3d Printing & Assembly of a Complex Model: SpaceX Starship, Super Heavy, and Launch Tower - Part 14

This video series explores how to 3d print and assemble a very complex 3d model of a real object. In this case, the SpaceX Starship Rocket, Super Heavy Booster, and Launch Tower:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_...
It's the most powerful rocket every built and is designed to be completely and (eventually) rapidly reused.

I do a lot of public outreach about space exploration through my astronomy club. I've found it much more effective to have 3d models of things I'm explaining than just showing people pictures.

I knew I needed to have a 3d model of this rocket to connect with the public at future events. I thought about designing my own, but I decided it would be better to buy an already designed model and print that. That would be a lot faster than starting from scratch. I chose the 1:200 scale MoreThan3d version:
https://morethan3d.com/product/space-...
At 1:200th scale, after some disassembly, it will fit in a box so I can transport it to events.

Here's what part of the series covers:
Part 1: Selection of design and MoreThan3d website
Part 2: Printing of Starship upper stage (except raptor engines which are part of the booster part)
Part 3: Printing Super Heavy Booster
Part 4: Printing Orbital Launch Mount and Base, Rocket Engines, and reprinting the Hot Staging Ring
Part 5: Printing the Black Pieces of the Orbital Launch Tower - Part 1
Part 6: Printing the Black Pieces of the Orbital Launch Tower - Part 2
Part 7: Printing the Draw works and Gray Pieces of the Orbital Launch Tower - Part 1
Part 8: Assembling the Starship and Base - Part 1
Part 9: Assembling the Starship and Base - Part 2
Part 10: Assembling the Super Heavy Booster - Part 1
Part 11: Assembling the Super Heavy Booster - Part 2 - fixing the Grid Fins
Part 12: Assembling the Base of the Orbital Launch Integration Tower - New & Improved method of ensuring magnet polarity
Part 13: Weighting the Base of the Orbital Launch Integration Tower, Assembling the Draw Works, Assembling Section 1 of the Tower
Part 14: Assembling Section 2 of the Tower, Gluing Sections 1,2,3 together, Discussion of Sections 4,5,6,7 which are basically the same (assembly not shown), Testing the Chopstick Arms Moving Up and Down on Sections 1-3.
Part 15: Reprinting Section 7 with Improved Sacrificial Base, Assembling Section 8, figuring out where all the pulleys go in Section 9 and the Chopsticks carriage, Figuring out How to Split to Tower in Half for Transportation
Part 16: Assembling Section 9 and the Carraige
Part 17: Assembling Chopstick Arms and Quick Disconnect Arm
Part 18: Final Assembly of the Tower Into Two Pieces for Easier Transport
Part 19: Threading the Cord that Raises and Lowers the Chopsticks and Installing the Draw Works
Part 20: Final Gluing of the Bottom Half of the Tower into the Base and Figuring Out How to Securely Attach the Top of the Tower to the Bottom. Discussion of Costs: Time & Materials. Final Reveal and Wrap up Including Showing What Other Things I Use to Explain to the Public How Starship & Super Heavy Work Including Actual Salvaged Starship Heat Shield Tile Fragments from Starship Test Flight #1.

Link to Starship Heat Shield Tile Replica (1/3 size):
https://betacygnidesigns.etsy.com/lis...
Other 3d Space Models I offer in my Etsy Store:
https://betacygnidesigns.etsy.com?sec...

Filament, Rods, and Magnets
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Sources for filament, plastic rods, and magnets I used:

JAYO PLA+ Filament 1.75mm: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ1FR86Y

CC3D Silk Silver PLA 3D Printer Filament 1.75 mm: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XSBFB17

FilaCube Gray PLA 3D Printer 1.75mm Filament: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076Z2BPDC

5mm dia x 3mm thick N42 Neodymium magnets: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...

25x8x1.5mm thick Bar Magnet Neodymium: https://www.amazon.com/Magnets-Neodym...

3mm (1/8") Acrylic Rod: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4JT6DMG

Silver MOHAWK Finishing Products Fill Stick (Fil-Stik) Putty Stick: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CGZG03C

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OpenSCAD website:
https://www.openscad.org/
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I used Simplify3D slicer software:
https://www.simplify3d.com/
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Link to my Etsy Store:
https://betacygnidesigns.etsy.com/
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Music:
"Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
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End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media...