Summary

New for 2017... This baby has it all... bucket seats to hold you in place, a convertible top to cruise for Earth girls, and a huge interstellar thruster to get you to the Earth girls quickly. Be the envy of all your friends and most major governments.*

*Some assembly required.

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Ultimaker

                                            <p class="detail-setting printer"><strong>Printer: </strong>                     <div><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://ultimaker.com/" target="_blank">Ultimaker Original</a></p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting rafts"><strong>Rafts: </strong>                     <div><p>No</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong>                     <div><p>No</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting resolution"><strong>Resolution: </strong>                     <div><p>0.2</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting infill"><strong>Infill: </strong>                     <div><p>20%</p></div></p>                                                        <br>                        <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong>                    </p><div><p>I have provided an STL for the main body as one big thing, but I highly suggest that you print the sections that I have provided and glue them all together. The sections were selected to eliminate support. This model was intended from the start to be sanded and coated with automotive body filler (Bondo), but the finish and execution of your print is entirely up to you.</p></div>

Post-Printing

The un-fun part...

            <div><p>Unless you print this very small, you will likely have to print out the nine main body parts, the wings, the thruster, and the seats and glue them all together. I went the extra mile and slathered the thing with Bondo, sanded, repeated many times, primed, and painted.</p><p>I used felt to line the interior, and also to upholster the seats. The bottom of the seats have the hook side of the Velcro so they stick to the interior felt but are removable / repositionable.</p></div>                <p class="detail-image"><img src="https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/08/0d/9a/dd/7e/IMAG1524.jpg"></p>            <p class="detail-caption"><strong>Way too thick on the Bondo. Do not do this!</strong></p>                <p class="detail-image"><img src="https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/d7/b9/96/c6/b1/IMAG1539.jpg"></p>            <p class="detail-caption"><strong>Sanded down.</strong></p>                <p class="detail-image"><img src="https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/dd/e5/c9/66/e2/IMAG1581.jpg"></p>            <p class="detail-caption"><strong>After many coats of Bondo and primer. (I would ocationally spray with primer to get a uniform color so I could better see the low spot.)</strong></p>                <p class="detail-image"><img src="https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/c0/74/d3/02/e8/IMAG1592.jpg"></p>            <p class="detail-caption"><strong>Wings and thruster glued on. I used Welder contact adhesive fo the whole project.</strong></p>                <p class="detail-image"><img src="https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/39/ca/5a/58/76/IMAG1596.jpg"></p>

How I Designed This

How I designed this...

            <div><p>This was modeled entirely in Sketchup. I used a plugin called "Curviloft" which, amoung many other things, will take the outlines of several planes and weld them together into a single solid. What this means is that I only had to create a few 2D "slices" of the craft at regular intervals from front to back and let the plugin fill in the gaps. The model is included in the files if anyone wants to modify or add to it.</p></div>

Alien Spaceship Convertible Cruiser