My 3D printing hobby by tomd

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Semi truck

November 13, 2018

Tutoring 4

Skill 6

Idea 4

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Screenshot of what i want to 3d print

Test file seem great but, the 3d print time will take 23 hours as is.

I spent the weekend pulling apart the semi truck file into manageable peaces to be printed separate

all the pieces 3d printed ok with some minor reworks done. i ended up 3d print 3 version to fix most of the problem i found.

Concept art i base my conversion on.

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seldon9

Hi @tomd, I’m a bit late to this but congrats on a superb project! You’re making me think 3D printing has reached a point where it’s worth giving it a try.

Can you do a post giving us a rundown of what you use and where you get your models from please? Apologies if I’ve missed the relevant post.

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tomd

i did a post called “An example of a basic 3D model to printer to paint” near the bottom of my blog that goes through what software i used and where i got the models. There are a lot of modeling software and slicer out there to try out. i suggest you start with free one like tinkerCAD and Blender. you tube is a good source of suggestion for that. Thingiverse is a great way to get some free STL file for 3d printing, but look for one that have example of 3d prints by other people. the example i… Read more »