Rade8boy Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 I always liked the Disney version of the Nautilus; the Verne version is a bit bland. This particular set of model files was on sale on CGTrader, actually it goes on sale quite a lot, and this model took me a year plus to complete, from printing to assembly to painting. Not perfect by far, and it tested the limits of my Ender 3 V2 FDM printer, and I had to reduce the printed size down to 72%, which still makes for an almost 4-foot model. First picture is the multiple colors of PLA I used, I had those colors for other items, so I used them up, I think 6 full spools in all. The salon room was printed in PLA, but I could not get the furniture to print in an acceptable quality, I eventually purchased a 3D resin printer and printed the furniture and internal details in resin. The carpets were found online and printed and glued to thin plastic. The salon is lit with 6 SMD LEDs, 4 warm white and 2 white, in hindsight I should have gone with all white, when the salon went in the hull it got much darker. The white LEDs surround the viewing windows as well and the bridge section. While not accurate I added yellow LEDs to the 2 eyes on the super structure and then added a simple circuit to fade them off and on. There is a small motor that turns the prop slowly. The first attempt at printing clear resin windows produced fogged windows, lots of online reading and pondering why. In the end I decided vac-u-form was the way to go, I used the 3D printed windows filled the backside with resin and cured them and used them as the pattern, not perfect but better. Putting this one on the shelf means the next big ship is the USS St Louis from World of Warships it is a free download on the Printables website Printables 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rade8boy Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 A short video 20240514_113240.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lownslow Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 thats super cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Very cool! Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Ver cool indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonorandog Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Great job. I always loved the movie and the ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyote_6 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 That is sooo awesome! The interior stuff is amazing! Really takes you into the fantasy world. We'll done! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDO Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 Wow that’s cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 I agree with you. The Disney Nautilus is the best looking of them all. Your Build is a Home Run! I really appreciate all the details, the working lights, & the spinning prop. Good Show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Wow that is outstanding! Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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