How to print the DRONESHIP-XS1
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The STL package of this model includes an “All-In-One” Print Profile created for Bambu Lab X1 and P1 Series 3D printers. If you intend to use any of those printers to print the model, follow this instruction to print all parts: How to use Bambu Studio’s All-In-One Print Profile
If you don’t have access to any Bambu Lab X1 and P1 Series 3D printers, load the STL’s into your slicer software, select your desirable settings (e.g. layer height, infill percentage, etc.) and slice the parts. This model requires both a standard 0.4mm Nozzle, and a small 0.2mm Nozzle to print small parts.
Below are some tips.
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There are two “All-In-One” Print Profiles created for this model.
The 0.2mm profile contains parts that should be printed with a 0.2mm Nozzle, 0.1mm layer height
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At STEP 1, you’ll find an STL in the STEP 01 (DO NOT PRINT) folder. If you load the file, you’ll see the fully assembled DRONESHIP-XS1 model. This will help you understand where each and every part is fitted on the model.
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At STEP 3, in order to print the Hull_Centre section, you MUST disable the Prime Tower before slicing the part. Otherwise, you’ll get an error saying there’s a clash between the Prime Tower, and the part.
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The top faces of the Hull are printed directly on the build plate as the 1st layer. This is intentional to achieve the smoothest surface, and best quality for this feature. Therefore, before printing the Hull_Front, Hull_Centre, and Hull_Rear sections, ensure that your build plate is washed/cleaned thoroughly. Any dirt/grease/damages left on the build plate will get transferred directly to the 1st layer and ruin the overall quality of the model.
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This model contains various parts which are designed and optimised for multi-colour printing. Although we also provide options to print these parts in one single colour in the STL package, it is highly recommended that you use the multi-colour versions to achieve the best quality
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All the Fences on the model contains two parallel strings (we call them “Fence_Cable”). Each fence has its own “cables” that were designed specifically for that fence. Hence, to print these fences, you’ll need to load one fence, and its corresponding “cables” into your slicer together as an assembly.
Each “cable” was designed to be printed in one single continuous stroke which starts from the first fence post, travels through all the posts in the middle, and ends at the last post. Therefore, when you slice these fences in your slicer, always check the “preview” to ensure your “cables” will be printed correctly.
The Fences and cables MUST be printed with a 0.4mm Nozzle, at 0.2mm layer height.
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All magnet holes can be printed without support regardless of their positions/orientations on the model. Please don’t generate support for these holes (unless you really need to). Otherwise, you may struggle to remove support inside the holes due to restricted access.
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The DRONESHIP-XS1 model is designed in such a way that allows you to assemble and disassemble the model into piece part level because almost every part is held together by magnets. However, if you prefer to glue everything (or some parts together), that’s also fine, you can use the Locating Pins (in STEP 99 – OPTIONAL PARTS folder) instead.
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This DRONESHIP-XS1 is designed at 1:200 scale and it is highly recommended to print the model at this scale to achieve the highest quality. However, if you decided to print it at a different scale, please be aware that the magnets originally selected for this model will no longer fit and you will have to glue the parts together.
How to assemble the DRONESHIP-XS1
So now you’ve got all your parts printed? Great! Let’s assemble the model!
I’ll take you through the assembly process step by step but before that, you need to purchase some items:
STEP 1: ‘Dry’ assemble the model
At this step, all I want you to do is try to stack all the parts together to get a good understanding of where they are located. Because there are a lot of magnets you need to fit during the assembly process, doing this first step will give you an idea of how to fit the magnets in each part correctly. Please use the STL files in STEP 01 folder and the photos below if required.
