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    📝 3D printed tugboat
    7 days ago by 🇨🇦 JSS4 ( Leading Seaman)
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    This was my first attempt at 3D printing an RC boat. With plans to print a large navy ship I wanted to confirm that I could actually get a 3d printed boat running so I tried this file from Thingiverse. It still needs lights and paint but it runs surprisingly well. Power is from a 3s lipo and a brushless outrunner - pics in a later post. I'm planning to make an autonomous boat this year and this is a potential candidate

    Printed from ASA and ABS filament on a Bambu X1 Carbon and glued together with acetone. Acetone dissolves ABS and ASA so it's also nice to dissolve the support scraps in a jar of acetone to make a filler putty.

    You might notice the different colors on the suprtstructure, that's because it's just resting on top and can be knocked off and lost requiring a reprint

    Does anyone have suggestions for a colour scheme?

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    5 days ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly ( Admiral)
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    This tug is awesome JS. Online I've noticed online that some 3D prints are getting huge!
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    7 days ago by 🇺🇸 LewZ ( Vice Admiral)
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    Always great to see more 3D printing used for model boats. Thanks for posting this. Also, do you print with 100,% fill? If so, drop it down to get the parts to float.
    Lew
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