Crab With the Golden Claws (Runabout Boat)

Spanjaard
are you 3D printing it yourself Greg? looking good

Alex K
New horizons for your model-making, Greg?

Greg Baker
Yeah. I've got a small resin printer. It's a bit trickier/messier than a filament printer, but the results are much smoother in my opinion. Starting small with a boat hull I found on Thingverse, but I have lots of grand plans. 🙂

Simon Nagorsnik
Good work!
A 3d printer is a very useful tool, if you can handle it
Is this boat in scale or without?

Spanjaard
We are going to see amazing things in the future 🙂

Cuajete
Interesting!

Torsten
And another nice project 👍

Greg Baker
Thanks guys. Simon, the boat is roughly 1/72 scale. It's based on an Aquamarine, but quite a bit smaller, so I just used the Tintin pictures as reference for the size. I've also printed off several 1/700 scale planes for some very small dioramas.

Bruce Huxtable
My all-time favourite toy as a child, was a clockwork, tin plate boat like this 👍🙂

Alec K
Great to see that printer in action 👍

Greg Baker
Back in action! Painted red and masked. 🙂

Jan Peters
Following this, very interesting!

Cuajete
Good job so far, Greg! 👍

Simon Nagorsnik
good to see that it goes further.....😄

Matthew A
With a resin printer the world is your mollusk

Thomas Espe
Following

Greg Baker
Welcome Thomas! A bit more progress. The red lines were too big, so I remasked them and gave the hull another coat of black. Also modified a jeep windscreen… now just the benches and the dashboard to finish off.

Cuajete
This looks promising, Greg!

Daniel Klink
Very promising i would like to add 🙂 👍

Greg Baker
Heh. A silly little project… just the kind I like! Scratchbuilding the interior benches. Almost done.

Greg Baker
Just about done… just a few touch ups to take care of.

Alec K
Looking really good Greg 👍

Alex K
Wait - why do I see double in pic 13?

Greg Baker
Simple… I printed two hulls… just in case. 😉
Seemed like a good idea to use the bare one for the wet silicone. Easier to clean, less chance of damage.

Greg Baker
And… we're basically done. Still need to wait for the silicone to cure all the way through to the bottom… and it looks like I need to print a new decal label, but that's about it.

Robert Podkoński
Looks cool!

Cuajete
Fantastic job, Greg.
Congrats!

Greg Baker
Not bad for a first try at 3D resin printing... if I do say so myself!

Simon Nagorsnik
another beauty in your boat collection👍
it turned out very well and i like the way how you present it !

Villiers de Vos
Very nice.

Guy Rump
Like it 👍

Jan Peters
The boat as well as the base looks great, but where's tintin?

Torsten
Another masterpiece for the collection 😎

John Thomas
Very cool

Alec K
Turned out excellent! I am keen to follow your 3D printing projects and learn 👍

Spanjaard
Excellent job, Greg

Greg Baker
So, I've learned a few things about 3D printing since I first did this project. It wasn't actually damaged during my shelf mishap, but there was no real way to get a figure in the driver's seat without a major overhaul... so it got put back on the bench under the heading of "improve" rather than "repair". When I looked at the files again, I realized that the main problem with my first attempt was that the 3D files were not actually manifold and had a lot of intersecting faces. So, even though it printed relatively well, it was extremely thin in a few spots and had quite a few gaps. After spending a fair amount of time fixing and consolidating the files, we got a much better print... including Tintin baddie Allan at the helm!

Nils Steyaert
looks great, are you planning on 3D printing a Grand Slam from Area 88 aswell?
would look nice next to the B-1 Lancer. 🙂

Greg Baker
I have a few thoughts around that... 😉

Greg Baker
It's amazing how much easier a well-printed part is to work with. The first time I did this there were gaps and holes and other errors, but this time the parts are all stable and the seams are easy enough to close.