3D Printed Traveller Scout Ship - Review

The Type-S Scout/Courier has been an iconic spacecraft for Traveller players for over 40 years. Now 2nd Dynasty has teamed up with Marc Miller to bring a 3D-printable version that's to scale with 28mm miniatures. It features three decks, sliding doors, folding landing gear, a rotating turret, in 25.3 inches long, OpenLOCK compatible, and can accept a lighting kit for the engines and running lights.
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Guest starring The Gang.
00:00 The Gang
01:06 Intro
02:58 Specs
05:04 Deck Designer
06:00 Virtual Tour of the Ship
10:08 Criticisms
15:13 Overall Opinion
16:36 Closing

[@2ndDynasty3D]

Our Response video is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/raizkqFqmrBqZ9U Also, the prototype did not have the support rod support, which greatly increases the stability of the ship.

[@spacedinosaur8733]

Thank you for your response, though 'support rod support' might be a bit redundant As a military person with over 5 terms in Military career field I know about system redundant description title redundancies. ;)

[@2ndDynasty3D]

@@spacedinosaur8733 hehe, yeah, was winging it.

[@MaxWriter]

Any plans to sell actual physical ships?

[@FuriousJorge]

Response was spot on. To clarify for folks I used ABS for this because I mostly made cosplay pieces and use ABS because of its higher heat tolerance. I rarely use PLA but have started experimenting with PLA+. In hindsight, PLA would have been a better choice. So for the next ship. It'll definitely be PLA+!

[@carlpult5235]

I love how the intro was essentially a Toy commercial :D "WOW! IT DOES THING!" "WOW! *READS FEATURE FROM THE BOX*" nice one Seth! (also a cool project in and of its self :))

[@thebolas000]

It feels like a Kenner Toys commercial from the Star Wars holiday special, and I mean that in the best way possible.

[@TheWonkster]

Not gonna lie, it got me hyped as hell

[@EATherridan]

But I was thinking the same things lol.

[@zootopiawilson]

"Check out this sweet turret! PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW! PEW!"

[@richmcgee434]

The Traveller geek in me is forced to point out that in the 490 hours this took to fully print (counting the odd fails) you could have just about completed three separate FTL jumps. :)

[@joanhelenak]

I clicked on this video because of Seth's enthusiastic face

[@THECOSMONAUT100]

*overtly masculine and unbelievably sexy

[@fromachat]

Lmao same

[@cdylan471]

yep

[@2ndDynasty3D]

Thanks Seth for the review! The commercial version DOES come with an air raft. Issues with the front landing gear are possible material-based, and have been solved, also there are alternates now. You are not meant to clip in the drive compartment the way you did, I am going to do a response video to show. :) Great review.

[@rickyl3136]

Great work guys

[@richmcgee434]

Impressive bit of digital design there.

[@2ndDynasty3D]

@Feelefant Affenhand At least until the next Kickstarter in late October, and it will be available in that one too for around the same price (depending on the USD vs. SEK at the time). Although the Kickstarter will have a greater delay in availability.

[@B00Radl33]

This ship is gorgeous

[@FuriousJorge]

Thank you 2nd Dynasty for this because it was a FUN project to work on! We had several painting nights while watching movies and man it was a blast.

[@rjhisle1973]

Intro was awesome. It looked so much like a toy commercial.

[@SSkorkowsky]

That was the vibe I was shooting for. Glad to hear I pulled it off.

[@rjhisle1973]

@@SSkorkowsky I can't get that intro out of my head. Now I'm just thinking of a whole line of toys with adult men in them instead of kids. I'm sure my wife would be proud of me in a commercial like that and playing with new toys again like a kid. Then again I did get back into miniature painting recently and I want to get back into RPG games, so maybe it's not a far stretch after all...

[@mykediemart]

I am impressed. I do not even play Traveler but this is just wow. I have that feeling like a kid "I'll just print my own toys" Not practical? -- Isn't that most of this hobby :P

[@richmcgee434]

Practical, this hobby is not. :)

[@robwalker4452]

That huge grin in the thumbnail is NOT clickbait afterall. My face looked the same as I watched the video. That ship is cool as hell.

