3d Printed Buildings

[nvrr49]

This is a smokehouse I printed on my Afinia printer. HO scale.


Construction details can be found here: http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2013/09/smokehouse-ho-scale-3d-printed-down-on.html

 

[Cjcrescent]

That is nice! Now is the building solid or did the printer create the building as a shell and then print the roof as solid?

 

[nvrr49]

This link has all the details. http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2013/09/smokehouse-ho-scale-3d-printed-down-on.html

It is printed in five pieces, the walls, the door, and three roof pieces. That is necessary for the layering in the printing process to be oriented in the best direction for each part.

 

[Cjcrescent]

Thanks for the explanation.

 

[nvrr49]

The next structure that I printed were a couple different versions of a storm shelter.


Construction details are here at this link along with original plans on which this was based: http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2013/09/storm-shelter-down-on-farm-2.html

 

[nvrr49]

The third building is the slaughter house for the hog farm.


The basic structure is 3d printed on an Afinia printer. It was printed with interior walls. I added some simple interior details, some 3d printed. More pictures including during construction photos can be seen here: http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2013/09/slaughter-house-3d-printed-down-on-farm.html

 

[NScaler]

I was just watching some videos on the Ultimaker 2 printer. I would love to get one one of these days. What is the thinnest structure you can print?

 

[nvrr49]

Basically, 2" in HO scale. Although it is a little outdated, there are some examples in these clinic slides... http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2013/07/model-railroading-3d-printing-using.html

 

[nvrr49]

I was just watching some videos on the Ultimaker 2 printer. I would love to get one one of these days. What is the thinnest structure you can print?

I have got to update this next weekend to get it ready for the Amherst show. Most of the updating will be new models I have built. We will be running the printer at the clinic.

 

[nvrr49]

Here is a hanger I printed. It was printed in multiple pieces, then glued together.

More pictures, design drawings a prototype pictures here:
http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2013/07/springfield-hanger-ho-scale.html

 

[cuxhaven]

The surface texture looks good for me. Do you have to polish some printed parts?

 

[nvrr49]

Polish would not be the word I would use. Sand and file would be more like it. If you zoom in on the smokehouse, you can see some sanding scratches that I did not cover or sand out well enough. Not really seen from normal viewing distance, but there none the less.

 

[nvrr49]

Here is a mini-diorama I did for a build challenge on kitforums.com. The structures are all 3d printed. I have lots of photos and in progress build photos on my blog. At the bottom of the blog entry listed below are links to construction and design pictures.
http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2013/07/mrrforumscom-2013-summer-build.html

 

[cuxhaven]

Hi nvrr49, I really like the new picture of houses you just posted. Also I read your slides on 3D printing. Thank you very much. I checked Afinia's website and found the price very tempting.

 

[nvrr49]

If you are attending the Amherst show, Afinia is supposed to be there with a booth. I have no affiliation with them, but I will be putting on a clinic on Thursday on my experience with the Afinia printer. I really need to up date the slides in the presentation...

 

[NScaler]

...If you zoom in on the smokehouse, you can see some sanding scratches that I did not cover or sand out well enough. Not really seen from normal viewing distance, but there none the less.

Not knocking your work because it is amazing stuff. But that grit of sandpaper looks like it would have made perfect scale lines on those brick had you sanded vertically

 

[cuxhaven]

If you are attending the Amherst show, Afinia is supposed to be there with a booth. I have no affiliation with them, but I will be putting on a clinic on Thursday on my experience with the Afinia printer. I really need to up date the slides in the presentation...

I am not attending the show as I am not living in the States. But would like to see your update to the presentation. Cheers!

 

[nvrr49]

The office/showroom for my Long-Bell lumberyard diorama. This was kitbashed from an Atlas lumberyard kit. I 3d printed the new front wall.



This is a screen shot of the drawing used to print the new building front.


More details and pictures can be viewed here:
http://nvrr49.blogspot.com/2013/12/long-bell-lumber-atlas-lumberyard-to.html

 

[NScaler]

What are your thoughts on a 3D printer used to make N scale structures?

 

[nvrr49]

Nscaler man, I am actually working on a blog post with some N scale stuff, but in short...

One could certainly print N scale structures using shapeways.com, great detail, but the cost would be somewhat high. In HO it is outrageous form shapeways, but the detail is much better.

As an example, in N I could not print bricks like the lumberyard office above. Concrete blocks work fine in N scale...they are about the size of HO bricks after all. I have done lap siding in N scale, and it is okay, but, well, out of scale to look right. When I get some printed, I will post some picts. The smokehouse, for instance, would be easy to convert to N scale. You need one?