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3D printing Kerbals


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Hey all,

Just wanted to show you some pictures of kerbals being 3d printed :)

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Ok, they have been printed already these are just pictures of the cleaning post process :sticktongue:

And a picture of 3 kerbals that are missing their color:

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What is all that stuff that has to be chipped away?

It's Sandstone.

Basically it's a inkjet printer and a glue printer at the same time.

The glue binds a layer of sandstone together, the inkjet printer adds to color, and the base drops down by 0.1mm and starts the process all over again :)

@23deadshot462:

No need to buy a printer yourself, just order a kerbal and we print and ship the model for you!

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Those are very cool. Any plans to make larger ones? I hate garden gnomes, but I'd happily have a gnome sized Kerbal in my garden!

Would really like a 3D printer too, thou I just googled the price of them and had to close that tab real quick.

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3d printers can be built for ~$400USD.

Yes, but you won't be able to color print and provide the quality of our Full Color Sandstone machines.

Note: you don't want this printer in your living room... the room will be covered with white powder quite quickly :)

@katateochi: the machine is capable of printing models up to 30cm.

Mind you, it will be quite expensive to print a large kerbal :)

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