STEP 2: Assemble the Hull (Front Section)
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Hull_Front (a)
- 6x Locating Pin (b)
- 1x Magnets (3mm dia x 2mm thick) (highlighted in red)
- 6x Magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) (highlighted in red)
Assembly process
- STEP 2a: Glue 2x magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) and 2x Locating Pins into their pockets on each side of the Hull_Front
- STEP 2b: Glue 2x magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) into their pockets at the bottom of the Hull_Front
- STEP 2c: Glue 1x magnet (3mm dia x 2mm thick) and 2x Locating Pins into their pockets on the top face of the Hull_Front
STEP 3: Assemble the Hull (Centre Section)
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Hull_Centre (a)
- 18x Locating Pin (b)
- 4x Magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) (highlighted in red)
Assembly process:
- STEP 3a: Glue 9x Locating Pins into their pockets on the front, and back side of the Hull_Centre
- STEP 3a: Glue 4x magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) into their pockets at the bottom of the Hull_Centre
STEP 4: Assemble the Hull (Rear Section)
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Hull_Rear (a)
- 8x Locating Pin (b)
- 10x Magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) (highlighted in red)
Assembly process
- STEP 4a: Glue 2x magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) and 2x Locating Pins into their pockets on each side of the Hull_Rear
- STEP 2b: Glue 2x magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) into their pockets at the bottom of the Hull_Rear
- STEP 2c: Glue 4x magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) and 4x Locating Pins into their pockets on the top face of the Hull_Rear
STEP 5: Assemble the Hull (Bottom)
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Hull_Bottom_01 (a)
- 1x Hull_Bottom_02 (b)
- 10x Magnets (3mm dia x 2mm thick) (highlighted in red)
- 6x Magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) (highlighted in red)
Assembly process
- STEP 5a: Glue 2x magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) and 5x magnets (3mm dia x 2mm thick) into their pockets on the Hull_Bottom_01
- STEP 5b: Glue 4x magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) and 5x magnets (3mm dia x 2mm thick) into their pockets on the Hull_Bottom_02
Note: Ensure the polarities are correct before gluing the magnets into place.
- STEP 5c: Assemble the Hull_Bottom_01 and Hull_Bottom_02 together. The 3mm dia x 2mm thick magnets should hold them together
STEP 6: Assemble the Hull
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Hull_Front from STEP 2 (a)
- 1x Hull_Centre from STEP 3 (b)
- 1x Hull_Rear from STEP 4 (c)
- 1x Hull_Bottom from STEP 5 (d)
- 3x Marmac 302 Badge (e)
- 2x Hull Bracing _Centre (f)
- 4x Hull Bracing_Side (g)
Assembly process
- STEP 6a: Glue the Hull_Front, Centre, and Rear together
- STEP 6b: Glue the Hull Bracing to the inside of the Hull. The Bracings should overlap the joints between the Hull_Front, Centre, and Rear
- STEP 6c: Glue the Marmac 302 Badges to both side of the Hull_Front, and the rear of the Hull_Rear
- STEP 6d: Install the Hull_Bottom to the Hull
Note: to remove the Hull_Bottom, simply push down where the “Morethan3D” text is, this will separate the two halves of the bottom lid, which then allow them to be removed
STEP 7: Assemble the Storage Module to the Hull
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Storage Module (a)
- 2x Flood Light (b)
- 1x Towing Hook (c)
- 1x Front Post (d)
- 1x Hull Sub-assembly from STEP 6 (e)
- 1x Magnets (3mm dia x 2mm thick) (highlighted in red)
Assembly process
- STEP 7a: Glue 2x Flood Lights to the Storage Module
- STEP 7b: Glue the Storage Module to the Hull Sub-assembly
- STEP 7c: Glue the Towing Hook to the Storage Module to the Hull Sub-assembly
- STEP 7d: Glue 1x magnet (3mm dia x 2mm thick) to its pocket at the bottom of the Front Post
- STEP 7e: Install the Front Post to the Hull Sub-assembly
STEP 8: Assemble the Command Module to the Hull
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Command Module (a)
- 1x Nitrogen Tanks (b)
- 3x Fence_Top (c)
- 1x Rear Post (d)
- 6x Short Extractor Fan (e)
- 2x Comms Disc (f)
- 2x 2x10mm Pin (g)
- 2x Pipe_Top (h)
- 1x Fire Hose (i)
- 2x Flood Light (j)
