For your 3D printing pleasure :-)

You guys seen this yet? You can download a NSX concept model for 3D printing! Pretty cool site too :biggrin:

http://www.honda-3d.com/

I'll have to give this a try...my nozzle might not be small enough for that kind of detail though.

Nice. You can get tons of models of things from grabCAD.

All you need is a 3D printer that has good resolution. Pretty sure any FDM machine won't work for this.

I have been wanting to get a 3d printer but I want one that can print metal. whats the best printer do you guys think I should get?

shawn110975 said:

I have been wanting to get a 3d printer but I want one that can print metal. whats the best printer do you guys think I should get?

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I don't know, but when you buy one print me one of those nsx's :biggrin:

Going to try printing one now. We'll see how it goes.

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First pics of the printing. Just wish we had black ink.:frown:

Is mesh file is certainly softened for a toy car appearance and not much precision behind them in detail. I knew there was a catch to these files :wink:

I didn't want to tie up the company printer with a NSX model (I would be SO busted!) so I did a couple of quick Keyshot renderings using the Honda file. I changed the model color to approximate Spa Yellow so it kinda looks like the car has one of those stretchy-satiny SoS car covers on :biggrin:

Completed. Will clean up later and post more pics.

I may set this file up this weekend at 2x size...should be able to get pretty good detail with a larger model.

More pics before I clean it up.

Haha cool. Thanks for printing one and posting pics LMR. If you cleaned it up and painted it I bet it wouldn't look bad at all.

shawn110975 said:

I have been wanting to get a 3d printer but I want one that can print metal. whats the best printer do you guys think I should get?

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You need an SLS printer for that; it uses a laser to fuse metal powder together rather than the "glue gun" plastic extruder behaviour you see on FDM printers in this thread. If you guys want to do prints and don't have your own printer www.shapeways.com can do stuff for a reasonable price in a variety of materials. You'll probably get the cleanest models from SLA prints.

Printed on an Objet 30, which is Polyjet technology. Lots of detail that my phone can't capture. I'll print another one in black when I replace the material.