Beautiful work, Alexis!
What's just come off your printer?
Lets get started with the new forum.
Taking advantage of the good weather (had last [?] swim of the season a week ago) set me back as the printers were in the Athens home.Bi made a pot of preparatory work,so here are the first prints :
from the filament printer:
Chassis for the Scalextric Audi quattro
![Gas Auto part Machine Fashion accessory Metal]()
![Wheel Tire Vehicle Car Toy]()
Chassis for the classicslot kits Alpine A210
![Light Product Bumper Automotive exterior Auto part]()
and from the resin printer a few inserts
![Textile Silver Automotive tire Grey Art]()
Taking advantage of the good weather (had last [?] swim of the season a week ago) set me back as the printers were in the Athens home.Bi made a pot of preparatory work,so here are the first prints :
from the filament printer:
Chassis for the Scalextric Audi quattro
Chassis for the classicslot kits Alpine A210
and from the resin printer a few inserts
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This is my first successful body print from my printer.
![Automotive lighting Bumper Motor vehicle Automotive design Automotive exterior]()
Printer: Qidi Tech Shadow 6.0
Resin: 80% Elegoo ABS-like resin
20% Siraya Tech Tenacious
Layers: 0.03 mm
Exposure time: 5 sec.
Printed at 45°, Chitubox heavy supports (auto generated)
Printing Time: 12 hrs. 17 min.
I was mostly pleased with the result. The shell is a little thin, but the Tenacious resin makes it pretty flexible. It can be dropped on the floor with no ill effect. I’m a little concerned about the thinness of the shell; is there any way to increase the thickness?
Detail is okay, but there are features that didn’t turn out as sharply as I’d like: panel lines, latches, etc. However, the windscreen rivets seem to have shown up well. Is the lack of detail a result of insufficient exposure time, or too much? I have printed the XP2 validation file several times and with this resin combo/mix, 5 seconds seems to give the best performance.
The triangular crack at the rear of the interior is the result of over-aggressive support removal. I was able to simply pull most of them away from the body with very little effort, and they left NO divots or bumps. Next time, if a support gives me a little resistance, I will clip it rather than yank.
All in all, I’m happy with what came out; it’s a body I’ve wanted for years, but didn’t have the funds to buy one of the resin ones that have been for sale ($100+). This one cost me 83 cents plus printer time.
Printer: Qidi Tech Shadow 6.0
Resin: 80% Elegoo ABS-like resin
20% Siraya Tech Tenacious
Layers: 0.03 mm
Exposure time: 5 sec.
Printed at 45°, Chitubox heavy supports (auto generated)
Printing Time: 12 hrs. 17 min.
I was mostly pleased with the result. The shell is a little thin, but the Tenacious resin makes it pretty flexible. It can be dropped on the floor with no ill effect. I’m a little concerned about the thinness of the shell; is there any way to increase the thickness?
Detail is okay, but there are features that didn’t turn out as sharply as I’d like: panel lines, latches, etc. However, the windscreen rivets seem to have shown up well. Is the lack of detail a result of insufficient exposure time, or too much? I have printed the XP2 validation file several times and with this resin combo/mix, 5 seconds seems to give the best performance.
The triangular crack at the rear of the interior is the result of over-aggressive support removal. I was able to simply pull most of them away from the body with very little effort, and they left NO divots or bumps. Next time, if a support gives me a little resistance, I will clip it rather than yank.
All in all, I’m happy with what came out; it’s a body I’ve wanted for years, but didn’t have the funds to buy one of the resin ones that have been for sale ($100+). This one cost me 83 cents plus printer time.
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This is a great community. I messaged my mate and he said Blender and Meshmixer - I get on here and you chaps have already shared that 
Now we just need some links to Youtube videos on how to do it...
Here is a link I found -
Now we just need some links to Youtube videos on how to do it...Here is a link I found -
Meshmixer Tutorial: 15 Top Tips to Edit STL Files for 3D Printing
This in-depth Meshmixer tutorial, for both beginner and advanced users, walks through 12 tips to help designers edit STL files and improve their 3D models.
formlabs.com
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