another Spinner . 6th scale. printed

[flimzy]

Hi there I've moved this on to its own thread so I can keep it up to date as I add new bits. It all started when I was trying out new render packages for work I wanted something to try it on. So i drew up vincent, a snow speeder and a spinner. I've always loved the design. I do a lot of 3d printing for work in SLA SLS but when I decided I was going to make an actual model I thought I would see if I could do it all on my little PLA home printer. its a learning curve because you don't draw the same way and there a limit to the size a peace can be.

I alway like looking at peoples photos so this will mainly be picture of the peaces as they come out. I'm back at work next week but the great thing about printing is it happens when your not there

 

[flimzy]

http://www.reynoldsam.com/product/xtc-3d/?utm_source=RPF&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=XTC3D
I'm going to try this but if anyone has tried it already let me know

 

[Cadeus]

really cool project! I wish I could do that.

 

[RAM]

Holy cow! I can't wait to see this finished!

RAM

 

[swgeek]

Looking good. I have one question though. Why the holes at the bottom of the front wheel covers?

 

[flimzy]

Looking good. I have one question though. Why the holes at the bottom of the front wheel covers?

because I'm making a model of the set car not the 1/4 scale miniature.

 

[flimzy]

its a bit like lego with PLA you have to pick bits out to print in different direction to get a good finish. Obviously this will be glued in to larger parts and filled before moulding. This model will end up in fast cast because PLA is not stable in the long term. and also handing things, like only printing half the wheel is so much easier. I'm also printing out the clear parts as place holder before I make vac patterns.

 

[swgeek]

because I'm making a model of the set car not the 1/4 scale miniature

ohhh ok that makes sense now.

 

[flimzy]

Printing bits between jobs . nearly half way through but still hours and hours of printing to do

 

[moffeaton]

Waaaaannnnnnnnnnnt

 

[joberg]

Looking very good indeed!!

 

[LukaFilm]

Wow!! Prints look great!
How big will it be in the end? And will you be selling kits?
Great job man!!!

 

[Neo-uk]

Had to subscribe to this.

 

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[SteveStarkiller]

very cool

 

[flimzy]

theres a long way to go, half way through printing it out but as you know thats only half the job. As PLA is unstable long term I will be moulding the peaces then sanding and filling . so it could be a kit but its early days yet and it might be too expensive to do a run. as for size, Huge its going in my stair well. it won't fit anywhere else

 

[Aurora]

What kind of pla printer are you using? Always looking for a good recommendation, I been trying to navigate all the new printers coming out

 

[joberg]

I love bigature and at 1/6 it's my kind of model

 

[flimzy]

this is as far as I've got printed so far so over half way .

 

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One of my favourites builds right now.