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3D printer models and aeroplane chat
snalin:
Is the coloring done in print as well, or is that paint?
GarandMarine:
I think you can print in color in some cases, but it:s specific machines, I personally have seen some amazing 3D printed props/toys that were easily 1:1 scale (toy laser weapons from ME3 for example)
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: snalin on 29 May 2013, 03:43 ---Is the coloring done in print as well, or is that paint?
--- End quote ---
Paint and decals.
This is a closeup of an unpainted one printed in laser fused nylon (strong, cheap, but coarse grain) - the models are 1/144 so about 2-3 inches wide
This one is of a giant Handley Page O/400 strategic bomber - you can see part of it at the very top of the group picture.
Patrick:
My dad would flip his shit if he saw those! Before he started work on his real airplane he used to whittle 1:96th scale WWII fighters and bombers from balsa wood and then paint em to match ones he particularly liked, or ones we'd seen together at airshows. I never even thought to make 3D models with a 3D printer til now, funny enough.
Carl-E:
Zoe B, I'm drooling! I remember seeing a pic of these on another thread a while back - I'm a nut for anything WWI, but especially the planes (I grew up down the road from the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, you should see their collection...).
I haven't built / painted a model since... well, since I was a kid, I guess (and we're the same age). But you know how it goes - my car needs a bearing changed, a single lady friend broke her kitchen faucet (I'm the "handy husband" for a merry band of widows and divorcees), my daughter needs transferred to and from her chair, and I've been up three days straight writing online math lessons, grading and selling beer.
Maybe when I die there'll be some time... :-\ :psyduck:
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