- 1x Hull Sub-assembly from STEP 7 (k)
- 2x Magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) (highlighted in red)
Assembly process
- STEP 8a: Glue 2x magnet (5mm dia x 3mm thick) to their pockets at the bottom of the Command Module
- STEP 8b: Glue the Nitrogen Tanks to the back of the Command Module
- STEP 8c: Glue 3x Fence_Top to the top of the Command Module
- STEP 8d: Glue the Rear Post to the top of the Command Module
- STEP 8e: Glue 6x Short Extractor Fans to the Command Module
- STEP 8f: Insert 2x Comms Discs to the back of the Command Module using 2x 2x10mm Pins
- STEP 8g: Glue 2x Pipe_Top to the top of the Command Module
Note: Be careful, do not damage the cables on the Fences
- STEP 8h: Glue the Fire_Hose to the front of the Command Module
- STEP 8i: Glue 2x Flood Lights to the top of the Command Module
- STEP 8j: Install the Command Module to the Hull Sub-assembly
STEP 9: Assemble the Generators Module to the Hull
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Generators (a)
- 2x Exhaust Fan_01 (b)
- 4x Exhaust Fan_02 (c)
- 6x Exhaust Pipe (d)
- 1x Electrical Generator_01 (e)
- 1x Electrical Generator_02 (f)
- 1x Fuel Tank (g)
- 2x Tall Extractor Fan (h)
- 1x Hull Sub-assembly from STEP 8 (i)
- 2x Magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) (highlighted in red)
Assembly process
- STEP 9a: Glue 2x magnet (5mm dia x 3mm thick) to their pockets at the bottom of the Generators Module
- STEP 9b: Glue the Exhaust Fans to the sides of the Generators Module (3x per side)
- STEP 9c: Glue 6x Exhaust Pipes to the top of the Generators Module
- STEP 9d: Glue the Electrical Generators to the Generators Module
- STEP 9e: Glue the Fuel Tank to the Generators Module
- STEP 9f: Glue the 2x Tall Extractor Fans to the Generators Module
- STEP 9g: Install the Generators Module to the Hull Sub-assembly
STEP 10: Assemble the Thrusters
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Thuster_Front_LH (a)
- 1x Thuster_Front_RH (b)
- 1x Thuster_Rear_LH (c)
- 1x Thuster_Rear_RH (d)
- 4x Thruster Bracket_Large (e)
- 1x Thruster Bracket_Small_Front_LH (f)
- 1x Thruster Bracket_Small_Front_RH (g)
- 2x Thruster Bracket_Small_Rear (h)
- 4x Thruster_Propeller (i)
- 4x Thruster_Propeller Blades (j)
- 4x Thruster_Propeller Shaft (k)
- 4x Locating Pin (l)
- 4x 2x10mm Pin (m)
- 1x Hull Sub-assembly from STEP 9 (n)
- 12x Magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) (highlighted in red)
Assembly process:
- STEP 10a: Glue the correct Brackets to the Thuster_Front_LH
- STEP 10b: Glue the correct Brackets to the Thuster_Front_RH
- STEP 10c: Glue the correct Brackets to the Thuster_Rear_LH
- STEP 10d: Glue the correct Brackets to the Thuster_Rear_RH
- STEP 10e: Glue 3x magnets (5mm dia x 3mm thick) to their pockets at the side (2x), and bottom (1x) of each Thruster
- STEP 10f: Glue 1x magnet (5mm dia x 3mm thick) to the top of the Thruster_Propeller Shaft, and assemble the rest of the Propeller as per image below
- STEP 10g: Install the Propeller assembly to the Thruster
Note: The Propeller assembly MUST be removable from the Thruster if you want to use the Ocean Stand at STEP 12.
- STEP 10h: Install all 4x Thruster assemblies to the Hull Sub-assembly
STEP 11: Assemble the Fences
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Fence_Front_LH (a)
- 1x Fence_Front_RH (b)
- 1x Fence_Mid_LH (c)
- 1x Fence_Mid_RH (d)
- 1x Fence_Back_LH (e)
- 1x Fence_Back_RH (f)
- 2x Fence_Rear (g)
- 6x Anchor Post (h)
- 1x Hull Sub-assembly from STEP 10 (i)
Assembly process
- STEP 11a: Glue the Fences (Front) to the front section of the Hull Sub-assembly.
- STEP 11b: Glue the Fences (Mid) to the middle section of the Hull Sub-assembly.
- STEP 11c: Glue the Fences (Back & Rear) to the rear section of the Hull Sub-assembly.
- STEP 11d: Glue 6x Anchor Posts to the Hull Sub-assembly.
STEP 12: Assemble the DRONESHIP to the Stand
Parts required (refer to the photos below)
- 1x Droneship from STEP 11 (a)
- 1x Stand (b)
- 1x Ocean Stand_3 Piece_01 (c)
- 1x Ocean Stand_3 Piece_02 (d)
- 1x Ocean Stand_3 Piece_03 (e)
Assembly process
- STEP 12a: To use the Standard Stand, simply place the Droneship on the Stand
- STEP 12b: To use the Ocean Stand, remove the Propellers from all Thrusters, then place the Droneship on the Stand
Congratulations, you have fully built the DRONESHIP-XS1 model at this point!
