1/700 & 1/350 scale BH Cygnus builds

[mythshaker]

OH MY! Both stern uppers made and shipped.

 

[Nwerke]

WOOHOO!!!

 

[Inquisitor Peregrinus]

Hey, Martyn -- sent you a PM a few days ago. Dunno if you missed it or just haven't had time to reply, but I thought I'd mention it here.

--Jonah

 

[TailsPrower007]

Just joined after reading through all 33 pages of this remarkable build. I have nearly been crying several times at how beautiful the 1/350 scale model has turned out. After hearing about what happened to the two other models; it's very distressing to think that they have been lost to the ravages of time and carelessness. I only wish I could see what those original high definition blueprints for the Cygnus were... I bet they'd be beautiful.

 

[mythshaker]

WOOHOO!!!

Indeed! They are perfect. I've gotten to the point where every part I get from now on will connect two or more parts together, so double WOOHOO.

Could you please put the B tank rear piping and the rear hanger door back up? Preferably FUD or what ever the new high detail is.

 

[Nwerke]

Well that's good at least, some recent printing with no problems for once - does my morale some good! I've now done fixes for the observatory antenna cage, the B fuel module, the port stern core part (I hope...there was nothing really wrong with it) and the stern A fuel module. Next up is the stern upper spine (I need one too) and the front A fuel module. I'll fit in the B tank piping etc before too long also. I haven't made any of these public yet; may hold off on that until I can get them out of Beta. All in all it will take a while as I'm doing other projects ahead of this and just sneaking in bits of time here and there. Stay tuned.

Thanks for the kind words TailsPrower007.

 

[mythshaker]

My thought was to put the pieces that were on Pinshape back on Shapeways to see if they would fly without additional work on your part. Both the B rear piping and upper observatory base passed all their tests I just didn't order them before they quit. Whether or not they would have succeeded I have no clue but...

You're doing an awesome job in all of this. I just wonder how much of the failures are something real. I don't want you to have to spend a lot of effort chasing ghosts given how much you have done to get this far.

 

[mythshaker]

WooHoo again. Port stern core printed and on it's way to me.

 

[mythshaker]

Port stern core received perfect.

 

[wondersquid]

I'm quite late to this project, please forgive my ignorance, where can I find the shapeways link? And has anyone tried an outside vendor for printing? This is a truly amazing model, has anyone assembled a complete kit yet? Thank you.

 

[32buds]

Here is the link for shapeways. www.shapeways.com They charge a standard carriage fee of £10 per order, so you're better off with bigger orders.
Shapeways also won't print dave's 1/700 topspine part.
I had mine printed at www.materialise-onsite.com.
They are a bit pricier than shapeways, but the service is good and I received the part in less than a week.
Welcome to the cygnus builder's club...

 

[Frankpr01]

Has anyone updated the bow armature file? If so, can you share it? It would help if the file is in vector-format, such as DXF, DWG, CDR or PDF. Laser-cutting companies ask for vector-format files to be able to print/cut.
1829

 

[psimon]

Does anyone have Dave's original Bow armature PDF template? I am assuming at this point Dave is not coming back to this forum.

 

[32buds]

To the best of my knowledge, Dave never uploaded any bow armature files. Once I've got both top and bottom sections, I'll have a block of acrylic/Perspex cut to size. That's the plan anyway...

 

[32buds]

As far as I know Dave didn't upload any files for a bow armature. When I get the rest of the bow sections, my plan is to cut a square of acrylic/perspex to fit. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

 

[Bryan H]

Hi Folks,

I'm back, finally. Had a change of jobs but things are settling down. Thanks for the uploaded files. I've got my Form1+ running nearly constantly and have a Form2 on the way. I'm also getting up to speed on Autodesk Fusion360 and Solidworks. Anyone else use either of these?

Bryan

 

[HerbertHHiebert]

What I read so far is that I can't buy the ''Cygnus'' kit not complete by Shapeways ? What would cost the complete Cygnus and where can I get the complete kit?
I was asking Dave on Shapeways but no answer!

 

[JeffBond]

Dave has been out of the loop for a long, long time. The parts are still on Shapeways as far as I can tell:

http://www.shapeways.com/search?q=Primitive+Dave

 

[32buds]

Parts are still there. At least I hope so-I've two major parts of the front end being delivered tomorrow!

 

[moffeaton]

There are missing parts, I think?
Here's what I bought - I don't see everything listed any more.

I had to have things regrown MULTIPLE times, to get good looking parts. The long spines were always broken, or warped. Finally got a complete set - I must say Shapeways was VERY good about sending replacements.