Napier Sabre 3d printed engine
Napier Sabre Engine design in fusion 360, overlayed on Bentley plans
Napier Engine, front firewall, engine mount and Exhausts
Rear of Engine
Engine compenent split into individual body and prepared for printing
Resin Printed components, ready for Undercoating
Primed Engine Ancillaries
Front of engine and shaft
Engine mount (first version)
Started to work on the base, still have some work to do on the engine
Base colour on the base
Comments
44 26 March 2019, 14:34
Nathan DempseyGlad to see more 3D printing being used in our hobby. The engine looks like a great set. The kit is coming out nice too.
26 March 2019, 15:36
Mark BroughtonThanks Nathan, 3d printing is definitely becoming more affordable, and the level of detail available from SLA printers making the designing your own parts in smaller scales feasible.
28 March 2019, 10:08
Bart GoesaertThat engine looks really good... wonder how it looks painted. The quality of the printing sure looks impressive. Is it expensive? Only thing I'm not really fond of is the preshading. i've seen this way of preshading, but it looks to pronounced...
28 March 2019, 15:52
Mark BroughtonBart, I have just added a couple of pictures of the engine, it still needs the ignition wires adding etc, I`ll put up some more when its finished. Cost wise, a little difficult to say, I think in terms of the amount of resin used its probably about £5/$6.5, but obviously there is the outlay for the printer itself, mine cost around £300.
28 March 2019, 16:26
Bart Goesaert£300? sounds affordable for the quality shown, what printer do you use?
28 March 2019, 16:44
Mark BroughtonI use an 3d Printer made by a company called AnyCubic and the model is the Photon. I use Autodesk Fusion 360 for the actual design, this is free to use if you are a hobbyist. This is really easy to use, there are loads of tutorials on youtube.
29 March 2019, 08:00
Bart Goesaertlike what you did with the engine and the hull... paintwork on the wings I'm not really fond off... looks more like a chessboard to me.
22 May 2019, 14:34
Bryn CrandellThat isn't all that expensive for what you are capable of doing. In the long run, the money savings will be great. Engine looks fabulous.
22 May 2019, 17:58
David TaylorHigh mark,if you print off a vulture you could do a side by side Typhoon,Tornado.
22 September 2021, 15:58
Mark BroughtonGood idea David, I'll see if I can find some scale drawings of the Vulture.
23 September 2021, 17:28
Michael KohlI sooner or later will have to master 3D printing. The engine looks magnificent.
7 January 2023, 18:32
Album info
The following images are of a Napier Sabre engine I design using Autocad Fusion 360 and then printed using an Anycubic Photon printer.
The model is complete now on its base