[@hdestotallyunoriginalgamin3555]

Absolutely love seeing stuff like this. Even with the criticisms pointed out, the ingenuity behind this is really something.

[@2ndDynasty3D]

Thanks!

[@bittergeek]

I can't wait to see one of these at a future gaming convention - one of ships sitting on the table will definitely draw some attention to the Traveller games. (I actually managed to play a session of Traveller in my very first gaming con, in 1988. Back then we'd have been impressed with decently printed character sheets. The idea that we could eventually print a scale model of the ship would have blown our brains clean out of our heads.)

[@daimom]

That intro is like a 90's GI JOE toy commercial, 10/10 Thank you man

[@jeanphilippemalouin]

Great review! I'd love to hear you say ''EACH SOLD SEPERATLY - BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED'' like in a toy commercial from the 90s

[@SSkorkowsky]

Damn. I totally forgot to add "Batteries not included." Wasted opportunity right there.

[@mrredeef]

Your player is a cool dude, never have I seen a more likely chief engineer

[@chriswolfe403]

amazing commercial! I was back in the 80's again watching the kids at your table marveling over this amazing toy!

[@Actalzy]

I'm not even into Traveller and I think this model is amazing. Has me hoping someone will do the same for Battletech Dropships now.

[@seandremel337]

I seriously want to get deep into Traveller games now, just so I can have reason for this to not be my next desk toy 😅 Plus, seeing any of my players' faces when I bring out detailed 3D terrain is just priceless.

[@gmradio2436]

Seth, so far you mentioned how your players have made dice, leather facehuggers, and now 3D printing. Could your players come on and talk about their crafts and gaming?

[@SSkorkowsky]

All of those are by Jorge. His crafting ability is unreal.

[@FuriousJorge]

@@SSkorkowsky awww, I'm blushing. You can't tell, but I am. ;)

[@gmradio2436]

@@FuriousJorge Subscribed.

[@Barquevious_Jackson]

That intro was a spot on impression of a toy commercial. I'm going to watch it again, instant classic.

[@ARKavli]

When you introduced the ship to the guys, I immediately thought of the old Millennium Falcon / X-Wing commercials.

[@DarthTellor]

Like a kid on Christmas! Great model.

[@Alefiend]

Well, since 490 hours is about 20 days, I don't think anybody can be surprised that it took a while to get it built, painted, and reviewed. The thing is bloody cool, and the other ships I saw on 2nd Dynasty's site were similarly excellent. I especially like how some of the modular builds allow some ships to look appropriate for different subgenres, skirting around licensing issues to do so.

[@LegallyBlindGamer7926]

Seeing the tour of the Scout Ship in the Deck Designer makes me want an official Traveller video game.

[@candidgamera]

I recently printed 2nd Dynasty's Shuttle from one of their earlier KS's. I have it in the process of assembly and priming, planning to use it for an upcoming sci-fi game!

[@aloysiuslchomas]

I haven't even played Traveller yet and I already want this, it's amazing, ship sets are a great idea and I'd love to see what else they do with this idea going forward, what I would really love is if I could purchase the model for Tabletop simulator

[@Zergash]

Holy shit that thing is intricate!

[@aaronbono4688]

I think it's cool that people are creating models like this and stretching the boundaries of what you can do with 3D printing. But man oh man having to have two different printers and spending that long just with the prints not to mention the amount of time you have to spend then assembling and painting it, that's a project. I look forward to the improvements in 3D printing which will make something like this become easier and easier because right now I don't want to do something like this this bad yet. But as fast as 3D printing is improving, it's only a matter of time.

[@Acmegamer]

490 hours? Ouch. It looks awesome though. I am totally impressed. They truly nailed it, thanks for sharing this Seth. Makes me want to purchase a 3d printer and start printing. lol.

