Dinghy 'Dover Rover' 1:87 scale, 1:6 scale

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This is a small dinghy that I saw and 3D scanned on Whiting Bay slipway. I like the wee chunk out of the back of the keel, presumably to clear an outboard motor. It looks like it could be repurposed to fit the propeller of a tiny inboard motor, an idea that I find quite attractive. The 1:87 version is designed primarily for resin printers, and the example in the photograph was printed on a Phrozen sonic mini 8K. For painting, It was first sprayed with white enamel overall, and allowed to dry. Then I worked with a brush and greys and oranges to scuff up the outside and some bright red and blue for the gunwales. After that was dry, a murky wash and a brownish drybrush helped to dirty up the look of the boat on the inside. I've included a 1:6 scale version too, which should resize well to other large scales and is should be well suited for making an RC or trailered version....I can recommend my open source outboard motor for propulsion: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5212312 At 1:6 scale, it's quite big at around 600mm long, but will fit on larger format printers such as the Ender 5 Plus. If it's too big, you can use the Plane Cut (with Cut, Keep Both enabled) command in Meshmixer to slice it into smaller pieces to fit your printer. I suggest splitting it down the keel to further best hide the seam.