IJN Kongō - RC scaled

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I really like HatsuneR's Japanese Battlecruiser, Kongo, but wanted it RC suitable. I have re-sized, hollowed out the hull, and sliced the pieces apart so it will assemble about 900mm (3 ft.) long. There will be some areas that simply will not print well (railings, crane wires, anchor chain, etc.) and there was really no way to remove them, but I cleaned it up as much as possible. My plan is to print the hull on my Ender 3 and the deck/superstructure on my Elegoo Saturn. I really do not see the upper sections printing well on a FDM printer. I will hollow out the upper parts in the slicer for the Saturn to save on resin. You will also need to remove the propeller/screw assembly and fit in a proper shaft and screw for the RC function, as well as a rudder. There are also many other details that could be fun to add, like the AA guns and such, but being a larger size sourcing and printing should be easy. You will find both the 3D Builder file and the STL file for download. Split apart to print each section, as needed. I highly recommend the 3mf file (3D Builder) to better split apart for printer and any additional tweaks you may want to do.