Thanks! I’m quite happy with it but it is far from perfect. As cool as multicolor printing is, a good paint job and some weathering would definitely be more realistic.
Quite a variety on this one:
Fillamentum Light Ivory PLA
Atomic Gun Metal Gray PLA
TTY3D Shine Silver PLA
Overture Gray Blue PLA
Prusament Galaxy Black PETG (supports)
While soluble supports offer the best print finish around -- once removed -- they take so long to dissolve. I've been using PETG and PLA break-away supports and they're both good options when you can dial it in a bit and don't mind some sanding. If you're okay with cycling water from a large sonic bath, you can certainly get better "as-printed" results with a soluble support.
I have done a few prints with soluble PVA, but on this print I was worried about the integrity of such tall support towers. It also would have been pretty expensive compared to PETG. In hindsight though I think it might have been worth it, since the PETG supports were a massive pain to remove from the inside. They also left some black spots on the model whereas PVA would have dissolved away.
He did use the soluble support option and used petg as the support material. It is full contact and breaks away so you get the benefits of actually a soluble support without the price and complexity of a soluble filament.
It’s a scan of the real deal: https://3d.si.edu/object/nasm_A19730040002
I have also now uploaded my stand to Printables, here: https://www.printables.com/model/813385-stand-for-apollo-11-glove-neil-armstrong
Looks amazing! Excellent color choices too. I've had this STL saved for a good while now, waiting until I felt my painting skills would be able to do it justice. I have a MK3S+ so have also been considering waiting until I get something with a larger volume so I don't have to piece it together. Any chance you could share the STL for the base you made? I love how minimal/clean it is.
https://imgur.com/a/1WMSiXs Despite trying a bunch of orientations there were still dozens of spots where they would simply try to print in midair. It’s a bug in PrusaSlicer, see https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer/issues/9601
"Huh, is the only thing they printed a bracket they used inside this glove? Thats a bit boring, -"
Then I saw the supports and realized the "fabric" is printed too o_o jesus that is an impressive job
Holy crap that turned out so good! Well done.
That’s amazing. Can’t even tell that’s a 3D print from my end. It just looks so realistic!
Thanks! I’m quite happy with it but it is far from perfect. As cool as multicolor printing is, a good paint job and some weathering would definitely be more realistic.
Or not letting people look very closely:D The pictures look amazing.
Plot twist: he’s pretending it’s 3D printed so that NASA doesn’t suspect that they’re missing a glove from the Apollo missions
Awesome! What filaments did you use?
Quite a variety on this one: Fillamentum Light Ivory PLA Atomic Gun Metal Gray PLA TTY3D Shine Silver PLA Overture Gray Blue PLA Prusament Galaxy Black PETG (supports)
have you considered using soluble supports?
While soluble supports offer the best print finish around -- once removed -- they take so long to dissolve. I've been using PETG and PLA break-away supports and they're both good options when you can dial it in a bit and don't mind some sanding. If you're okay with cycling water from a large sonic bath, you can certainly get better "as-printed" results with a soluble support.
I have done a few prints with soluble PVA, but on this print I was worried about the integrity of such tall support towers. It also would have been pretty expensive compared to PETG. In hindsight though I think it might have been worth it, since the PETG supports were a massive pain to remove from the inside. They also left some black spots on the model whereas PVA would have dissolved away.
You can do soluble on just the interface layers too, save a bunch of money that way.
Yeah, that might work for flatter surfaces, but when I tried it the PVA didn’t stick to the support tower and just made a bunch of globs instead.
pva/bvoh breaks away cleanly too, and the remaining bits if any can be dissolved
He did use the soluble support option and used petg as the support material. It is full contact and breaks away so you get the benefits of actually a soluble support without the price and complexity of a soluble filament.
I'm glad it came out so good! I've been following with baited breath.
If it doesn't fit you must acquit.
OJ from the nostrils at this hour is not ideal.
Wow. Just wow.
Super cool. Strong work man !!
Did you make the STL or is it available somewhere? i would love one of these
It’s a scan of the real deal: https://3d.si.edu/object/nasm_A19730040002 I have also now uploaded my stand to Printables, here: https://www.printables.com/model/813385-stand-for-apollo-11-glove-neil-armstrong
Legend what % did you scale down top? when i loaded up the model it was 3150mm long lol
PrusaSlicer imported it correctly for me. Perhaps your slicer thinks the dimensions are inches rather than mm, try dividing by 25.4.
What a ride this was! Beautiful print, what's next?
Chuffed to see a successful conclusion to this awesome print!
Cool! Try it on!
Way ahead of ya! https://imgur.com/a/OzTBszg
Nice, lt worked!
Looks amazing! Excellent color choices too. I've had this STL saved for a good while now, waiting until I felt my painting skills would be able to do it justice. I have a MK3S+ so have also been considering waiting until I get something with a larger volume so I don't have to piece it together. Any chance you could share the STL for the base you made? I love how minimal/clean it is.
Just uploaded the stand to Printables! https://www.printables.com/model/813385-stand-for-apollo-11-glove-neil-armstrong
Balls of Steel....
This makes me tempted to buy the XL instead of the Mk4, I just don't think I will have enough use cases like this for it.
Looks great. What's the reason for using snug supports instead of organic?
https://imgur.com/a/1WMSiXs Despite trying a bunch of orientations there were still dozens of spots where they would simply try to print in midair. It’s a bug in PrusaSlicer, see https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer/issues/9601
I see! Thanks for the reply!
"Huh, is the only thing they printed a bracket they used inside this glove? Thats a bit boring, -" Then I saw the supports and realized the "fabric" is printed too o_o jesus that is an impressive job
Man, that’s a way better printer than mine hahah
I am impressed!
Holy mother of filaments! o_O That's absolutely outstanding!
Congrats! Prusa should feature this on the YouTube channel.