.

Great idea Jim! I don't have the mask, just the nose piece, but they keep sending me the cleaners for the mask. Know what to do with them now.

Ditto on the c-pap replacements. I always save the nice thin plastic box that the mask comes in. Also the disposable filters come in handy for wiping a model down with alcohol before painting.

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Some of the things that I have been using on my current S.F. project I have been holding for many years and others I have just recently acquired while walking behind a strip mall at the end of my street.There's even a couple things that came from my c-pap unit when replacement time came around.  Never can tell what might end up being useful.

This is nothing, I've had most of what y'all are writing about!

As for that 3D printing - nowadays the are making stuff out of stainless steel and other metals with 3D - they print in wax and then cast the objects in a metal of choice using lost wax technique..

Some years ago I 3D printed silver earrings of my own design for SWMBO - she still wears them pretty often, I musta done something right!

Would that count for nerdy? How about scale model nerdy?

Thanks for reading and have a nice day

Paweł

   See an endless supply of raw styrene in jelly packs at the IHOP breakfast table.

Back to the bench

While lying in the chair having a root canal performed today I realized that every step of the way I was thinking about which tool he was using and how it could be used at the model bench.

I am sure others of you out there have more examples of our somewhat warped mindset!

 

 

Well, while being fitted for a tooth cap I did wonder if maybe you could take a mold of the tooth and then 3D print out the cap and have it all done in a day instead of waiting for them to send it off and get it made.

Guess the 3D printing material must be too soft for use in a tooth though. Maybe sometime in the future???

ikar01

Or you are walking along and happen to see something on the ground thast you figure can be used either on your current project of maybee sometime in the future.

Yes, done that a few times, mostly for scenic stuff.  I have some dried plant roots from the garden that'll make good trees/bushes, and a few bits of well-rusted metal that must have been outside for years, as well as some rail ballast, which makes great rocks.  I just need to get round to using them!

Wow,I guess I'm not a scale modeling nerd after all.

Or you see something on the real thing and remember that you have almost the exact same thing on a old broken kit or in a parts box that you can use.

Or you are walking along and happen to see something on the ground thast you figure can be used either on your current project of maybee sometime in the future.

Whenever I see equipment, I always wonder what I would need to scratchbuild it.

If a current piece of military hardware is upgraded, what would I need to update a current kit.

Dodgy

I laughed at this. I too have had that experience having obtained various tools from dental sources. I also pass trucks and cars and find myself studying the weathering on them.

Ahhh yes no machinery is aged and unusable, just well weathered! It's often a different world we modelers live in, but a happy one!

HooYah Deep Sea

Back to the Bench .  .  .  You need to look into picking up better quality booze. Whatever you are presently imbibing is having an adverse effect .  .  .   Really!!

 

Hmmmmm, or maybe the Tamiya Super Thin and Faller Super Expert aroma therapy mix isn't as good an idea as it seemed.

Back to the bench

While lying in the chair having a root canal performed today I realized that every step of the way I was thinking about which tool he was using and how it could be used at the model bench.

I am sure others of you out there have more examples of our somewhat warped mindset!

 

 

I laughed at this. I too have had that experience having obtained various tools from dental sources. I also pass trucks and cars and find myself studying the weathering on them.

Back to the Bench .  .  .  You need to look into picking up better quality booze. Whatever you are presently imbibing is having an adverse effect .  .  .   Really!!

Never equated the smell of styrene with that of tooth grinding...