[@skylarking12]

As a fellow man-child, I enjoyed the unbridled preteen enthusiasm; we've all been there and some of us LIVE there, lol. I mentioned this on fb, but, I don't really have the room for this, but would very much lay down some quatloos for a VR version based on the model, that I can just sit "inside of" and experience while thinking about the game... maybe even use for staging virtual photo shoots in. And I wouldn't have to cry if it fell off a shelf.

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

Wow! I know Jack usually does that outro, but Seth rattled it off so smoothly you’d think he’d done it a million times! 😉

[@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688]

This reminds me of the Star Wars toy commercials from when I was a kid. Awesome job, Seth.

[@honestindomitus1342]

And I was *THIS* close to kicking my 3D printing addiction. DAMN YOU SKORKOWSKY

[@StephMcAlea]

Great video, Seth! I'd love a Free Trader. I suppose the best use you'd get out of this kind of product would be the Azhanti High Lightning but it would be a serious expense to just use once...

[@SSkorkowsky]

I think the Azhanti High Lightning would take up a small warehouse. It'd take an army of printers and the paint required would be measured in gallons. It would also make for one hell of a badass setting for some wargaming convention battle. AzhantiCon? AHL-Con? We'll have plenty of time to name the convention while it's printing.

[@mauricewalshe8339]

@@SSkorkowsky For Azhanti High Lightning - you would presumably build individual decks and only play play on one at a a time - though the race track fighter hanger decks for the Rampart's would be amazing

[@spacejens]

Nice review, and awesome ship! I just want to add that even if the model is not really practical as a part of an actual game, a model like this would really make the characters' ship come alive in the minds of the players. Spending leftover time looking at it gives a much better feel for the layout, and you can decorate each character's state room, place that weird alien artifact next to the coffee machine, paint the acid stains in the engine room, and so on to make it even more alive. That sense of immersion would be the big win for me, even when not moving miniatures around the ship.

[@xyonblade]

this is sweet! Man... I'd love to see a TOS Enterprise like this. but that would be huuuge.

[@originaluddite]

The gang segment is just like old toy commercials and, heck, that's what this model is. Sure you can use it to help visualize a game setting, but it's really a fabulous play-set. :)

[@originaluddite]

Oh, turns out that's what everyone is saying.

[@rickyl3136]

Your friend looked so happy. This is an amazing product and I love the review, great work.

[@robpegler6545]

If your Traveller game has a FIREFLY vibe, then incorporating the ship itself as a setting would make a lot of sense. Even in episodes where they got into trouble on some planet or moon, Serenity was always the central setting of the show and at least some of the action in each story would take place there. Having a model as cool as this one would only encourage more of that, which isn't a bad thing.

[@Scanner9631]

Probably works better if you have a larger ship.

[@paulaseabee8442]

*sigh* And there was me, years ago, always promising myself I'd make a scale model with balsa wood. *sniff* I love it, absolutely love it! But this breaks my heart for a past intention. :-)

[@joeykonyha2414]

Yesterday I didn’t know this existed and now I can’t live without it.

[@euansmith3699]

What a great review for a super nerdy project. 15:42 A Murder on the Jump Space Express adventure could be fun.

[@peterdickinson4599]

Looks cool. Also looks like a LOT of work. The walkthrough made me laugh - reminded me of the scenes in Galaxy Quest when the nerds guide Nesmith and DeMarco through the Protector’s lower decks.

[@2ndDynasty3D]

Haha, great reference. It was fun to dig through all the Type S lore, talk to the Traveller RPG facebook communities, and compare different versions, and of course Marc Miller himself. At the end of the day, I got a fair bit of creative freedom enhancing the design, and trying to make it as faithful to the deckplans as possible.

[@mauricewalshe8339]

@@2ndDynasty3D Some where upstairs I think I have the book with the Serpent Variant (the one with the wings) and the stretch 150 Dt Serpent

[@thephotoviper]

The model is cool, but the interactive 3d render is badass too. If you could drop in items, you could almost run the rpg like a video game...

