3d printable re-creation of my grandfathers boat. - 26/03/2026 19:22 EDT
Budget: $10 – $250 USD
I’m putting together a special birthday present for my father: a scale model of the wooden boat my grandfather built back in 1965. My father spent most of his life sailing on this ship. I can handle all the fine hand-finishing myself, but I need a solid foundation to start from. I have over twenty photos of the ship plus a basic three-view drawing with full dimensions. I’ll also be on hand to answer any follow-up questions about shapes or joinery details. When you respond, please include samples of past work that show comparable marine hull modelling or similar.
- 3D-print-ready mesh of the hull that follows the original lines as closely as possible—this is the portion that must be spot-on. I do not need the deck modeled. Only the hull. It needs to be hollow as I will be building the interior by hand.
- The model will be 14 inches long, so it will need to be separated into multiple parts for printing. I am using the Elegoo saturn 4 16k.
- Separate, models for the mast and bow spread.
- File format STL.
- Mesh should respect common print constraints.
- 3D-print-ready mesh of the hull that follows the original lines as closely as possible—this is the portion that must be spot-on. I do not need the deck modeled. Only the hull. It needs to be hollow as I will be building the interior by hand.
- The model will be 14 inches long, so it will need to be separated into multiple parts for printing. I am using the Elegoo saturn 4 16k.
- Separate, models for the mast and bow spread.
- File format STL.
- Mesh should respect common print constraints.