3D printed model space plane
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:04 pm
Hello,
I bought my M2 to help me create original sci-fi space and air craft models of my own designs. After about a year of getting the process down for creating these models, I thought it would be good to show off one of the test creations.
This is a 1/20th scale experimental space plane model, it is about 20 inches in length with a 14 inch wing span. It was printed in 32 pieces, 7 are fuselage sections the remaining are wing parts, brackets, landing gear doors, landing gear legs, and small detail parts for the cockpit. I used Lego for the canopy glass, landing gear wheels, landing gear door and leg hinges. In total it took about a week to print all of the pieces and another couple of weeks to sand, glue, prime, and paint. I am still experimenting with methods to print panel lines and miscellaneous surface details, hence the overly smooth and sparsely detailed skin. And frankly, the paint job is sub par because I am new to detailing and do not yet have an airbrush.
Let me know what you think.
Brent
I bought my M2 to help me create original sci-fi space and air craft models of my own designs. After about a year of getting the process down for creating these models, I thought it would be good to show off one of the test creations.
This is a 1/20th scale experimental space plane model, it is about 20 inches in length with a 14 inch wing span. It was printed in 32 pieces, 7 are fuselage sections the remaining are wing parts, brackets, landing gear doors, landing gear legs, and small detail parts for the cockpit. I used Lego for the canopy glass, landing gear wheels, landing gear door and leg hinges. In total it took about a week to print all of the pieces and another couple of weeks to sand, glue, prime, and paint. I am still experimenting with methods to print panel lines and miscellaneous surface details, hence the overly smooth and sparsely detailed skin. And frankly, the paint job is sub par because I am new to detailing and do not yet have an airbrush.
- CAD representation of the completed plane. The different colors denote the printed sections.
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- Showing the landing gear retracting
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- InFlight.jpg (223.05 KiB) Viewed 12118 times
Brent
