T227 Sir Gareth naval trawler 3D design and print

Marquinius

Marquinius

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If only for the history of these dapper little vessels I wanted to build one. And I wanted to do it as much scratch as possible. So on to the drawings, books and images on internet. My first true self designed (in Fusion) and 3D printed (99%) ship: Sir Gareth. About six months worth of tinkering. A lovely adventure!

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That’s a very impressive achievement to go from a complete 3D design to 3D print to assembly build. Respect.

Can you also pls elaborate , how much did each of the 3 phases roughly take?
 
mxs said:
That’s a very impressive achievement to go from a complete 3D design to 3D print to assembly build. Respect.

Can you also pls elaborate , how much did each of the 3 phases roughly take?
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That is rather a hard one to answer, as some of the thinking started years ago. I have a Pinterest account and started accumulating images of these and similar naval trawlers. And about a year back I bought the book with the John Lambert drawings. And I started with Fusion. So the design phase was already taking place over this period, as information is key.

Of the design the hull was the hardest part. Everything is curved and mostly in three dimensions. I’m sure an adept Fusion user will get this done in a few days. Me, it took some two weeks.

Overall the 3D printing was the easiest part. A bit of trial and error and I found my rhythm.

Assembly was a little tough with some areas and parts, but overall more a job to do than an issue.

But to provide a concise answer:
- design 3 months time
- printing 1 month time
- assembly and finalising 2 months time

Hope this helps.
 
Fantastic - I wish you had more images.
 
I’m not sure what happened, as there was a build log. Now just this one image? Hmmm. Strange.
 
Ah. This is the showcase page. The build log with a lot of images tells the story in more depth.

Confusing. Oh well.
 
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