@hopper1999 I’ve access to both resin and PLA printers, and while resin has a couple of extra steps compared to PLA, I wouldn’t consider it painful. I’ve come to appreciate resin’s ability to show detail even in very small scale. For me its worth the extra steps to clean and cure, for those results. What’s great is there are so many free units available, with some simple editing/converting you can quickly build cool armies.
As for casting, while I haven’t casted any A&A parts yet (still building my unit library), I have casted a lot of 3.75 action figure parts. I’ve gotten best results using a syringe and pressure pot. (I converted a old paint pressure tank). You inject your mold, and then put it under pressure, I’d do around 30psi, to help the resin into the thinner parts of the mold and prevent bubbles. It also helps, when making your mold to put it under pressure as well. I’ve found it helps prevents bubbles in the silicone and between the silicone and the part being cast.
I plan on using casting to duplicate units I already have, that I can’t find stl files for.
Custom Magnetic IPC & Tech Tracker Board
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Hey folks,
This is my first post to the site and I’ve recently started my customization journey with AA50. My best customization yet is this magnetic tracker board set. The roundels are 3d printed by my design with press fit magnets. The boards are just common steel sheets with a label applied that I designed. The bases are another self designed base for angling the sheets and storing the extra roundels.Let me know what you think!
(https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zllLFe2Offr3GEfH0-JTNgcGUK6Ha_oL?usp=sharing)
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@TitusJames Welcome to the forum.
I recommend that you convert your *.heic images to *.jpg and upload those directly to your posting.
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@Panther Thank you! I will do so from now on!
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@TitusJames
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@TitusJames
Hi Titus,
Awesome - looks great.
What materials did you use for the base to your aircraft stands ?
We have attached a few pictures from our Global 1940 Expansion game where we use similar aircraft stands.
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@The-Captain
I used 3mm thumb nuts drilled out to fit 3mm acrylic rods. I used a number of 3d printed jigs for cutting the rods, assembly of the stands and gluing the magnets. If I remember later I’ll attached some pictures of the jigs/stands
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