Bit of a long story so please bear with me.
I bought a 3D printer abut 6 months ago, an Anet A8. I started off printing very simple things, servo mounts, small boats etc.
I then found a 1/16 LCM3 on Thingiverse, it was massive by 3D printing standards but I thought sod it why not!
Soooo, several spoils of filament later..
Then I started printing a Tiger 1 to go in it...
The German bug had bit hard by this point, so I printed a V1...
What comes after a V1, well a V2 of course..
I did some research on what you tow a V2 with, a Hanomag SS-100
I eventually
Found a model on Thingiverse.
The only trouble was that it printed out smaller than a matchbox toy car. You can see the small blue version in the pic below, along with a 1/16 scaled up version of the front...
The trouble with 3D printers is that you are limited by the volume you can actually print. The max size my printer will print is 220mm x 220mm x 240mm high, so the upscale Hanomag had to be cut up slightly.
I started by cutting the model at cab floor level & then I cut the cab in half, so I ended up with 2 printable parts..
Unfortunately I didn't take a pic of the rear when it was printing so here it is with front & back together.
At this point my Heng Long WPL truck arrived, I ripped it straight out of the box to see what it looked like for the Hanomag..
That looked too good to be true so I took the screwdriver to the HL truck..
The wheelbase looks fine but the shell could do with channeling over the chassis.
I wouldn't know where to start to modify the model in CAD so my next tool of choice is the trusty Dremel!!!!
A pair of pliers and we are getting somewhere
Well this is where I'm up to at the moment, hopefully things will begin to start looking better soon, I just need to give my cut to ribbons knuckles a few days off
Cheers
Wayne
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