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T-34 3D printed parts.
m4sherman
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Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2018 - 08:27 AM UTC
I'm working on a OT-34 for the Workhorse Campaign and didn't want to get involved in the PE for the fuel tanks, so I whipped up a 3D print set to test. The way my luck has been going it will fail the printability test. If they work out I'll let everyone know. The one problem I'm worried about is the brittleness of 3D printed parts. One of my test parts crumbled into nothing today.



I also made up a few simple details for the Dragon model.

gharker
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Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2018 - 09:27 AM UTC
That is some good stuff you have going on there. I was thinking of printing up a few parts myself.
m4sherman
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Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 08:26 AM UTC

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That is some good stuff you have going on there. I was thinking of printing up a few parts myself.



Greg, good luck. I found some parts I could do in resin can't be done in 3D, at least not now.

Both of my sets came out ok. I am going to cast up the block of parts to see how they look, but will have the set up at Shapeways today.

I tested the fuel can holders and like how they look. I did have to remove the bent wire triangles as not printable, but the base came out nice. I'll have those up at Shapeways later today. This type is common on late 1943, 1944 and 1945 T-34's.

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