Starfury - Babylon 5
Starfury - Babylon 5
3D
Published 2018-03-22T11:07:49+00:00
I've always wanted to have a model of the starfury space fighter from the series Babylon 5. I purchased a resin kit back in the day, but it was warped. There are several starfury models here, but they either have too little detail, or the details are such that they don't print well. Also they were all too small. I want a big one!
This model is 27 cm across and has all the detail I'm looking for. It printed comfortably in the relatively small build volume of my Afinia. Most of the parts print with only minimal support.
I created this model using MODO and Mesh Fusion, using a reference model originally from Willian Vaughan.
All the parts are oriented as if they were assembled, so you have to change orientation for printing.
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print
- central body -- I oriented it nose up
- two each: left gun and right gun
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attach guns
The guns fit into slots in the sides of the body. The upper pair need to be shaved or forced to get them in place. I use plastic epoxy, but any glue can work. -
print & attach wings
- upper left
- lower left
- upper right
- lower right
I rotated the wings so the trailing edge was flat along the build platform.
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print & attach engine cowls matching each wing
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print & attach thrusters
- 4 x forward
- 4 x rear
I pointed the nozzles upwards. When attaching, align the flanges to the up-down and left-right axes.
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print & attach struts
You need 8, so print the strut_x4 twice. These attach to the rear thruster flanges along a 45-degree angle making an X. - print & attach fins
- 4 x large
- 4 x small
These were hard to print because they are so thin. I had some better success printing the small one vertically inside a box. Go figure. They mate with the struts, the large ones pointing out, the small ones pointing in. I switched to superglue for these so I didn't have to hold them as long.
| Date published | 22/03/2018 |