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: Dioramas
Zap's 1:18 Scale Diorama Parts Development Thread
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04-22-2019, 02:36 PM
momaw nadon
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Zap Rowsdower
Thanks for following up. Believe it or not, I understand exactly what you are talking about for all three of your suggestions.
The first two options you mention are pretty much the same design as each other, with the main difference being that whichever panel has the "inner" hinge halves would just have a void in the middle between them in one design but not in the other. The first option you described was one of the other designs I was considering before I cooked up what you saw me post earlier. In fact, if I could print these vanes in the old "hi-def acrylate" Shapeways used to offer this is pretty much what I could have done because that stuff was really EXTREMELY similar to injection-molded ABS plastic in its physical properties and it allowed for VERY fine detail and thinner walls which would make this relatively small space easier to work within. This nylon material, while by no means flimsy, is just not strong and high-detail enough to tolerate a design of that type
at this size
. I'd love to do the hinges this way if I could, so great minds are thinking alike. The material just won't cooperate.
Your third option is outside the box, but it seems to me that it would add an unusual "sliding" feature to the vane movement since the outer (moving) vane would hinge as usual, but the hinges themselves would be able to hinge in the opposite direction at the same time - giving the vane assembly the potential to take on a z-shaped alignment when viewed from the top-down. You could actually end up with the vanes on one fan being cocked inward toward one another, which would be weird.
Keep the gears turning though, because this hinge issue is still very much up in the air for me.
Yeah, you are right about the first two ideas. I just wasn't totally sure on how to describe them without something visual. Then I have never used Shapeways, so wasn't sure how any of these would have worked in the material offered.
You are partly correct on the third option. Though if you don't make the hinge piece very long, there would be very little distortion. This is a hinge that you find in many transformer designs, which give you great movement with added strength if done properly.
Do you print out things on your own? If so, may I ask what you use and material? Could help me in future when I pass on some suggestions and ideas.
Thanks,
momaw nadon
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