Simple Navy Monitor (Snap Fit Turret And Hull) 3D Printer Model

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License: CC BY
File formats: stl,3mf,FCStd,step
Download type: zip
Size:1.1MB

The file 'Simple Navy Monitor (Snap Fit Turret And Hull) 3D Printer Model' is (stl,3mf,FCStd,step) file type, size is 1.1MB.

Summary

This is a simple 3D printable model of a late 19th century naval monitor warship, based (very) loosely on the Arkansas-class monitors of the US Navy (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas-class_monitor). Self-designated Defiant-class.

For me, it also served as an exercise in using FreeCAD to design snap-fit parts.

Notable features:

  1. The turret can rotate and elevate/depress its barrels!
  2. The hull is relatively long (about 350mm total length), and printed in two parts and held together via a friction joint.
  3. This is the first time I used B-splines in FreeCAD to make a nicer curve for the ship's bow.

You only need the STL files, but I've also uploaded 3MF, STEP, and FreeCAD (RC1) files if anyone wants to modify or remix it, or whatever.

If you'd like to see the turrets used in a more "traditional" battleship design, check out my Simple Large Battleship: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6787393

Simple_Naval-class_Monitor-TurretTurretHousing.stl 254.1KB
Simple_Naval_Monitor-AftHull.stl 344.5KB
Simple_Naval_Monitor-ForwardHull.stl 56.6KB
Simple_Naval_Monitor-TurretTurretBarrel.stl 96.0KB
Simple_Naval_Monitor.3mf 255.3KB
Simple_Naval_Monitor.FCStd 605.0KB
Simple_Naval_Monitor.step 772.2KB