3D Printing a Bi-Plane Model without a 3D Printer

Instructables user Kiwi4269, who had been interested in 3D printing but hasn't been able to afford an expensive 3D printer personally, decided to try out a new technique to "3D print" a model plane. Using only a hot glue gun and other simple tools, he created a "3D printed" Red Barron biplane model. The plane is made of glue strips all arranged carefully in a design he shared on his Instructables page. Check out this technique: http://3dprint.com/27805/hot-glue-3d-print-biplane/ ‎
Below is a photo of Kiwi4269's Red Barron model plane made of hot glue. How do you think he did? Have you tried anything similar using hot glue?
http://3dprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bi2.png

Looks like crap, but given that it's printed by hand with hot glue I gotta give him props.

Technically though, that's a triplane, not a biplane ;)

It does seem to be one of the often-used tropes to dismiss 3D printers. It ignores or even demeans the complexity of the what happens inside to make them operate. It's like saying a CNC mill is a hack saw.

Though it's pretty neat someone's managed to make a hot melt gun work, and well enough to compare against many works using a 3Doodler at that. The biggest issue with the 3Doodler is that it doesn't give much control. It's two speeds and there's a lag between pressing the button and it actually turning the motor on to push filament. Even low speed is too fast for careful work.

so when does 3d printing become 'making stuff by hand'
I've made all sorts of stuff with hot glue guns over the years. But in no way is it 3d PRINTING. It's making a model with a hand held thermo setting plastic extruder.

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Originally Posted by Brian_Krassenstein

Instructables user Kiwi4269, who had been interested in 3D printing but hasn't been able to afford an expensive 3D printer personally, decided to try out a new technique to "3D print" a model plane. Using only a hot glue gun and other simple tools, he created a "3D printed" Red Barron biplane model. The plane is made of glue strips all arranged carefully in a design he shared on his Instructables page. Check out this technique: http://3dprint.com/27805/hot-glue-3d-print-biplane/ ‎
Below is a photo of Kiwi4269's Red Barron model plane made of hot glue. How do you think he did? Have you tried anything similar using hot glue?
http://3dprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bi2.png

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*TRIPLANE
*TRIPLANE
*TRIPLANE
*TRIPLANE
*TRIPLANE
*TRIPLANE

sorry :P You can get some deadly accurate hot glue guns these days. Good for him!