Printer problems

So my printer is having problems.  Grrrr....

This the quality of prints I'm getting at the moment.

This is the last thing I managed to print.

I finally assembled shipping container number 2.  Here's what it looks like.

The long hobby war continues...

3D print Zone Mortalis Test Wall And Mighty Empire Tile

Today's update is about 3D printing two different models.

The first model I designed in Trimble Sketchup and it took me about 45 minutes.  The print was about 5 1/2 hours, but this was in a quite high resolution and not challenging the printer speed wise.  I dare say I can get this down by an hour or so.

There are no fine details on the model as Sketchup doesn't cope well with small objects.  I'm contemplating leaving these off and maybe having a detail pack designed on another package at a later date.

The next piece has been the bane of my life.  This model which was designed by ffaat is on Thingiverse here.  This is a Mighty/Planetary Empires Tile for my blogger buddy Kaelo over at the Battle bunnies.  I've gone through about 15 tries till I printed this one.  The source file is a parametric file (meaning it's drawn mathematically rather than with lines), which I had to spend sometime understanding. Also the model didn't like the normal square infill grid, so I had to change to triangles.  So I had these and a couple of other different issues to work out, but I know what's going on now (I think).  This is the good one with the best of the rest.

Have you got a 3D printer? Thinking of getting one? Let me know in the comments below.

The long hobby war continues...

3d Printed Thunderhawk Gunship

This is a project I'm working on.  This is actually a two phase project.  It will end up being thunderhawks for my marine forces.  The first phase is printing a model from Thingiverse found here.  It was designed by Montrano.  It's a low detail model, so will need grubbins and grebbles for finishing.  This is the current state of the model.

Phase two, which is running concurrently with phase 1, is designing a new more detailed model.  This is the current state of the 3D model.

This is a test print of the cabin door.  I was a bit tight on the measurements, so it's a tight fit across and a bit short vertically.  I'm making the adjustments and will reprint later this week.  It also shows the channels are two narrow.  I'm going to go from .2 to .5 mm.  Measuring on some marine tanks, this seems to be more like the gap gw use.

As part of the project I need is 8 predator heavy bolters (4 of each left and right side) and 2 land raider doors per gunship.  If anyone has some spare, I'll happily purchase these.

What do you think?

The long hobby war contiunes...

3D printing scifi shipping containers - Part 2

Following from my last post, I've made some progress with the design on the shipping containers.

These are the 'finished' parts, I'm tempted to revise the leg sections as they are maybe a bit leggy and the top rollers are a little redundant at the moment.  I may also narrow the armoured mid sections a little to give the Grimdark™ boxy squareness.

The first print section is on the printer now.  I suspect it will need a little rescaling.

I'm also thinking designing a smaller version of the mid section connector with no legs for small shipping containers.

Let me know what you think in the comments below.