Tons of thanks to profezzom for his Marksman-H combat remote.
The goal of these parts are basically to have printable parts for a Training Remote scratch builder that doesn't have access to the tank model kit parts. I tweaked some of profezzom's parts a little bit in OpenScad and Sketchup and made sure the dimensions would work to fit on top of the model.
There is forum discussion of building training remotes on RebelDroids.Net - and make sure to check out profezzom's source thing. RebelDroids.Net also has a wiki and several reference photos and build logs.
Printer Brand:
FlashForge
Printer:
Finder
Rafts:
Yes
Supports:
Yes
Resolution:
.2mm
Infill:
Anything
Notes:
Print the required number of each part. Note that the "tank hatch covers" are only on the top sphere or the original prop, though some people may add them to the bottom if they want.
Many of the parts will print without support or rafts, however supports will be required for the commander's hatch, gunport and hatch cover at least.
The horseshoe is small and probably requires rafts and supports
Some of the other small parts may do better on rafts depending on your printer
The sphere can either be printed or store-bought.
Overview
Many thanks to profezzom for his Marksman-H combat remote.
These parts are intended to be applied to a sphere per Frank Cerny's plans (he built the prop for FanBoys). Those are available on RebelDroids.Net
I included a hemisphere if you want to print a sphere, however you can purchase an appropriate sphere instead.
These parts are intended to replicate the model parts of a scratch build. Since the styrene is easy enough to cut per Frank's instructions, those are not included here - find some 1mm styrene for those.
Parts list.
Parts are labeled after the description in Frank's plans of the model kit parts
Obtain a sphere (or print 2 hemispheres)
Printed:
Bracket (8x)
Commander's Hatch (8x) - supports
Gunport (8x) - supports
Horseshoe (16x) - supports and raft
Baffle (8x)
Tank Tracks (8x)
Tank Hatch Cover (8x top only) - supports
Tank Wheel Large (24x)
Tank Wheel Small (16x)
Truck Rim (8x)
From 1mm styrene:
Center equator patches (8x)
Middle stripes (8 sets of 3 or 24x)
Truck rim rings (8x)
Bottom patch (1x)
Top patch (1x)
Scotchlite
Styrene Patches
It is intended that the patches are cut per Frank's plans from 1mm styrene.
I've included a PDF with appropriate outlines that could be traced, laser cut, or whatever.
It should be noted that the big rings around the truck rims deform around the sphere (see Frank's notes). I estimated the notch that would need cut to conform, however I have not actually tried those, so you may prefer to follow Frank's suggestions and trim them when applying them.
Assembly
As mentioned, this thing is intended to provide the model kit parts that can be assembled per Frank Cerny's planswhich can be found on Rebeldroids.net
Since the 3D printed parts might be a little thicker on the bottom, and I left them flat for the most part, you may need to use the sandpaper trick to get them to match the sphere's shape. Put sandpaper on the sphere and then gently sand the bottom of the part as needed.
Most parts are small enough that probably isn't really necessary.
Finishing
Frank Cerny's plans also describe how he finishes the Training Remote.
There are also some build logs on Rebeldroids.Net (currently in the just-starting phase), and Rebeldroids would love to see your build logs there as well.
References
Profezzorn has a build thread on The RPF http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=271581
(and a thing here http://www.semaker.com/productdetail/4672)
Rebeldroids.Net has a wiki, reference photos, plans and build logs.
Frank Cerny's scratch build plans were a great help, also available on Rebeldroids.net
Attributions!
Thanks to Frank Cerny for his plans describing how to build a Training Remote!
Thanks to Rebeldroids.net for a discussion place and reference photos.
And Special Thanks to profezzom for his OpenScad plans which made this a MUCH easier project to attack. Many of the parts here are very close or identical to his parts. The hatch cover, tank tracks and horseshoes are the parts I modified the most. I would have never gotten this far without his model.
