'Bluebird' 3D printed

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'Bluebird' 3D printed

The Bluebird of Chelsea

I will be making this model from plans/digital files for 3D printing.

As much as possible it will be 3D printed using PLA filament.
The printer I will be using is a basic level Ender 3

Some info of the Bluebird

The Bluebird of Chelsea is a historic motor yacht built for land and water speed record holder Sir Malcolm Campbell. Originally named simply Bluebird, she is famous for participating in the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation.

now could it be six degrees of separation

My early years I was spent was in a very small Hertfordshire village of Well End so small just four streets and about 50 inhabitants, one of the villages famous sons was Eric Garside a weekend sailor who answered the Admiralty's for Dunkirk Little Ships. For a short time in the years after the war My mother worked on the Garside estate.

Enjoy the photographic record as the Bluebird takes shape Col.
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  1. StephenS3
    Able Seaman
    I am not a model maker.I am a marine engineer and I looked after all the engines and electrics on Bluebird of Chelsea when it was moored at Cadogen Pier.Chelsea until it was sold and moved away.It was actually moored at Cadogen Pier when it was new in 1930..so it returned to its original mooring.
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Plodding along

Not sure I like working with PLA filament
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  1. thadlietzBronze
    Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    @ColRay Good effort!! I personally only use PETG. Mostly because of the environment I live in. Summer heat here routinely gets to 100F. My brother printed a 5' long Destroyer escort and one trip to the pond on a hot day completely warped the hull from transporting in a hot vehicle? Stringing of print may be due to "wet" filament.
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  2. ColRay
    Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Thadlietz In Albany we only get a few high 30C days so heat isn't a problem, and as for taking the boat in my car that isn't the case as I will walk and carry the boat to the harbor, my house is is just a very short walk from the harbour just a few minutes away
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