Pam's Flour Build

[Jim Donovan]

Howdy Jim,

Nice work with the resin printer.  I've never seen a resin print that tall.  It looks like you printed it flat on the plate, is that so?  Amazing work.  Congratulations.

Have fun,
mike

Thank you Mike. The Anycubic Mono 5S Pro does indeed have both a large plate and a high vertical lift. The model was actually printed with 5mm supports across the bottom. Normally I go with 7mm but it was a tight fit. Being basically straight walls I only needed to sand the bottom down a little.

[friscomike]

Howdy Jim,

Thanks for the response! 

What an impressive structure! The faithfulness to the prototype is amazing. I keep reviewing the build to see all the components you created. 

What's next?

Have fun,
mike

[Rick]

WOW!
What a great looking model.
Great job on the design and construction, not to mention to interior detail.
You've got some nice toys to help with the design and construction.

[GPdemayo]

what Rick said.....

[IWannaRetire]

Jim, Thanks for the detailed step by step.  Lately I've been peering over into the WorldWideWabbit hole of 3D printing, this and other threads here have me gathering courage...

BTW, your flat roof looks really realistic. I battled a flat roof of my own for years on one of my buildings.

Incidentally, one flat roof detail I rarely, if ever, see modeled anywhere is a graveled flat roof. A layer of gravel is installed on a freshly roofed building, the gravel blocks UV light, weighs down the roof against wind damage, and is a light color so it can help with heat in summer months.  I couldn't put gravel on my roof as the building didn't have parapets, the gravel would have blown and washed off.  Consequently my roof oxidized badly.

Graveled flat roofs just aren't very interesting, so I understand why they aren't modeled.   

[deemery]

The easy way to model a gravel roof is with the correct grit of sandpaper...  Weather appropriately, and you're done...

dave

[Philip]

Someone has some really cool toys!

Nice work!

Philip

[IWannaRetire]

The easy way to model a gravel roof is with the correct grit of sandpaper...  Weather appropriately, and you're done...

dave

Agreed! Wouldn't need any seams, easily done.  Maybe add a little interest with a narrow wooden walkway over the the skylights to fix them when they leak, or over to the roof-mounted mechanical unit for when it breaks.  Probably I'm putting too much personal history into this...

[Dave Buchholz]

Impressive and inspirational!

[Jim Donovan]

Howdy Jim,

Thanks for the response!

What an impressive structure! The faithfulness to the prototype is amazing. I keep reviewing the build to see all the components you created.

What's next?

Have fun,
mike

Thank you Mike, made my day.

Jim

[Jim Donovan]

WOW!
What a great looking model.
Great job on the design and construction, not to mention to interior detail.
You've got some nice toys to help with the design and construction.

Thanks Rick;

Yep, I spent the kids inheritance for those toys! Actually, all together they did not cost what a good locomotive costs these days.

jim

[Jim Donovan]

Someone has some really cool toys!

Nice work!

Philip

Thanks Philip!

Jim

[Jim Donovan]

The easy way to model a gravel roof is with the correct grit of sandpaper...  Weather appropriately, and you're done...

dave

Agreed! Wouldn't need any seams, easily done.  Maybe add a little interest with a narrow wooden walkway over the the skylights to fix them when they leak, or over to the roof-mounted mechanical unit for when it breaks.  Probably I'm putting too much personal history into this...

Thanks and great ideas.

Jim

[Jim Donovan]

Impressive and inspirational!

Thank you very much Dave. Along the coast of Lake Ontario uh? I grew up west of Rochester about 10 miles from the lake.

Jim

[Jim Donovan]

Jim, Thanks for the detailed step by step.  Lately I've been peering over into the WorldWideWabbit hole of 3D printing, this and other threads here have me gathering courage...

BTW, your flat roof looks really realistic. I battled a flat roof of my own for years on one of my buildings.

Incidentally, one flat roof detail I rarely, if ever, see modeled anywhere is a graveled flat roof. A layer of gravel is installed on a freshly roofed building, the gravel blocks UV light, weighs down the roof against wind damage, and is a light color so it can help with heat in summer months.  I couldn't put gravel on my roof as the building didn't have parapets, the gravel would have blown and washed off.  Consequently my roof oxidized badly.

Graveled flat roofs just aren't very interesting, so I understand why they aren't modeled.   

I like that idea! Nice thing about modeling, I can change anything I want!

Jim