TommyBoy0329
New Member
How does the community feel about 3D printing? I am sure this might have already been covered, but I am relatively new here...
I ask because it turns out my scratch building and kit bashing skills are terrible, lol
And with 3D printers becoming cheaper and more accurate, you can print almost anything now-a-days...I am on the fence about purchasing a new 3D printer...I love making stuff, I have a closet full of model kits I wanna build someday that I just haven't gotten around to making (being in the Navy and moving every few years makes storage a pain for built up models and dioramas)...
I want to use the 3D Printer to make the kits and models that aren't available commercially. Particularly I want to make a studio scale USS Rhode Island Nova Class like 3ft long...I tried once, scratch building from insulation foam, using publically available deck plans...I got the basic shape down, but when it came to filling in the slices and rounding it all out...it ended horribly...but if I can find a publically available STL and scale it up accordingly...I could print the chunks and assemble them like a kit and viola...large scale model that never existed previously...
Easier said than done I know...but I think 3D printing the model would be easier than scratch building...plus the way these models print, it leaves hollow spaces for lighting...
I ask because it turns out my scratch building and kit bashing skills are terrible, lol
And with 3D printers becoming cheaper and more accurate, you can print almost anything now-a-days...I am on the fence about purchasing a new 3D printer...I love making stuff, I have a closet full of model kits I wanna build someday that I just haven't gotten around to making (being in the Navy and moving every few years makes storage a pain for built up models and dioramas)...
I want to use the 3D Printer to make the kits and models that aren't available commercially. Particularly I want to make a studio scale USS Rhode Island Nova Class like 3ft long...I tried once, scratch building from insulation foam, using publically available deck plans...I got the basic shape down, but when it came to filling in the slices and rounding it all out...it ended horribly...but if I can find a publically available STL and scale it up accordingly...I could print the chunks and assemble them like a kit and viola...large scale model that never existed previously...
Easier said than done I know...but I think 3D printing the model would be easier than scratch building...plus the way these models print, it leaves hollow spaces for lighting...