I am building a huge library of scale models needed for architectural scale projects.

Most of the time the priority is to get the elevation right and in the end there is no enough time to decorate the interior or exterior to make it look real. Well, I will be making a huge collection of scale models available for sale here at shapeways. So stay tuned.

All these models are hollow and haven't found any better technique to reduce the printing cost yet.




Thank you all and hopefully 3d printing will be affordable soon
sid naique

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@ tessman,
If you want these models just smaller to reduce the cost, YES it is possible and they should be printable in FUD till half of their current dimensions(linear). Of course, not all of them, but most of them.

If you want them to be of scales stonysmith has mentioned then we better listen to him

Here is what I did. I scaled the "chair 01" model from its old dimensions of 48.23 x 54.44 x 88.90 mm down to 24.11 x 27.22 x 44.45 mm. After doing so the minimum wall thickness i got was 1.10 mm (also this was a supported wall) which is enough to be printable in FUD (correct me if I am missing something).

And the cost did reduce significantly. Here is the new scaled down model. and the old model.

This is actually interesting. I can scale down all the models to reduce the cost. I was just busy making models and dint think about the cost much(other than making them hollow and stuff). I am just an artist and not so good at mathematics

Thanks,
sid naique

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Thanks everyone for the discussion. I am getting to learn a lot.

@ Phxman:-
Thanks a lot for the information.

After trying a lot of possibilities, I have reached a scale of approx. 1:39(1 inch:1 meter) for my models. Below this scale I am forced to inflate the details, loose the proportions, etc. I dint like the idea because I want to build a library of 'Detailed' scale models.

I am also keeping in mind the sets for Stop Motion Animation Projects where details are more important than the size and the models require paint job.

So I have fixed the scale of 1:39 as the minimum scale for now and will reduce only if requested. Also the wall thickness of all these models is always above 1mm(Very safe even for less expensive plastics and comfortable to paint over) and only in few cases it goes below 1mm but is above 0.8mm at any cost.

Here is an update of some new models and couple of old ones which I have worked on(I have worked on all my models and made them 1:39 with 1mm minimum wall thickness but dint include them in the update)

(Please continue the discussion about scale modeling and 3d Printing here, I am learning a lot. )

Thank you all,
sid naique.
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