Gimpdiggity
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I accidentally deleted my ENTIRE PhotoBucket library, so some photos on the first page are no longer available...they also were deleted from my phone when I first took them as to save space. Complete photos begin again on the second page.
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Hi everyone!!!
I have very limited modeling skills, but I've been looking for something to kind of slowly work on over the winter.
This past February I got a basic 3D printer. I've tweaked it and got it set up so I actually get some pretty solid prints from it. Over the 10 months or so I've had it I've spent hours on Thingiverse finding things I'd like to print. At one point I found a model of the Discovery...at 45" long and 60-ish parts I added it to my Favorites and figured it was a bit too much for me to tackle.
However, this past week I was going through and cleaning up my Favorites list on the 'verse...taking some things off that I couldn't get to print right, or no longer had a use for, etc...I stumbled across the Discovery again.
With no real printing projects that I need to work on, and a need for a winter project, I downloaded the files and got to looking at them.
The model files were made from images from the film. The pieces are designed to use a 1/4" steel rod to provide structural support. The pieces are designed to reduce warping as much as possible, but when warpage does occur it should be easy to work with.
I'll be printing in black PLA at .2mm. I might try to do a couple of small parts at .1mm to see if there is a really noticeable difference in print quality. Due to the nature of the greeblies on the outside of the ship, I most likely won't worry too much about smoothing out the print lines...I'll just let the paint do it's thing.
Ive got a few pieces printed out already, and will post pictures later this evening when I'm not posting from my phone.
Thanks for reading, and wish me luck!!!
I accidentally deleted my ENTIRE PhotoBucket library, so some photos on the first page are no longer available...they also were deleted from my phone when I first took them as to save space. Complete photos begin again on the second page.
***EDIT***
Hi everyone!!!
I have very limited modeling skills, but I've been looking for something to kind of slowly work on over the winter.
This past February I got a basic 3D printer. I've tweaked it and got it set up so I actually get some pretty solid prints from it. Over the 10 months or so I've had it I've spent hours on Thingiverse finding things I'd like to print. At one point I found a model of the Discovery...at 45" long and 60-ish parts I added it to my Favorites and figured it was a bit too much for me to tackle.
However, this past week I was going through and cleaning up my Favorites list on the 'verse...taking some things off that I couldn't get to print right, or no longer had a use for, etc...I stumbled across the Discovery again.
With no real printing projects that I need to work on, and a need for a winter project, I downloaded the files and got to looking at them.
The model files were made from images from the film. The pieces are designed to use a 1/4" steel rod to provide structural support. The pieces are designed to reduce warping as much as possible, but when warpage does occur it should be easy to work with.
I'll be printing in black PLA at .2mm. I might try to do a couple of small parts at .1mm to see if there is a really noticeable difference in print quality. Due to the nature of the greeblies on the outside of the ship, I most likely won't worry too much about smoothing out the print lines...I'll just let the paint do it's thing.
Ive got a few pieces printed out already, and will post pictures later this evening when I'm not posting from my phone.
Thanks for reading, and wish me luck!!!
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