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EV Kestrel
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"The Atinoda Kestrel is the most powerful ship available to civilian printers. In addition to its already formidable compliment of game nerfing stats, this sleek, black vessel carries a pair of [Lightning fighter-bombers](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4552656) (printed separately); this combination is the reason the Kestrel is classified as an escort frigate. Of course, Atinoda only sells this kind of firepower to the most reputable of extruderists."
This is a recreation of the Kestrel from the 1996 Macintosh shareware game, "Escape Velocity." With no adjustments, this will print at 1:500 scale.
There are two options for printing:
a) Print the whole craft upright with supports (kestrel_full.stl) with supports enabled. Be aware that this has a tendency to mangle the trailing edges of the fins.
b) Print the slotted fuselage (layer height: at least 0.2mm), three fins, and the two winglets (layer height 0.12mm). Glue the winglets to two of the fins. After drying, insert the
This is a recreation of the Kestrel from the 1996 Macintosh shareware game, "Escape Velocity." With no adjustments, this will print at 1:500 scale.
There are two options for printing:
a) Print the whole craft upright with supports (kestrel_full.stl) with supports enabled. Be aware that this has a tendency to mangle the trailing edges of the fins.
b) Print the slotted fuselage (layer height: at least 0.2mm), three fins, and the two winglets (layer height 0.12mm). Glue the winglets to two of the fins. After drying, insert the
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