[@williamozier918]

Wow! between the model, and the digital render I am more than impressed, not only with these specific things but the implications of how much cool crap will be possible because of the availability of these techs.

[@WulfCorbett]

I haven't actually played Traveller in decades, but as I sit here, cleaning support off my 3d printed Canadian Ram tank, I am sorely tempted...

[@MechaTrekAD]

If they do a Free Trader, I might have to get one. That's the ship most of my players have used as the PC/Campaign vessel over the years.

[@lonestarr1843]

Sorry Seth but every time I hear you say, “air lock” I’m constantly reminded of ALEINS when Ripley is going over what happened on the Nostromo during the board meeting an the lady at the table tells her that they have found no evidence of the creature she describes, to witch Ripley replies, “- because I blew it out the god damn air lock”! Other than that, another great review. 👍

[@spiritconsumer]

Lol Seth, your skits are off the chart

[@jefferydraper4019]

Thats why I love war stories. Watching Kevin, Mike, Dweebles, and occasionally Jack the NPC make Seths videos the bomb.

[@alexandrebelinge8996]

what a time to be alive ! WOW that is EPIC !

[@quarkbent9165]

I've been playing 3D VTT lately and good lord, this model makes me wish I had a huge room dedicated to these kinds of props so I can do similar things in real. You've done a good job of painting it, so much that I'm really envious! Congrats on getting it done :)

[@wraithgear4216]

this is with out a doubt, the most manly poly pocket i have ever seen.

[@Andulvar]

I'd love to print this out. I would however use resin for anything that isn't just a large plate, some parts would get reinforced with metal like the small bits you pointed out near the "wiring". I hope they do more ships. Also, props to the designers. They added a bathroom! Already a superior ship over anything in Star Wars. That universe needs hyperspace travel so you can get to the nearest starport in time so you can empty your bucket before it smells too much.

[@commanderwyro4204]

3d printing has complemented the tabletop world so well

[@icantthinkofagoodname.3983]

I genuinely love how seth looks like a kid on Christmas day in the thumbnail

[@jamesavery9584]

That thing is so cool. Thanks for the tour!

[@G-Blockster]

Watching the first 45 seconds of the video, "Huh. That's pretty cool." Then Seth turned on the lights. "Whoa! O.M.G. Sign me up!"

[@danielbroening]

I've spent many a hour in my youth dreaming of exploring the galaxy in one of these.

[@jamesthiessen5319]

Great job Seth! I have enjoyed all your traveller videos and this one was outstanding!!

[@DerDieDasBoB]

Wow, what a sick model!! Looks absolute amazing!!!!

[@ComradePenguinski]

I have never played Traveller, but I want this ship.

[@1redrab]

This is awesome!! Thank you so much for the great review. Cheers, Ryan

[@rommdan2716]

I love Traveller ships, they feel so real.

[@MaxWriter]

I love this. I own a few lifetime models that are awesome. A friend once built a scale Empress Minerva far trader from scratch and it was amazing. And huge. Great vid as usual.

[@Winterydee]

Alright, that is just freaking super nerdy cool! Yeah it looks like it would be an issue from time to time if used for gaming sessions... but come on we all know that every tabletop RPG player would love to play at least one game session with it being used! To the people who created the 3D printing files for it, my hat's off to all of you! Also thank you for letting Seth and his friend have access to them so they could show it off. Brilliant marketing play on your part. To Seth and your friend who printed and I'm guessing helped with the painting. Terrific work on both of your parts. I'm glad that you guys stuck with it till total completion, even suffering through misprint and technical issues. Yeah somethings are simply better to use a 3D resin printer on.

[@aWOLtrooper]

I really love this. THIS is what I want more of for 3d printing.

[@mikestanmore2614]

I have the original "little black books" and all the gear that was produced for them. You've warmed the cockles of my heart. This is perfect! How did I miss this Kickstarter?

