{"id":2290,"date":"2015-09-15T17:19:31","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T17:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2015-11-24T03:58:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T03:58:58","slug":"rick-morty-flying-saucer-car-talk-about-iterative-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=2290","title":{"rendered":"Rick & Morty – Flying Saucer Car – Talk about Iterative Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I am involved in many projects, both at home and at work. Each one has shown me how important iterative development<\/em> is. I have found that nothing is ever “done” but it does get ever-closer-to-done.<\/p>\n

At the request of a friend I took on the fun task of modeling and 3D printing Rick’s flying saucer car from Rick & Morty, the Adult Swim cartoon series.\u00a0 This request was probably prompted because I had been creating things using vending machine bubble capsules, and the ship has a perfect bubble-capsule canopy. (This is a good series, but it is not for kids.)<\/p>\n

I found first that no matter how much research I do on the web, I see no two versions of the ship are alike, which is expected because they are hand drawn by various artists.<\/p>\n

I did a quick version that worked fairly well:<\/p>\n

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But of course this was a test print only. I had full plans to do a detailed interior.<\/p>\n

The problem: I made the aperture for the capsule tight. Very tight. Applying the capsule should be done only once, and it could be tight. To get it to fit, I had to warp the edge inward, snap most of it in, then let it relax outward to fit the rest of the circular indentation.<\/p>\n

So that worked. Then I added the detailed cockpit interior. When I was done, I had 50 individual pieces to make the car with the detail I wanted. (Some of this was to make printing easier or cleaner, such as making the interior tank out of 3 pieces instead of 1.)<\/p>\n

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Uh-oh. I soon found that there was no room to bend the capsule inward to fit it properly without dislodging or breaking items inside the cockpit.<\/p>\n

I had to think for a bit. This version is solid. Can’t fix it. So perhaps I can try to get it to fit after all, but it will be hard.<\/p>\n

But then I came up with the perfect idea:<\/p>\n

I would break the interior out as a circular floor, and cut it out of the body, and then install it from below after<\/em> the bubble capsule is in place. The bottom would glue to the body, and then the oval under-piece will cover the hole. The result will be visually identical, but far easier to assemble.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Nov 23, 2015 – The Finished Ship<\/h1>\n

Here is a photo of the finished ship. I also created and added waterslide decals of the “bumper stickers” on the side of the ship.<\/p>\n

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This version has the separate cockpit which allows for easier assembly.<\/p>\n

Sooooo… interesting story:<\/p>\n

This whole project was suggested to me by my friend Bil Mauritzen. When I sent him a copy, he showed photos of it to the co-creator of “Rick & Morty”, Justin Roiland who reportedly said it was the best bleeping thing he’d seen.<\/p>\n

I sent a second one to Bil, who will be giving it to Justin.<\/p>\n

So that happened.<\/p>\n

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