{"id":1346,"date":"2020-02-20T02:34:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T02:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/?page_id=1346"},"modified":"2025-08-12T14:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:33:02","slug":"ijn-hosho","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scalemodelguy.com\/index.php\/ijn-hosho\/","title":{"rendered":"IJN Hosho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Original post: 08\/09\/2019 <\/strong>
This is IJN Hosho<\/a>, my earliest print attempt using my Ender 3 Pro<\/a> shown on this site.
However, It was my third Ender print attempt.

The first was an all-in-one-shot print of the IJN Akizuki, just to see what I’d get.

What I got was a big mess – a mess that still managed to show promise.
Not breaking the Akizuki’s design up for better printing, while desirable, just didn’t work on the Ender.

Somewhat disappointed I tried an IJN Hosho design I’d been working on for a while in Blender (I still do some bits in XYZmaker). It was cut up for printing like I’d done for my DaVinci Mini prints. This came out much better but I still underestimated how difficult the printed scaffolding would be to remove and didn’t like the damage doing so caused. I had much of the ship together before I decided to bag it and re-cut the design into easier to prepare pieces.

This page shows that second design and print attempted at Hosho, and my third print on the Ender 3 Pro.

I was in such a hurry to put Hosho together and get a decent feel for what the Ender could do that I put no thought into how I’d finish paint the interior bits… A mistake I did not repeat on USS Bogue.

So after priming, I took a break from Hosho, and set out to use lessons learned on Bogue<\/a>. Then onto a do-over of Akizuki<\/a>.

Almost time to come back to Hosho, almost…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ender 3 pro print example, Ender 3 pro print sample, 3D print printed , 1\/450 scale ship model, WW2 Japanese aircraft carrier, warship<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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