Merged: Old Shapeways-related announcements

[uncletony]

Great! Will you be selling this via Shapeways?

George

Yes!

[ermeio]

Someone had to break the ice....
Then:
Any figure for the price?

[uncletony]

Someone had to break the ice....
Then:
Any figure for the price?

The parts shown so far should total around $95 -- however I must warn that this is subject to change if further mods are necessary -- for instance if I have to add more sprues to keep the parts from warping, etc.

Can't say yet what the other parts will cost because I haven't designed them yet But $115 - $120 is a target price I'm shooting for for the whole package, we'll see if that's doable.

[RAGIII]

Someone had to break the ice....
Then:
Any figure for the price?

The parts shown so far should total around $95 -- however I must warn that this is subject to change if further mods are necessary -- for instance if I have to add more sprues to keep the parts from warping, etc.

Can't say yet what the other parts will cost because I haven't designed them yet But $115 - $120 is a target price I'm shooting for for the whole package, we'll see if that's doable.

The price seems reasonable for a project of this type BO! I am putting this on my "Wish List" for the future. I hope all goes well with sales!!
RAGIII

[Umlaufmotor]

Outstanding work, Bo.
It looks for me in the pictures, as the elevator and rudder could movable mounted, right? 

[Des]

Extremely well done Bo, good luck with the project.

Des.

[IvotB]

Looks extremely nice. Just a question: do you intend to leave some room in the wing girders where you could add some brass rods or square profile in orde to strengthen the 3D print and to avoid sagging of the wing on the long run? Or is that absolutely unnecessary?

regards,
Ivo

[uncletony]

Outstanding work, Bo.
It looks for me in the pictures, as the elevator and rudder could movable mounted, right? 

yes indeed!, they are designed to be mounted on a brass rod (or tube) axle, they should move no problem.

Looks extremely nice. Just a question: do you intend to leave some room in the wing girders where you could add some brass rods or square profile in orde to strengthen the 3D print and to avoid sagging of the wing on the long run? Or is that absolutely unnecessary?

regards,
Ivo

the center portion is intended to be reinforced with brass, but not the entire length of the wing. I think the wings will be strong enough once rigged, but only time will tell....

[IvotB]

I was just mentioning this as another limited run modeller in the Netherlands was questioning the 3D prints sustainability. He preferred to make resin castings in stead from a mold based on a 3D print. I don't think resin would be an alternative though for the wings.

It was a discussion I have had with my railway modeller friends about a 3D printed roof of an ancient coach:



The entire coach is etched brass and it has a full interior with all benches, cushions arm- and headrests.

Here this 3D printed roof ofcourse has full support of the brass structure.

Upon closer inpection of your 3D drawings above I already noticed some brass rods.


regards,
Ivo

[uncletony]

I don't think resin would be an alternative though for the wings.

nor the fuselage!

indeed, almost all the parts have undercuts that would be impossible to cast.

This photopolymer stuff is stable, if that's what you mean. At least for our lifetimes. It isn't very strong though. But either is resin!

[uncletony]

[Pgtaylorart]

Maya or Rhino, Bo?

[uncletony]

Maya or Rhino, Bo?

I have completely redone the project in Rhino -- been using grasshopper a lot too.

-- that's why a lot of these posts seem like very old news. When I did the model studies in Maya I had no intention of printing parts; the Maya studies are much truer to scale (but unproduceable)...

[uncletony]

more on the cowling & turtleneck though these parts are "productionized" yet" :

[uncletony]

these parts are now in the hopper:





all together now...