SpaceX Starship SN8 by Irelae

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

SpaceX's Starship SN8 high-altitude prototype:
My first real model! I started this back in December originally intended for a smaller scale, but I went too far into detail and had to scale it up to it's current scale of 1/200th. It's not perfect, but I did my best to get it as accurate as possible while allowing certain features to still be printable (the umbilicals, the plumbing, etc.). Certain features are still a little over-exaggerated--particularly the weld lines and the umbilicals--from when the model was meant to be a bit smaller scale.
I am not entirely finished with the model, nor have a done a test print yet (in other words, not all parts or features may be 100% printable yet), but I am confident enough to finally share it with the world! I do apologize for the awkward attachment points, however. I hope to improve these to make it easier to glue together.
The interior and the plumbing is very over-simplified, as I do not have enough references to create an accurate model of the interior.
Included in the model are various options for different sections. From top-to-bottom:
NOSECONE SECTION
-Flaps extended (nosecone-section_flaps-out.stl)
-Flaps tucked/strapped (nosecone-section_flaps-strapped.stl)
FORWARD DOME SECTION
-Forward dome section with FTS [none yet]
-Forward dome section without FTS (forward-dome_no-fts.stl)
COMMON DOME SECTION
-Common dome section with downcomer (common-dome.stl)
-Common dome section without downcomer- for ease of printing (common-dome_without-downcomer.stl)
AFT SECTION
-Flaps extended, landing legs extended (aft-section_flaps-extended_landing-legs-extended)
-Flaps extended, landing legs retracted (aft-section_flaps-extended_landing-legs-retracted.stl)
-Flaps tucked/strapped, landing legs extended (aft-section_flaps-strapped_landing-legs-extended.stl)
-Flaps tucked/strapped, landing legs retracted (aft-section_flaps-strapped_landing-legs-retracted.stl)
THRUST PUCK
-Only version (thrust-puck.stl)
RAPTOR ENGINES [SEA LEVEL]
-Only version- print 3 (raptor_sea-level.stl)
{FTS= Flight Termination System (explosive charges)}
If needed, I will create instructions for assembling the model. However, I will probably hold off on this until I create better attachment methods.
I highly recommend printing this with 100% infill. If you have any problems or find that I am missing anything, please let me know!
Note: The thumbnail is of an earlier version of the model, but very little was changed on the exterior since that render.