{"id":3071,"date":"2017-02-09T16:26:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T16:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2017-02-09T16:26:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T16:26:47","slug":"flash-gordon-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=3071","title":{"rendered":"Flash Gordon ship"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Flash_Gordon_Ship_2017-01-17<\/p>\n

Some years back, I captured several dozen really good close-up images of the actual aluminum (appears to be) studio model of Flash Gordon’s famous and iconic Art Deco\/Atomic Age designed space ship. Whether or not it was the original studio model is up for debate, but I found it beautiful.<\/p>\n

Here are some of those images<\/p>\n

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I had always intended on modeling and 3D printing a replica for myself, and just recently I finally got around to it. Here are the results.<\/p>\n

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One thing I found is that my rivets printed with a bit too much support, so they get messy, a bit. I think I can adjust some printer settings and fix that.<\/p>\n

This is also about 10 inches long, and printed at .2mm per layer. My printers can do a .15mm layer, so I will reprint this using that resolution later.<\/p>\n

This version has doors that can open but only because they fit into the doorway by friction. This was a test print only to see what it would look like so I didn’t go to the trouble of adding a hinge to the door, yet.<\/p>\n

I have since created a new version with a hinged door which I sent to a friend. (The hinges were not perfect, since the tolerances of my printer at this size were untested, the hinge covering areas were somewhat exposed. You could see the paper-clip hinge pin inside. But it did work.<\/p>\n

So I moved the hinge pin a bit and have yet to reprint. My next print will be max resolution, with hopefully perfected hinges, and I will post those here when done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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