Equipment for fire men

[woody64]

Here is some new equipment for firemen:

See the first picture here ...

Woody64

Edited February 10, 2013 by woody64

[RoyalBrickCustoms]

Great job. :)

I like the first picture a lot.

I was looking to get some 3-D printed parts from Shapeways made, but I didn't know what the best and easiest to use CAD software was? I've heard that many people use Google Scetchup, is it for this kind of thing?

Also is there any easy way to determine the proper proportions and measurements for the parts?

~ RBC

[woody64]

Here's the Gallet F1 in the material RSF which was afterwards painted whith two coats of nail varnish in grey.

It results in a very smooth surface since the nail varnish seems to cover the original material

I've added packs and adapted the American style helmet.

Edited February 17, 2013 by woody64

[Mrcool1804]

Great job on these! The american helmet, haligan, and airpacks look great! Need any seed $ to get these mass produced and to the market?

[woody64]

Mass production means injection molding which only is done by some (Brickarms, Brickforge, ...) and in general not affordable without real market approach.

I do it as hobby but can bring it via 3d printing to an affordable pricing. Quality depends on the materials used ...

Currently I want to speed up prototyping to get quicker a final product orderable at shapeways or i.materialised via this small donation:

https://www.paypal.c...d=WLMPUSYPQP62J

Edited March 1, 2013 by woody64

[Mrcool1804]

I sent a message to Brick Forge asking them to make firefighting stuff, and I got a reply of "Sounds good!"

[woody64]

Edited April 6, 2013 by woody64

[tomdobs55]

The haligan is fantastic...I'll take 8! (Futurama reference) I really like how you made the scba too. And a real looking American helmet with the shield...wow I love it all!!

[TonysBrickVault]

Clever! What kind of 3d printer do you use?

[woody64]

Clever! What kind of 3d printer do you use?

I'm using an extern source, in my case Shapeways, which is doing the whole printing and post processing with a couple of possible materials.

Additional coloring (beside dying of pWSF) has to be done by hand with acrylic water based colors. That's the weak part since original smooth shiny surface of original parts wasn't reached by me so far.

Woody64

Edited May 8, 2013 by woody64