These three 3D printed tank models are the jewels of Carlos D\u00edaz\u2019s collection. This talented man created many 3D prints, and each of his masterpieces deserves special attention due to the maker\u2019s love for the most delicate details and beautiful painting work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carlos was kind to answer Gambody\u2019s questions and share some great tips and tricks on painting his 3D printed tank model collection as well as other impressive projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Hello Carlos, please introduce yourself. Can you tell us more about your hobbies and, mostly, your love for 3D printing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hi, I\u2019m Carlos D\u00edaz, and I started this wonderful adventure of 3D printing and postprocessing a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At first, I just wanted a 3D printer, as another tool at home, to repair items that might be damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like most of us, as soon as I had the printer, I started burning plastic to make all kinds of objects, and the repairs went to the background. I focused on the construction of scale models, began to post-process and paint them. I was never good at painting. Since childhood, I was very clumsy, but I kept practising and learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has been from the hand of Gambody that I was perfecting myself since there are many pages with high-quality 3D printing models<\/a> on this marketplace. Other sites usually offer low-quality models or projects that are little prepared for 3D printing. Through increasingly complex models, I did my best to improve more and more in 3D printing and postprocessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I started this adventure of working out the printed models and not delivering only plastic with the Star Wars model, AT-AT Walker, which STL files you can download<\/a> on Gambody.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While working on the AT-AT 3D printing model, I started to split some 3D pieces in half to avoid supports while 3D printing<\/a>. I did not sand the pieces and painted them with grey spray. Then I applied very diluted smoke oil colour to the entire model. And finally, with a brush, I added rust colour to some areas. As you can see, it has a straightforward finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeing the result by applying only a little time to the painting, I was encouraged to try a bit more in the next model, which was the Hammerhead Corvette 3D printing ship<\/a>. In this 3D printing model, there is already a little more postprocessing work, but still not too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Your 3D printed tank model collection amazes. What are the stories and motives behind crafting your three jewels?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I believe that the tank 3D model is more difficult to 3D print and assemble than other 3D printing projects. Making everything fit as it should be is a challenge, and that\u2019s why I decided to print tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But which one to choose? It is a tough question since each tank 3D model has its peculiarities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I decided after I watched a video with the painting process of Gambody T-62 tank 3D printing model:<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"3D](\"https:\/\/www.gambody.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BLOG-Tanks-1024x522.png\" "\\"3D")
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![\"AT-AT](\"https:\/\/www.gambody.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/AT-AT-Walker-model-1024x953.jpg\" "\\"AT-AT")
![\"Hammerhead](\"https:\/\/www.gambody.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hammerhead-Corvette-model-1024x800.jpg\" "\\"Hammerhead")