Love the multi-colour design! Very modish 😉😁

Hehe, that's easy for you to say.
A lot of people use acetone to smooth their prints to a near like mirror finish, unfortunately it doesn't work on the PLA filament I use, it's good old fashioned elbow grease for me👍
Oh, fresh off the printer at 11pm, it's been running since 8am this morning 😱
The 3rd slice of the lower hull passenger side (lol), I'll print the drivers side tomorrow 🤓👍
Cheers
Wayne

Yup! I might get an unpleasant visit from the Bundeskriminalamt' if I started ordering chloroform!! 😡

in the workshop they use chloraform to smooth the surface down ,this is done in a fume cabinet the chloraform is heated to 60°c and the fumes work on the surface not exactly something you can do in the kitchen ,saying that some of the things folk have asked about i wouldn't be surprised

I was wondering how much finishing there is to do when printed -
Now I know 😉

Maybe if we all club together !? 😉👍
😎

Another try, I hate it when the proportion gets squashed

I'd love an expensive printer but for the moment I'm doing ok with my £160 Anet A8.
Oh, here's one I prepared earlier, the LCM3 cabin with hinged door👍
Cheers
Wayne

brilliant bit of printing Wayne ,i will see if Ricky will let me take some pictures of his medical stuff ,i think his printer cost around 85K its multi headed and can mix the filler to different constituancies so he can print for example a car with rubber tyres

Wow Wayne. You've come a long way since a try something different day. if I have missed something, please, what machine are you using ? is it one that a normal human being can afford ? Those parts for your LCM are looking pretty good. I , as I am sure others are seriously impressed with your work so far. Keep the reports coming in, we are loving them. Best wishes, Dave W 😊

And a couple more👍

You can get carbon fibre 😂👍
Here's a pic of the first 4 pieces of the lower hull & the front ramp.
Cheers
Wayne

Oh yeh! Oh Yeh! 😲
Yep, full set of Kevlar seems to be in order! 😉
Can you get Kevlar on reels ?? 😁

You do like to live life to the full. Suit of armour may be on your to do list?
Dave

Dependant on what you're printing anything between 1-150m per 24 hours actually printing, I try to have mine printing on average 12 hours per day, so I use approx 700+m per week or 2 coils or £20.
The Mrs doesn't know yet but I'm contemplating buying a second printer😂
Cheers
Wayne

Ye Gods and little fishes!!!😲
Still I guess most of the time it just gets on with it while you do something else (like answer dumb posts! 😉)
How long does it take to chomp through a reel?
Cheers Doug 😎

Hehe, the lower hull is split into 12 chunks, 2 on the pic above, the front ramp is in 9 pieces, the upper hull is loads, the orlecan guns 7 parts each, etc etc etc
At least the cabin printed in one piece...
Finished by Xmas, yes, just not sure which one😂
Cheers
Wayne

Hm, LCM3 50 ft? ~95cm at 1/16, so I suppose you have to do the hull in 4 chunks! Finished for Christmas ?😉
Here some inspiration for the deco -
http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/5-schiffe-ww2/1880-lcm3-dragon.html
and here a real one -
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Higgins_LCM-3_at_Battleship_Cove%2C_Fall_River_MA.jpg

Cheers Doug 😎
PS where's Donald???

Hehe, that print is still going after 24 hours, I'll post a pic when done.
The PLA I'm using costs £10 for a 1kg 400m spool. I'm guessing now but this project will use approx 7 spools...
Electric I've no idea lol.
The pic is distorted, I'll post another tonight, print area is 220 x 220 x 240
Cheers
Wayne

Hi Wayne;
Looks like high rise flats for bees at the moment 😉😉
How does the cost of filament and electricity compare with conventional material or a kit?? How many reels is that so far?
How ig is the bed? Looks enormous😲
Cheers Doug 😎

and his years of experience and research put the perspective back into kilter😉 Hope none of us ever need his products 🤔
All things are relative!
Good night from Munich, cheers Doug 😎

Ricky who took the workshop does a lot of research work with the medical school and had some examples of heart valves that he had printed and plates for skull injuries where they scan the damage and then print a new bit of skull ,puts my vents into perspective

The world is your oyster on Thingiverse!!
If you can imagine it there will be a 3D STL model on there, hell, even if you can't imagine it there will be a model on there👍
I'm currently on with printing a 1/16 LCM3 landing craft, it's a bit of a beastie.
Cheers
Wayne

Ho marky
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/
Its a collection of all kinds of projects covering almost everything, but once you start using you will be shown new links to the items in which you might be interested. People share their ideas for free.
I should possibly have said Thingiverse re the 3D files.
https://www.thingiverse.com/
Cheers
Dave

Welcome to the club! 😲
😎

Hi Dave ,

this may make me seem very old or a bit of a caveman but I have no idea what pinterest is ,

cheers Mark

Hi marky
Are you intending to share on pinterest?
Dave

a clean up a touch of paint looking good .kept the file so may try a few variations when i can access the printer

How brilliant for a try something different day. That's great Marky. We'll all be shouting you to get stuff printed out now. I've been trying to find somewhere to learn all this stuff to use myself. From the pictures and dialogue, it sounds as though you've got the hang of it all. Well done you mate. Just hope I can too. Best wishes, Dave W 😊

Good for you Mark 👍
I do like an individualist 😉
Doug 😎