Build log 2014-04-09 : Adding doors to the wheelhouse
Now that the basic shape of the missing wheelhouse has been modeled, time for additional work: doors !
Wheelhouse was also lowered by one centimeter (cut from the bottom) to get closer to scale size.
Wheelhouse with hinges
And also 1cm taken off the bottom
Hinges (X-Ray)
Once door is installed
Wheelhouse with door
Upper door hinge shows modeling artifacts which won't affect printing
Door
Both the door and wall hinges are hollow and require a pin
Door section
Shows rounded hinge profile
Test "wall"
Test part to simulate wall (quick to print)
Door on test "wall"
With 1:25th doll for reference
Door and test rig
Pins are actually bits from a paperclip
The holes in the hinges accomodating the pivot pins were actually printed and not drilled.
Just had to wiggle the pins in and that's it. Door was deburred with a box cutter. Would require some sanding or "polishing" with a Dremel it I were to use it but it is already very useable.
Might have to come up with a functional door handle or some kind of mechanism to keep the door closed although the hinges offer some frinction and prevent the door from flapping.
I haven't printed a new wheelhouse with hinges. I first have to think of the interior: panels, wheel and controls, ...
I'm thinking of just adding some brackets all around the wheelhouse (mid-height) on which I would then glue finished assemblies.
Need to get pics from late 1960s tugs interior. And keep in mind that there's the FiFi brass pipe going through the back of the wheelhouse down to the hull.