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Bushmaster PMV - 1/16 experiment.
jon_a_its
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Posted: Sunday, August 30, 2020 - 11:23 PM UTC
impressive work
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Posted: Monday, August 31, 2020 - 05:17 AM UTC

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impressive work



Thanks, Jon. Lots of work to get it to this stage.
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Posted: Tuesday, September 01, 2020 - 07:47 AM UTC
Most of the work now will be sanding & priming, so that’ll be fun.

In the meantime, the base for the remote weapon station - known as the Protected Weapon Station (PWS) or the EOS R-400 - was CAD’d up. More work to come on this one: it replaces the normally-fitted gun ring.



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Posted: Tuesday, September 01, 2020 - 10:19 PM UTC
Slight tweak:

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Posted: Friday, September 04, 2020 - 12:24 PM UTC
Using this mishap as a reference (everybody unhurt, thankfully)...



I detailed the underside of the stowage bins:



Some cleanup to go, but progress nonetheless.
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Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 10:56 AM UTC
Some pretty significant progress over the last fortnight.

Was put onto a new glue that welds PLA together.



Started on the fuel cell & battery box:



Finished up gluing the major components of the lower hull:









Lastly, some consumables for the incoming newer & larger printer arrived. Check out the size difference between the current print area (small black mat) & the new print area (enormous black mat). Will definitely speed things up!

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Posted: Monday, September 28, 2020 - 09:07 AM UTC
There’s been a bit of progress thanks to the new & significantly larger printer. Fewer pieces reduces the chance of inducing tolerance errors, but makes print times a lot longer.

The first print was 182 hours - over a week! That meant that the upper hull could be printed in a single piece. Fresh off the printer, complete with some print defects.



Still, starting to look good with some clean up.



Version 2 is also a lot better than version 1.



With more interior detail & better overall shape & look.



And the error that made me restart the entire design.



An error of 4.5mm. Ouch.
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Posted: Sunday, October 04, 2020 - 07:29 AM UTC
Cleaned up the upper hull print & added anti-slip with Tamiya light sand textured paint.



Other side:

jon_a_its
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Posted: Sunday, October 04, 2020 - 06:28 PM UTC
very interesting work!
Not.Jealous.at.all.b.t.w!

What are you using to smooth out the ridges?

I did some wings in PLA, Used Holts Knifing Putty (3M/Bondo) and Halfords (UK) primer, smoothed well, but after a week, it looked like crazy paving!
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Posted: Sunday, October 04, 2020 - 06:46 PM UTC
Gee this is looking sweet!
Whats wpn is going in the PWS?

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Posted: Monday, October 05, 2020 - 02:59 PM UTC

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Gee this is looking sweet!
Whats wpn is going in the PWS?

G



G’day Gibbo,

50 cal QCB ftw.
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Posted: Friday, October 16, 2020 - 10:30 PM UTC
Link to the build on the new forums: https://forums.kitmaker.net/t/1-16-bushmaster-pmv-cad-3d-print-scratchbuild/666?u=2805662" TARGET="_blank"> https://forums.kitmaker.net/t/1-16-bushmaster-pmv-cad-3d-print-scratchbuild/666?u=2805662
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