I used my 3d printer to print this model behind me it's from the movie 2001 Space
Odyssey obviously I'll show you how it did it from start to finish
the original CAD files were made by meta forum 3d you can find the model on
thingiverse.com I'm have it listed right here most of
the parts printed without a problem I increase the scale as large as my
printer can handle without modifying the files the model is well over 5 feet long
I'm using a super glue to bond the parts together in this case I'm using gorilla
super glue gel the gel glue helps span larger gaps but it doesn't dry as quick
as the thinned-out regular super glue I
finally got this part finished there's so many gaps in here when you print
these out they tend to warp a little bit they're not precise and so I have all
kinds of gaps how I'm going to deal with that I guess I could use caulking
paintable caulking in put it in there but I'm going to use this what's called
a 3d pin and extrudes the same kind of plastic that the 3d printer does and
I'll be able to fill those joints and I'll make a nice tight seal and it will
make a structural seal when it comes to these segments which line up down the
shaft I would start off with one and I would make sure that all these holes
were lined up before I glue them I'd glue on let them rest overnight and I
stick on the second one let it rest overnight and put on the third one and
then I will assembled these on here I
noticed that the model segments didn't quite cover the shaft
some people just paint the shaft to blend in I decided to use plumber's
teflon tape it's very thin so I didn't have a problem with making the shaft
diameter too large to fit the parts and it looks great
for painting the first thing I did was take away the plastic shine by painting
everything a flat white then I decided to dirty up the model did you at some
age you'll notice that the front of the model required some extensive masking as
a theme park engineer I was able to collect some interesting artifacts over
the years so this model works well in my display room I even printed out one of
the little ship pods I'm sure the Hollywood prop makers love
the new 3d printers