3D printing. Don't wait for Geobra to make your dream parts!

[cowabounga]

There you go!

[cheng]

Domoarigatogozaimasu

[indianapierre]

Cool to see 3D printing incorporated with Playmobil.

I use Maya to create my models, and am looking to build some cool steck-pieces:

* the infamous 4 way connector
* a wall with built-in fireplace (the large medieval kind that are practically big enough to stand in)
* a spiral staircase

There is a place in down-town Chicago where you can bring in your models, and they'll print them out for you.

Also, if you are looking to smooth the "rough" texture of the models, you can wipe them down with a little bit of nail polish remover, though that does make them a little glossy and you might lose some details.

-P

[Salamander]

Having looked back through this thread, I curious if you ever made the guitars that you showed the 3D renderings of a while ago?

[cowabounga]

Yes I did. But that was looooong ago, and I couldn't do half as much as I can now. The guitars were all too small, with the neck too thin etc…
You must "playmobilise" real life objects so they fit a clicky's proportions which are odd. I didn't playmobilise the guitars, so they were wrong.
It's on my to-do list to reshape them some day…among many other things!

[Salamander]

That great info, thanks!  I want to make a bass guitar, and I'm trying to figure out if it would be better to make the whole piece, or use the regular playmo guitar, and just make the bass neck.

[cowabounga]

Well, the body of the bass guitars are somehow the same as the six-strings. So maybe a longer neck on a playmo frame would do the trick!