This document provides information on 11 3D models available for 3D printing, including details on their source, size, quality, and print readiness. The models cover a range of subjects including ancient artifacts, fossils, maps, and architectural structures. Most models were created using 3D scanning techniques like laser scanning or photogrammetry and have high quality details. All 11 models are listed as print ready with the exception of one low quality fossil scan.
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Horus (Falcon)
Citation: britishmuseum on Sketchfab,
https://sketchfab.com/models/f16eb0a359aa4354af8487
44c6916c87
How it was created: Likely by using 3D laser scanning
Size: Height: 91.5 cm, 2.2 mb (digital)
Quality: High-quality, many intricate details shown
Print Ready?: Yes
3. + Hoa Hakananai'a
Citation: britishmuseum on Sketchfab,
https://sketchfab.com/models/752e69d34933438d8230a
c829d22300e
How it was created: Likely by using 3D laser scanners
Size: Height: 242 cm, width: 100 cm, depth: 55 cm,
weight: around 4 tons, 1.0 mb (digital)
Quality: Very high quality scan
Print Ready?: Yes
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Stone figure of
Xiuhcoatl
(Fire Serpent)
Citation: britishmuseum on Sketchfab,
https://sketchfab.com/models/eb247f805b
204de384fa75cdf9781ff8
How it was created: Likely using 3D laser
scanning
Size: 3.1 mb (digital)
Quality: Highly-detailed scan, of high quality
Print Ready?: Yes
5. + Colossal marble
bust of Zeus
Citation: bitishmuseum on Sketchfab,
https://sketchfab.com/models/9246efe12795
43a784a08be62e6b96a8
How it was created: Likely using 3D laser
scanners
Size: Height (incl. base): 110cm, Width:
77cm, Depth: 22cm, 3.8 mb (digital)
Quality: Very high quality, well-detailed
Print Ready?: Yes
6. + Pictish class III cross-
slab, Nat. Mus.
ScotlandCitation: nebulousflynn on Sketchfab,
https://sketchfab.com/models/a6f8681fd8f142819e0f79f91f
adc86d
How it was created: Likely from photogrammetry, possibly
laser scanning
Size: 3.1 mb (digital)
Quality: Excellent quality, highly detailed and accurate
Print Ready?: Yes
7. +
Ben Nevis -
Map
Citation: MountainShaper on Shapeways,
http://www.shapeways.com/product/GUYU
ZMTE5/ben-nevis-map?li=search-results-
1&optionId=43424722
How it was created: Modeled from
Ordnance Survey elevation data
Size: WIDTH – 6 cm, HEIGHT – 2.69 cm,
DEPTH – 12 cm
Quality: Of good quality, highly-detailed
Print Ready?: Yes
8. +
Pakal's tomb stone lid
- aka "The Mayan
Spaceship"
Citation: frankeno on Shapeways,
http://www.shapeways.com/product/HU4QTUQCU/pak
al-s-tomb-stone-lid-aka-quot-the-mayan-spaceship-
quot?li=search-results-1&optionId=12767799
How it was created: Reconstructed from drawings and
photographs found on the internet
Size: WIDTH – 8.9 cm, HEIGHT – 0.784 cm, DEPTH –
15.3 cm
Quality: Highly detailed, good quality
Print Ready?: Yes
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Trilobite (P149623)
Citation: MuseumVictoria on Thingiverse,
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:91832/#files
How it was created: Likely from 3D scanning,
possibly a little bit of photogrammetry as well
Size: 27 mb (digital)
Quality: High quality, well-detailed
Print Ready?: Yes
10. + Pueblo Bonito Blanco
01
Citation: davidolphin on Shapeways,
http://www.shapeways.com/product/5FX4EAZZP/pue
blo-bonito-blanco-01?li=search-results-
1&optionId=6833561
How it was created: Likely by using an aerial
scanner, maybe terrestrial as well
Size: WIDTH – 10.054 cm, HEIGHT – 2.484 cm,
DEPTH – 7.668 cm
Quality: Very high-quality and detailed
Print Ready?: Yes
11. +
Fossil of bird during
the age of mammals
Citation: mizliz on Thingiverse,
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:25567
How it was created: using 123D Catch at the American
Museum of Natural History
Size: 1 mb (digital)
Quality: low-quality, not super detailed/intricate
Print Ready?: Not quite, needs to be water-tight and
varified