N Scale Sawmill Boom Boat....

[Sumner]

Here are a few images of a N scale boom boat and I'll put the print files up soon.

 

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I keep reading about all the new printers and what great detail they can print but what this $200 printer and resin can do I'd only probably buy one if I wanted a larger build area. This one with a little over 6 inch build plate has done about all I need. Still use the Ender 3 Pro filament printer for a lot of larger prints.



This boat isn't very big as shown by the measurements above.



The steering wheel is about a scale 16 inches in diameter. The two parts of the post cleat at the stern that project out from it are a scale 3 inches in diameter (.020”/.5 mm) and printed and didn't break off. There is some detail on surfaces shown that is down to 1 N scale inch (.006”/.15 mm) that prints but I don't think would print up in free air like the parts of the post cleat.



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I have about 4 small additions/changes I want to make and then I'll post the print files up on my thingiverse.com account and the links to there here when I do.

There are more images and info about the boat on my build thread on the site ( HERE ).

A link to this whole build ( HERE ).

Sumner

[samusi01]

Those are pretty neat, and after having done a number of hulls in Fusion, I salute you for doing so.

Do you think it'd be worth burying a small magnet in the bottom of the hull and then placing a turntable with corresponding magnet under your pond so that you could have a moving boat?

[Sumner]

Those are pretty neat, and after having done a number of hulls in Fusion, I salute you for doing so..

Thanks, I've done a couple designs on curved and angled surfaces before but nothing this extensive.  It is trying and I'll probably leave any future boats to you.  This is probably one and done for me  .

...Do you think it'd be worth burying a small magnet in the bottom of the hull and then placing a turntable with corresponding magnet under your pond so that you could have a moving boat?

Interesting idea and I'll give it some thought down the road when I try and build the scene but before that really need to get back to scenery and laying track.

Sumner