Lost Cosmonauts 1,089 Report post Posted December 15, 2020 When you can’t get to a museum well... let 3D printing bring the museum to you. STL file from https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/friendly-dinosaur-skull Glued together, filled with Polyfilla and finished with acrylics to look like a museum prepared fossil 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 5,168 Report post Posted December 15, 2020 Wow! Is that with your new printer or your old one? The quality looks great. Only a couple of weeks ago I was looking the see if there are good quality 3D downloads of early creatures like trilobites. I couldn't find any, but I've just noticed the site you linked to has some, reasonably basic reconstructions. If there were a few good ones I think that would persuade me to finally get a resin printer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Cosmonauts 1,089 Report post Posted December 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, Gorby said: Wow! Is that with your new printer or your old one? The quality looks great. Only a couple of weeks ago I was looking the see if there are good quality 3D downloads of early creatures like trilobites. I couldn't find any, but I've just noticed the site you linked to has some, reasonably basic reconstructions. If there were a few good ones I think that would persuade me to finally get a resin printer. Old FDM printer - printed up at roughly 50cm from nose to crest tip. Print quality is actually ok as long as you take care with setting up and bed levelling If you are after 3D files for fossils then this is a decent list http://www.idigfossils.org/open-source-3d-models/ 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 5,168 Report post Posted December 15, 2020 37 minutes ago, Lost Cosmonauts said: If you are after 3D files for fossils then this is a decent list http://www.idigfossils.org/open-source-3d-models/ Thanks for the link. That NASA one looks very interesting as well. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Cosmonauts 1,089 Report post Posted December 15, 2020 It is, some files are better than others but there are all sorts of neat potential modelling resources in there 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grunhertz 9,596 Report post Posted December 15, 2020 Awesome work 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Cosmonauts 1,089 Report post Posted December 19, 2020 On 15/12/2020 at 15:20, Gorby said: Thanks for the link. That NASA one looks very interesting as well. I fell down a fossil rabbit hole... Velociraptor claws printed at 1:1 scale 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 5,168 Report post Posted December 20, 2020 When are you printing the rest of it? Now that would be seriously cool! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Cosmonauts 1,089 Report post Posted December 20, 2020 Why stop there? https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/tyrannosaurus-rex:d8c62d28-4ebc-11ea-b77f-2e728ce88125 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gorby 5,168 Report post Posted December 20, 2020 20 minutes ago, Lost Cosmonauts said: Why stop there? https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/tyrannosaurus-rex:d8c62d28-4ebc-11ea-b77f-2e728ce88125 WOW! When are you starting? Today seems good, not point delaying these things. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenix54 1,693 Report post Posted December 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Gorby said: ......Today seems good, not point delaying these things. Just imagine the look on the removal mens faces............ 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lost Cosmonauts 1,089 Report post Posted December 20, 2020 If I start another model or printing project before the move there is every chance that the first thing leaving the house in a box will be me 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenix54 1,693 Report post Posted December 20, 2020 41 minutes ago, Lost Cosmonauts said: If I start another model or printing project before the move there is every chance that the first thing leaving the house in a box will be me Would I be right in thinking your other half is also a Scot? Where I came from that could be classed as either 'being frugal' OR 'forward planning'! 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
