**COMPLETED** Y-Wing 1/48 resin model
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Thanks! Elegoo Mars with their ABS-like gray resin. I add supports in PrusaSlicer and then slice in ChituBox.
Thanks!
Same. I've been wanting Bandai to do a 1/48 Y for years now, and since they haven't, well, I guess I'll have to make my own...
SB
Hunk a Junk
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You have no idea how excited I am seeing these two images and knowing they were printed on a Mars -- because soon I want to be doing the same.
You might want to wait a touch and grab a Saturn for just a it more money and double the print volume...
Jedi Dade
Hunk a Junk
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Too late. It was a birthday present. I'm good with the Mars for a couple of years as I get good and creating files and printing them, then I'll move up in size.
I kind of wish I had known about the Saturn before I got my Mars in December, but I've been plenty happy with it so far. Maybe in a year or so they'll release a Saturn Pro, and I'll spring for that one. Anyway.
Just pulled off these parts. Sorry for the phone photo quality.
The panel lines on the landing gear bump are pretty fine! Can't wait to hit these parts with some primer to really show the details. Until then, it'll just be more boring posts like this one.
Next step, the cockpit head upper and lower halves. Stay tuned.
SB
Just pulled off these parts. Sorry for the phone photo quality.
The panel lines on the landing gear bump are pretty fine! Can't wait to hit these parts with some primer to really show the details. Until then, it'll just be more boring posts like this one.
Next step, the cockpit head upper and lower halves. Stay tuned.
SB
It's a model I bought from CGTrader. I wish I could model the thing. But no. Just printing
SB
Okay, just a little update. A non-update, really, but some lessons learned. I printed the top part of the head (a 10 hour print!), and came down this morning to this:
I forgot to add supports along the front lip of the inside of the cockpit. If that was the only issue with this piece, I would try to salvage it, but there are other things wrong with it as well. The overhang along the back is all warped, again, I think, due to not having enough supports there. There's also a weird wave along the surface toward the nose. So I have sliced the piece again, and added the necessary supports.
It's a bummer that it's a waste of resin, but that's all part of the learning process I suppose. Anyway, here's to another 10 or so hours!
SB
I forgot to add supports along the front lip of the inside of the cockpit. If that was the only issue with this piece, I would try to salvage it, but there are other things wrong with it as well. The overhang along the back is all warped, again, I think, due to not having enough supports there. There's also a weird wave along the surface toward the nose. So I have sliced the piece again, and added the necessary supports.
It's a bummer that it's a waste of resin, but that's all part of the learning process I suppose. Anyway, here's to another 10 or so hours!
SB
So I replaced the FEP on my Mars, greased the z-axis screw, and the prints are coming out great! I finally got a decent (read: good enough) print of the top-side of the cockpit head that I'm happy with. There's a little wave towards the top, but that can come out easily enough with some sanding. i wonder if the wave comes from how I oriented the part in the slicer...? Lots of learning going on over here!
It's hard to see the panel lines in that pic (that's straight off the printer, before going into the curing station), but once I get some primer on it, the details will pop! I'm printing out the bottom of the head now, so stay tuned.
SB
It's hard to see the panel lines in that pic (that's straight off the printer, before going into the curing station), but once I get some primer on it, the details will pop! I'm printing out the bottom of the head now, so stay tuned.
SB
Pulled these guys off this morning.
Pretty happy with the print quality, although I must have oriented the body piece wrong because some of the layer lines are present. Oh well. Onward!
SB
Pretty happy with the print quality, although I must have oriented the body piece wrong because some of the layer lines are present. Oh well. Onward!
SB
More parts coming off the printer... This is the back of the topside of the hull.
More on the way!
SB
More on the way!
SB
With resin printers, it's suppose to help the parts print better. There's a lot of factors, as every part you print is a different case, but you can read up a bit about it here.
SB
