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Designed in SketchUp, and printed on an Afinia printer. The design is based on a Frisco section house plan. Design and construction details can be seen at:
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I printed this based on a local well, and Vac-U-Formed the roof using forms I designed and 3d printed. Design and construction details can be seen at: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2014/06/barry-well-3d-printing-and-vac-u.html">http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2014/06/barr ... vac-u.html</a><!-- m -->
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Kent,
you are too talented in 3D printing
awesome well
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AF350 Wrote:I finally figured out why some of my designs were not working out right, all white faces of the models need to be facing out and the model needs to be closed
The software that came with my Afinia printer finds all those problems, and, in most cases, will fix them for you. Obviously, still best not to make the mistakes in the first place.
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A couple stone arch bridges I designed and printed. Both HO scale. Design and construction details can be seen at: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2014/06/stone-arch-bridges-3d-printed-down-on.html">http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2014/06/ston ... wn-on.html</a><!-- m -->
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Looking good
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With each new print and project I learn a little more about what works for my 3D printer, I can see designing backdrop buildings and casting copies of them with in reach.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- makerbot has a new color called army green kinda olivish color, not sure if it is available in both ABS and PLA. If I do produce some castings to sell I am limited to small buildings due to build platform size, may get another 3D printer sometime down the road maybe a TAZ 3D printer with a bigger platform, no rush on it though. Maybe I could do a modular building wall componant approach, as far as castings I wonder if resin or hydrocal would be a better material for a detailed building? As for scales I am thinking TT, HO, S, and O scales as G would be too big for my printer and N and Z maybe too tiny for details.
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Barrels of Fun in HO, S and O scale
Finished pictures can be seen here:
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While I was playing with printing glass blocks, I ran across a neat building that I thought would be good practice.
More construction details can be seen at: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2014/08/memphis-store-front-3d-printed-glass.html">http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2014/08/memp ... glass.html</a><!-- m -->
and the 3d printed version
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This is an HO scale building based on a bank building in Chilhowee Missouri. I will be presenting a clinic at the National Narrow Gauge Convention next week on using a 3d home based printer. Also one on using SketchUp to design items.
Design and construction detail for this building can be seen at:
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Out of plastic for 3D printer, will have to get some more this week or weekend.
Been playing with sketch up and have a chassis for a 40 foot box car drawn, now I am trying a 3rd attempt to make a box car in S to 3D print, with a few things I have learned in the first two attempts I am thinking the 3rd version will be a winner then on to getting a nice roof to match the above.