Atso Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 The K3 body looks terrific Atso. The question is - given it must be N gauge - would it look as "stepped" in those areas you mentioned, in a bigger scale? All fascinating stuff, and the trams are phenomenal. Really does make you think about the future of this hobby. The stepping is caused by the layering process of the 3D printer. How noticeable the stepping is depends on the build thickness of the printer (looks like 0.1-0.2mm on the Prime Grey material), the shape of the part and the orientation it is printed in. Obviously a larger part will have more layers in it which might result is a better looking curved part - for 4mm though it would be much easier to clean this up. The orientation of the model during its printing will play a big part how the stepping looks of the finial model. With the PG version of the K3 it looks like the body was printed standing up on end. This has resulted in the boiler and cab having very few visible build layers but the smokebox door shows them up. I could ask to have the smoke box door printed upright as a separate part but this would mean the stepping would appear across the diameter of the door instead. As previously stated I think Shapeways's FUD material would be better for areas like the smokebox door, chimley, safety valves etc with Prime Grey being used for the bulk of the body. Hope this makes sense, some additional pictures of the body in primer attached which might show up what I am on about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devil Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Sculpteo have a new material, wall thickness might be a problem, but it might be suitable for certain things, so thought I'd stick the link up http://www.sculpteo.com/en/materials_white_detail_resine/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon br blue Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I'm tempted to try Prime Grey and even have a go with High Detail Resin. Just one question (now that shapeways have started to charge for delivery) what is the delivery charge to the UK? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devil Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I'm tempted to try Prime Grey and even have a go with High Detail Resin. Just one question (now that shapeways have started to charge for delivery) what is the delivery charge to the UK? Of the top of my head, 8 euros for UPS delivery, free on over 100 euro orders, I tend to order in 100 euro blocks as that's 3/4 tram bodies in PG, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I'm tempted to try Prime Grey and even have a go with High Detail Resin. I'm pretty certain that High Detail Resin is that same as Shapeway's White detail. They are both done on Objets and the specs look very similar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler Fan Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 + Red Devil,With the delays at Shapeways for WSF, I thought I would try out Sculpteo.Items that have printed o'k with Shapeways came back a disaster from Sculpteo. + Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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