[@jeremyherndon2974]

It wasn't run on Kickstarter is went through the MMF (my mini factory) backing platform, I think they may have missed some of their audience because of this, but you were able to get the files as soon as you backed it. I haven't started to print mine yet but I hope to have one by this time next year.

[@mikestanmore2614]

@@jeremyherndon2974 Oh, okay. Thanks for letting me know. I'll have a look.

[@nrgspike]

The lower deck is meant to be lifted straight out, but it looks like you've got parts that are meant to be left in the ship attached to the removable parts. A work around could be to fix the air-raft room walls to the deck like you've done with the airlock walls and then remove those clips you mentioned. That way you might be able to lift out that whole section without having to detach the back panel..? The S-Class is an absolute beast of a model - good job on getting it built! Goodness knows how big the Freetrader will look. I have the files for their Scout Ship Beta model which I girding myself to print - at over 2ft long it'll be by far the biggest thing I've ever printed but it's still a fraction of the volume of this monster.

[@jeremyherndon2974]

I'm in the process of printing the hammer head version of the Scout Ship Beta, then we will be printing the Wayfinder, then this lovely S-Type Scout hopefully by the time that is all printed we will finally have the Freetrader available to buy.

[@nrgspike]

@@jeremyherndon2974 The Hammer Head does look very cool! Personally I'm marrying the Patrol and Civilian variants (some chopping up of parts in Meshmixer is required) to add a 3rd deck, a nose turret, and in place of the Patrol's side turrets I'm adding the Chimera's VTOL Engines for atmospheric landings -- I've maybe put a bit too much thought into this!

[@jeremyherndon2974]

@@nrgspike That sounds sweet. The Hammerhead has a bottom turret under the nose but the VTOL Engines on the side sound sweet. An Extra deck could be interesting as well. Hope it all goes well.

[@dockerydesigns]

Looks awesome!

[@TurboWulfe]

It's always Coolio to see how far tech has come 😎🤘

[@madquest8]

That looks amazing!! 3D printing is too complex for me, unfortunately, but if they ever made that available at a decent price that would be awesome.

[@evilhobocheeky1280]

I'd love it if you could review more of the ships :D

[@MonkeyJedi99]

This looks like something that would do well as an injection molded model kit as well. The downside with injection molding is that good molds are stunningly expensive, so you need to be sure of a pile of sales, or have a deep bank account already, to make that leap.

[@theofficerfactory2625]

When the time comes that my Scout Ship Beta The Wandering Heart is ever completed, I intend to use her for Stargrave. Her chin-mount chain gun and ventral turret could come in handy in keeping the baddies away from my crew!

[@shadowheartart3898]

This is just... insanely cool!

[@nerdherd1819]

Fascinating. Honestly, I'd say it's art.

[@malcolmcampbell2370]

That's so cool! I'm sorry I missed the kickstarter..

[@vernonjennings5921]

Very Cool. Thanks for sharing!

[@RIVERSRPGChannel]

Wow that thing is awesome 🤩

[@geekdomo]

I dont even run traveller but now I want to :). I am a 3d printing fiend.

[@matthew7419]

That intro is hilarious. It's like 1979.

[@jimsutter2748]

I am about 40% of the way through printing one. I did up the scale to 115%, so that I would not have to re-base some of the models that I planned on using in it. I will say that increasing the size seems to have eliminated most of the problems that you have mentioned with the print.

[@richmcgee434]

Going by the response vid from the manufacturer, some of Seth's issues may be the material he printed in. There's a lot of variation in how sturdy different resins and vinyls can be, and it makes a bigger difference with something this huge than most gaming stuff.

[@jimsutter2748]

@@richmcgee434 I actually don't think that ABS is a bad choice for printing this, and it might end up being the more durable long-term material. For instance, it would be a shame to have a print that took a few hundred hours get warped by being stuck in a hot car. We don't know what type of printer or print settings were used either, which might have made for a bigger difference than the material used. ABS was always off the table for me as I don't like printing it due to the fumes and where my printers are set up in my house.

