Re: 'Major's Thermoptic Pistol' (2017) Ghost in the Shell (W.I.P.) **PIC HEAVY**
So after spending yesterday sorting out the clip well on the gun, there was something bugging me about it. As it turns out after looking again at the reference images, the base of the clip is too long in the back area... I've no idea how i missed this while modeling it but there we are. So i marked out the approximate correct position and decided to get to work.
With this marked out i used my digital calipers to measure how muse material needed to be removed, which in this instance was 5.1mm.
In the end, i figured it would be much faster to actually reprint the base part then try to do it by hand. So I booted up 3DS Max, created a box with the width of 5.1mm as a guide, selected the points on the base section and moved them to their correct position. easy as that!
Once this was done, I exported the file as an STL and loaded this new file in Cura and set it up for 3D printing. I used the standard setting for Silver PLA with a 20% infill and a 6mm base raft. Print time was around 2 hours so I could easily work on other parts of the gun while this was printing.
With this set up, I saved the g.code to an SD card and fired it over to the Ultimaker 2+. It was printed with a 0.40 nozzel 60 oC build plate temp.
While this was printed i corrected the whole size to accommodate the new clip base... I'm still kicking myself i missed this...
Once the print was finished, i did the usual sanding and cleaning, replaced the clip base with the new printed part and the slid the clip in place to test it out, and what do you know, it fit perfectly first time. I love 3D printers. so, that's the base corrected, time to get back to the main body!