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1/200 Scale Japanese Destroyer 3D Print Project

1/200 Scale Japanese Destroyer 3D Print Project

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Next... To TinkerCad!!!!!

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Ok…  Found and downloaded the STL of the IJN Ataksuki…

Next, I imported the STL into TinkerCad…  because it’s free, and that’s how I roll…

Resized the file….  The ship is huge!  LoL

Nosing around the ship, I am seeing some spots where enlarging the file has caused gaps, and some spots where fine things like railings have failed.

So, a few things will have to happen…  I will clean up the fiddly parts that aren’t likely to print well…  I will fill gaps where the enlarging broke the file….  And I will sub-divide it into nice small bite sized pieces that my printer can handle.

First thing I did, was I trimmed off the bottom of the hull so it woud be a waterline model, and then created a slot all along the bottom of the ship…  It should be perfectly sized to take a 1/4 inch square rod.  This will help to line the Hull pieces back up after printing them.

Then I painstakingly subdivided the ship into 6 pieces of between 8 and 10cm in length, choosing the division points carefully to make printing easier where possible.

Then starting on the bow end of the ship….  Clean up….

I have removed the bits of railing that still existed and plug some gaps with basic shapes.  Then merge and continue.

Next...  To TinkerCad!!!!!

At this point, I decided that if I am going to all this trouble, I definitely want to be able to turn the turrets!  So, those have to come off, to be printed separately!  Will probably install some magnets to make them easily rotatable.

Next...  To TinkerCad!!!!!

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