[@rontalkstabletop]

The thumbnail is priceless! Great video overall.

[@robbabcock_]

That's pretty badass!

[@1simo93521]

Pretty cool!

[@ManicEngine]

This is cool as hell, I'm about to get a 3d printer and this would be an amazing project to make

[@FinbarGallagher]

I don't play Traveller, nor do I have any real interest in starting. And yet, I need this in my life, desperately so.

[@thecybersmily4794]

For some of those pieces that break (like the landing gear) have you tried doing an infill of 100%? Also might want to look at inner wall thickness as well. Also for the clip issue, take a look at purchasing some small magnets, drill holes and glue them in. It helps with attaching/detaching sections. A mechanical fastener can be an annoyance while pulling things apart. Magnets are snap on/snap off.

[@SSkorkowsky]

The part that embarrasses me (more than 2nd Dynasty's response that the reason for my trouble getting to the hold is because I fused the panels wrong) is that I've been using magnets to attach mini ships to flight stands for over a year now and it didn't even occur to me to do the same thing with the ship panels.

[@burningphoneix]

Unrelated, but your website is great for my Cyberpunk games. Thanks for all your hard work Cyber Smiley.

[@thecybersmily4794]

@@burningphoneix thanks. Appreciate the love.

[@danielgoldberg5357]

8:08 It's got everything James Holden needs.

[@prtwriter4660]

Amazing 😭 love it

[@mikegould6590]

That's an amazing prop.

[@lizardwithhat4125]

What an amazing model, see Seth this excited was just great ... and mirrored my own thoughts. The level of detail is stunning and the inbuilt lamps and illuminated drives blew me away :D (I maybe start schemeing with some 3D-pritining friends later...) A slight difference in taste: The ship is a pit to spartan for me. I prefer staterooms that are more like those of an ocean liner (own toiletts and showers) and a fresher with a bathtub or whirlpool :P - just to give the crew some extra stressrelive options in jump space ^^ All in all an amazing review for an amazing acessory :D

[@eclectic_nerd]

This is so freaking cool!!

[@civ-fanboy2137]

I am crying nerdy tears of joy!

[@shanelorrison5224]

Oh SHIP! That is so cool!

[@Frostfly]

I love the model. but some 3d printing issues. Resin is not stronger(it's most of what I print in), your landing gear broke at layer lines likely due to using ABS because of the higher heat needed. Tell your player to print in PLA, it's both stronger(or at least as strong) and easier to print (and plant based rather then oil based) thanks for the fun video. that Intro was epic.

[@Lorian667]

This is so good! :D

[@wolf1066]

Ah, yes, nearly everyone's "my first star ship". Our earliest campaigns were in a Type S (we did change to a Vargr Corsair ship at one point and a number of others) and another campaign (different crew) had a Free Trader. I now want both just for my spaceship collection.

[@grimdesaye6534]

Very Cool beginning was very funny Thanks I'm getting this some hiw:)

[@BrotherAlpha]

I would love to get some 3D designs for some of the ships I use in my WEG Star Wars campaign.

[@BigFrakkinOgre]

Always wanted a Ghtroc 720 done like the old Millennium Falcon toys playsets

[@anthonypeacock9305]

Has anyone ever, in the history of humanity, looked happier?

[@JosephKeenanisme]

Hey Seth, I know there are sci fi 3d printed "Dungeon Tiles" (I have some). It would mean printing out more tiles but a work around could be printing out those tiles for the upper and lower decks (have the middle deck of the ship exposed for play). It it's possible take the set dressing (cargo containers, ect) out place them on the dungeon tiles..... it takes up more table real estate but that way you could have all three decks in play at the same time.... from the video it sort of sounded like you can't do that with just the model. For the price and what you get the guys at 2nd Dynasty have a good things going. If I had an extra $100 & and extra roll or two of filament I could seriously crank out a bunch of nice sci fi stuff from their offerings.