{"id":1584,"date":"2014-06-22T21:42:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T21:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2014-06-23T02:59:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T02:59:36","slug":"shapeways-here-we-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=1584","title":{"rendered":"Shapeways Here We Come"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past month or so I have been experimenting with Shapeways.com<\/a>. I had various models shipped to me so I could gauge how good they were, and if I could sell them.<\/p>\n

I altered, perfected, ordered again, until I was confident enough to open up a shop which now sells some of my designs in some limited materials that I know work.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the models now available in my shop:<\/p>\n

Konami 4.5″ Eagle Winch Pod<\/a><\/h1>\n

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Seen in the premier episode of Space 1999: Breakaway, the Winch Pod was used to lift and transport nuclear waste containers. I based mine on the Product Enterprise 12″ “Freighter Eagle”. It is not, in fact, a freighter pod. A freighter pod is a flat pod that is used to carry a number of the nuclear waste containers.<\/p>\n

Here it is sitting next to the Rescue Pod that the Konami Eagle came with. Originally I had plastic spanning the top of the pod, thinking the walls on either end would not hold. Originally I was right. But when I modeled the diagonal struts, those walls became very strong.<\/p>\n

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This version is made of Shapeways “White Strong & Flexible”. It is a slightly grainy material, like a fine sand, but looks great.<\/p>\n

I spray-painted the winch barrels in a gray primer. No further painting was needed, I felt. But most people will probably want to weather it with a black or gray wash to make it match the Eagle a bit better, and I’m sure that would work fine.<\/p>\n

If you buy this from Shapeways (here<\/a>) you will find that it is actually a bit too long. I did that on purpose. I had no way to be sure all of these Eagles were identically-spaced. This way, if it’s tight, you can file it down a bit until it fits snugly but not overly tight.<\/p>\n

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Here is the underneath, painted with a silver spray-paint (rattle can). This could be done better, with a darker metallic gray for the jets, and a straight primer gray for the landing legs. But the bottom is fully detailed.\"shapeways-eagle-winch-pod-underneath\"<\/a><\/p>\n

12″ Scale Stun Guns<\/a><\/h1>\n

12″ action figures like Action Man, GI Joe, Dragon Models, etc, are 1:6 scale. I printed one of these stun guns at 1:6 and it seemed a bit small, so these are more like 1:5 or 1:5.5 scale. But they look pretty good.<\/p>\n

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I sell them in White Strong & Flexible Plastic<\/strong> <\/em>material, which is a bit grainy, like fine sand, but strong and it looks good. There are two files, however, if you want a set. Shapeways currently has no way of grouping everything into a single “product” or “project”. They are working on it.<\/p>\n

The hand-grips glue in place, and make it so you don’t have to paint them. They look good in either Black Strong & Flexible Plastic, or Black Detail Plastic.<\/p>\n

This set comes as two separate files. You need both:<\/p>\n