n scale LVT 4

[JoeD]

Howdy.

Printed out some LVT4's on our Formlabs 2 earlier this week for military loads on the Wheels of Time Flat.  Some of these had the wells plated over for use by the Marine Reserves into the 50's so I plan on doing that with them.  Found a tie down illustration with wood chocks so that will be the next print.  Nice to take a break from trains for a few days.

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Joe

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Wow, those look great.

[Philip H]

Wow, those look great.

What he said.

[basementcalling]

For a dime, I'll take all 4. '

[peteski]

Must be nice to have access to a 3D printer in-house. 
The supports look to me like a roller coaster structure.

[thomasjmdavis]

As soon as I saw the MT DODX cars I started thinking about what similar transport would have looked like in the early/mid 1950s.  I was thinking M-48s, but these LVTs, look great.

And to follow up on Peteski's thinking, you could market them as a 10 pack and include an RP'ed roller coaster car.

[thomasjmdavis]

Turns out there is also a USAX flatcar load prototype for the printer supports....
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4445531

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I know I keep saying it, but I would LOVE some M88s.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M88_Recovery_Vehicle

They were literally built in a plant near my layout.

[chessie system fan]

I'm curious why you printed them at an angle like that.  I can't say I've seen anything like that before.

[JoeD]

I'm curious why you printed them at an angle like that.  I can't say I've seen anything like that before.

When you place the part at about 30-degrees you get full surface resolution on the angles.  Because it's printing in layers you tend to see the form lines in the horizontal more than you would on the bias.  Also if you were to end with a flat surface you stand a good chance of the detail pealing away from the project and sticking to the clear surface plate.  The program will automatically orientate t he part and generate supports so as each layer is laid down and pealed up, it stays on the part.

Joe

[wcfn100]

When you place the part at about 30-degrees you get full surface resolution on the angles.  Because it's printing in layers you tend to see the form lines in the horizontal more than you would on the bias.  Also if you were to end with a flat surface you stand a good chance of the detail pealing away from the project and sticking to the clear surface plate.  The program will automatically orientate t he part and generate supports so as each layer is laid down and pealed up, it stays on the part.

Joe

It looks like doing so also allowed all the main supports to be on the tracks and not the body.

Jason

[JoeD]

Jeeps and M47 and a Lepard sneaking around in the back.



Joe

[nscalbitz]

Jeeps and M47 and a Lepard sneaking around in the back.
Joe

Nice stuff Joe- as a flexi-hobbyist wargaming rather than modelling AFVs pe se was the go to preference in cheaper than N scale till later in life.
Good to see some greater 'realism' appearing in place of npn-descript loads. 
Dave

[Englewood]

I want a Formlabs 2 for Christmas!! 

[John]

Turns out there is also a USAX flatcar load prototype for the printer supports....
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4445531

That looks like a ramp to get vehicles onto an autorack