Historic musket

An antique musket made using 3D printing

Museum exhibits are very valuable and often the most sensitive. They can be easily damaged, which is why they are displayed in glass cases so that visitors cannot touch them. The National Museum in Poznań asked specialists from Get Models Now to create a printed replica of the exhibit that they could give to their visitors. In this way, a faithful replica of a 16th-century musket was created on a scale of 1:1.

Making an antique musket using a 3D printer

The scanned 3D model was cut into parts and printed on a multifunctional 3D printer ZMorph 2.0 SX with PLA and WoodFillu. These elements were then assembled around the lead bar of the barrel, which simultaneously weighed the object down to its original weight of 5.2 kg. The entire musket is one and a half meters long. Its post-production took a lot of time, but it was possible to recreate the unusual decorations on the lock resembling a dragon and the engravings on the trigger.

A ready-made antique musket printed by a 3D printer

Artists from Get Models Now painted WoodFill elements to resemble real wood, then painted decorative patterns on them. This attention to detail makes it really difficult to tell the 3D printed replica apart from the original. Soon the replica will be exhibited together with historic firearms from various eras at the National Museum in Poznań, where you will be able to see it up close and touch it.