1/144 Nautilus Typhoon 3d printed

[indy1010]

Hi everybody,

i'm begining to print the Nautilus Drydocks Typhoon in 1/144.
I use an Ender 3 printer with PLA+. I have place a new bed (magnetic PEI). This bed work very well !
I use the software "Cura" and the default profile for the Ender 3 and PLA with some changes :
-bed heating : 70 °C
-print temperature : 220°C
-infill : 100%
-layer height : 0.2mm
I have begin with small parts. I will place pictures when a hull part is printed.
sorry if there are any mistakes. I speak only French and I write just a little English.

Frank

[rwtdiver]

Hi everybody,

i'm begining to print the Nautilus Drydocks Typhoon in 1/144.
I use an Ender 3 printer with PLA+. I have place a new bed (magnetic PEI). This bed work very well !
I use the software "Cura" and the default profile for the Ender 3 and PLA with some changes :
-bed heating : 70 °C
-print temperature : 220°C
-infill : 100%
-layer height : 0.2mm
I have begin with small parts. I will place pictures when a hull part is printed.
sorry if there are any mistakes. I speak only French and I write just a little English.

Frank

Hi Frank,

Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to seeing the progress on your 1/144 Typhoon build!

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat"

[indy1010]

Hello Rob, when I will be further in the project I will have questions for you because I also want to print my wtc caps like you.
I started to learn how to use freecad. This is not obvious !!

[rwtdiver]

Hello Rob, when I will be further in the project I will have questions for you because I also want to print my wtc caps like you.
I started to learn how to use freecad. This is not obvious !!

No problem,

When you are ready, I will help all I can! You will find a great deal of help on this forum and from some REAL masters at sub building!

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat"

[DrScoles]

Here's a little motivation for you! Prints pretty well, I had a little sagging that I never could figure out, but thats what bondo is for....

[indy1010]

he is beautiful !! It's impossible to find bondo in europe
I have printed the first part of the hull

[DrSchmidt]

Bondo is a brand that is produced by 3M. Could be that it's only sold under that name in the US, but of course you can get 3M 2k polyester putty in Europe as well:

https://www.3mdeutschland.de/3M/de_DE/p/d/v000103065/

Any other good qiality 2k polyester putty sold in your local hardware store or even better professional paint shop will do the job, too.

[indy1010]

Thank's.

actually, I look at the polyester fillers used in car bodywork (two components with hardener)
I had a little sagging too.

[indy1010]

Hull 7A part

it will remain hull 7B and hull 8
It takes a long time to print.
I am on my third spool of 1kg of PLA

[indy1010]

small printing problem. On the parts hull 5b, hull 6b and hull 7b, I have the circled part that detaches from the hull. I will have to glue them.

[rwtdiver]

small printing problem. On the parts hull 5b, hull 6b and hull 7b, I have the circled part that detaches from the hull. I will have to glue them.

Hi Frank,

As I recall on my first build of the Typhoon using Nautilus Drydocks files, I had a similar situation! I just cleaned up that area and reattached with a quality medium CA. Worked out well for me!

I wish I could have finished my Typhoon! I got about half way through the build and somehow (old age) lost my files. I really want to build the Typhoon, so I got a hold of Bob, and he sent me another set of files at no charge! Nautilus Drydocks (Bob & Jason) are really great when it comes to quality parts and go out of their way to help you with your submarine builds!

Keep printing away with your Typhoon, and do not get discouraged with the process!

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat"

[indy1010]

Printing finished !!!!

[hywel]

small printing problem. On the parts hull 5b, hull 6b and hull 7b, I have the circled part that detaches from the hull. I will have to glue them.

I had the exact same issue with hull sections 5, 6 and 7 - in fact on two of them it didnt print anything at all for those parts. I just printed a bunch of replacement "bars" and glued them on. Don't know what slicer you're using but I used Chitubox initially. I never reprinted these sections sliced with Lychee so dont know if it was a slicer issue or not.

[rwtdiver]

Hi Frank,

Your Typhoon is looking great! Enjoyed seeing your photos! Well done!

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat"

[indy1010]

Parts 1 and 2: sandpaper 240, spray putty and finish with wet sanding (600 sandpaper)

Then, I had to make changes to parts 2 and 3 so that they fit together.
in the red circle, 5mm cut

piece cut here too