This week, I are mostly been printing...
Rick Sanchez's Flying Car - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3407058
Another bucket list model for me. The designer OneIdMONstr has put a lot of thought and consideration into how anyone downloading this model is going to actually print and build it.
Start by measuring your own dome (mine came from a string of cheap Xmas lights) which you can then use to dimension the test dome file. This will give you your scaling factor (mine was 58.05%) which you then apply to all the other files. Parts of this model are so tiny at that scale that it is approaching the limit of how small my printer go. Sadly Rick and Morty are a bit wonky donkey and some parts like the steering wheel, well just don't go there.
Unfortunately I did not have any transparent filament to print the filler segments that fit in the slits in the top and bottom saucer parts. However, I used an old modelling trick. I taped over the slits and then mixed up some 5 minute epoxy (Araldite) with a bit of yellow paint. This was then buttered into the slit from the underside.
In hindsight I should have thinned down the yellow with water as the Scale 75 Paint I used is incredibly heavily pigmented specifically to counteract the tendency of yellow to be translucent.
There are a few things I need to add to this model like the beer bottles and cans which litter the interior. The model is designed to be lit, so when I find an appropriate string of bright white LEDs I will update this post.
