5 Foot Klingon D7

[baronvondoom]

I thought I would start a thread on my Klingon D7 build.
It’s all 3d printed from Ian Hughes files from patreon. I printed it all in abs.





I glued it together with acetone and filled gaps with acetone and abs mix.

 

[baronvondoom]

I used a metal rod in the neck section for support.


And with a coat of primer. Used 2k high build from my spray gun.


Painted some black to seal the light leaks.

 

[baronvondoom]

Made a stand from abs. Printed a channel through it for cables.
Was panted with 2k primer and rattle cans.

 

[baronvondoom]

Started with the paint.
Used a rustoleum colour.


Masked up


Started with the grey

 

[Droidr4i9]

Nice build! Love the D7
I have contracted a fellow member here to make me a set of files for a studio scale K’Tinga the 4 footer. Which I will build out of fiberglass and although I’m not a kit maker I will offer a few “kits” to offset the costs as I don’t want the end result to be a resin print on something that large. If tipped over instant shatter and I don’t want 3d print lines either so I’ll end up making a fiberglass plug. So is your build all abs? I presume it’s a FDM printer so are the print lines present?
Eager to see more on this!

 

[baronvondoom]

Light test
Still need to add the detail pieces and paint the details.
Also need to sort decals. Not sure what I will do yet.


Noticed a couple of light leaks to try and sort as well.

 

[baronvondoom]

Nice build! Love the D7
I have contracted a fellow member here to make me a set of files for a studio scale K’Tinga the 4 footer. Which I will build out of fiberglass and although I’m not a kit maker I will offer a few “kits” to offset the costs as I don’t want the end result to be a resin print on something that large. If tipped over instant shatter and I don’t want 3d print lines either so I’ll end up making a fiberglass plug. So is your build all abs? I presume it’s a FDM printer so are the print lines present?
Eager to see more on this!

Thanks, yeah it’s all fdm. Printed on a Bambu P1S.
There’s no layer lines visible. It’s all abs.
I brushed the whole thing with acetone then loads of sanding and filling and more sanding.
I look forward to seeing the K’Tinga when it’s done.
I did think about making molds to fibreglass this but never got around to it.

 

[TazMan2000]

I always thought that printing with ABS had it's issues. I guess not not on a Bambu P1S.

TazMan2000

 

[baronvondoom]

I always thought that printing with ABS had it's issues. I guess not not on a Bambu P1S.

TazMan2000

It can be tricky with warping. As long as all the cooling is turned off and the printer is enclosed it can be ok.
There was a little warping on the earlier sections before I realised an internal fan was coming on, but due to the simple ish design of the k7 it was easy enough to fill.

 

[animator]

Great looking model! Nicely done!

 

[Droidr4i9]

The smoothness is unreal! Awesome work,

 

[RealDaveWinter]

That looks great.

 

[publiusr]

Now, the old AMT K't'inga...the raised bits too aggressive--but did the TMP cobra heads look a bit narrow as compared to the TOS type D-7's like yours?

It might be nice to have K't'inga details on your 4 foot model to see how that looks.