Plesiosaurus macrocephalus fossil from the Jurassic Period as seen at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand.
A juvenile Plesiosaurus macrocephalus fossil replica to print, frame, and proudly display your dino-philic or Jurassic-philic nature. Or maybe you just want a copy of Nessie’s bones on your wall to go next to your stuffed bigfoot. I won’t judge.
It should fit in a 5x7 frame for ease of proud display on your wall.
Printer:
Printrbot - Wood Maker Kit Edition
Rafts:
No
Supports:
Doesn't Matter
Resolution:
0.1 mm
Infill:
Default
Notes:
This is a large flat piece, be sure to use settings and a bed set up that compensate for warp. For the printrbot, I used a thick (0.3 mm) first layer height, 110% first layer width, brim, and 40 mm/sec speed.
I recommend printing the piece full-size or larger. Images provided show the full-size version (in four quarters) and a 50% size version. I do not guarantee accuracy with respect to the original fossil.
As I was confined to a 100 mm x 100 mm x 100 mm volume, to produce the full-size piece, I had to quarter the model.
Creation of the model
1) Image taken of the original replica at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand Feb 14, 2018
2) Adjust the image from 1) to reversed black and white with high contrast and a darkened background - also made slight skew adjustments to compensate for the angle that the picture was taken at
3) Used the image from 2) in 3DPRock's awesome lithophane generator: http://3dp.rocks/lithophane/
4) Used the generated STL from 3) in Meshmixer where the model was further pulled into a 3D shape that more accurately represented the original replica
5) Attached a 5x7 flat rectangular prism to allow the model to be used in a standard frame
