1:72 scale Spaceship of the Imagination - Neil deGrass Tyson in Cosmos

zenix

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Apr 23, 2014

• #1

I modeled it it autocad and meshmixer, and printed it out 7" long, which was just too small, so I decided to go bigger! I sliced it into three 220mm tall sections and printed them out on my Tinkerine Ditto+ 3D printer. I'm using filling sandable primer to smooth out the ridges. The final piece will be 26" tall, and I'll paint it shiny. These two parts took a combined total of only 13 hours!

 

Ruddigger

Sr Member

• Apr 23, 2014

• #2

Super cool. What will you do with it when it's done?

 

SmilingOtter

Master Member

• Apr 23, 2014

• #3

Excellent construction. I can't wait to see it painted.

 

PotionMistress

Sr Member

• Apr 23, 2014

• #4

That is really neat! Great job so far. :thumbsup

Boy, it must be like being a kid in a candy shop having a 3D printer!

 

zenix

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Apr 23, 2014

• #5

I'm still up filling and sanding. The third part is almost done! I glued the two pieces together, and hope to finish by friday. On Saturday I'm headed to the US Science and Engineering festival in DC and want to display it there. Honestly, this guy is only about 29 hours of printing, and it's *really* BIG. I expect that in the coming years people interested in ships will certainly be doing this all the time. It's really been a rather simple project.