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--- blog:models_3d_rx78_bust [2021/07/06 10:01] – [In-Progress Images] john
+++ blog:models_3d_rx78_bust [2021/07/11 12:41] (current) – [In-Progress Images] john
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    * Supports: Added by Chitubox
+===== 3D Model =====
+{{:blog:models:screenshot_from_2021-07-05_21-38-14.png?400|}}
+This was my first ever 3d print and I made some fairly obvious mistakes:
+   * Aligned a lot of the parts to be completely horizontal (result: resin doesn't drain properly)
+   * Used automatic supports only (result: some of the small parts are slightly warped)
+In future, it's best if parts are angled away from the build plate and lcd at anything up to 45 degrees. In addition, smaller parts do need supports!
 ===== Printing =====
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-Most parts are looking pretty good - except the camera/fin (which has a warped bottom, rather than flat), and the base of the bust itself, which again is slightly bent, rather than flat. In hindsight those two parts should have been affixed directly to the build plate, rather than put on supports.
+Most parts are looking pretty good - except the camera/fin (which has a warped bottom, rather than flat), and the base of the bust itself, which again is slightly bent, rather than flat. In hindsight those two parts should have been <del>affixed directly to the build plate</del> angled to allow the resin to drain, rather than <del>put on supports</del> flat which allowed it to pool on the horizontal surface.
 Some basic cleanup of the head, fin and face plate:
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-The last image, above, is compared to a 1/100 scale Master Grade RX-78-2 Gundam ver 3.0 - so you can estimate the scale of the printed bust to be //around// 1/50 to 1/60 scale.
+The last image, above, is compared to a [[:blog:models_rx78_2_v3|1/100 scale Master Grade RX-78-2 Gundam ver 3.0]] - so you can estimate the scale of the printed bust to be //around// 1/50 to 1/60 scale.
+Mock up of the final piece, missing the neck part, of course:
+{{:blog:models:gundam_bust_mockup.jpg?400|}}
+==== Re-printed part ====
+**[Update July 10th 2021]** - Reprinted the failed neck connection part, played around with the orientation in the slicing software and added some more supports, as well as recalibrated the 0-position. It printed much better this time:
+{{:blog:models:img_2155.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:img_2156.jpg?400|}}
+Testing the size/fit of the replacement part:
+{{:blog:models:img_2157.jpg?400|}} {{:blog:models:img_2158.jpg?400|}}
 ===== Finished Model =====