Buying a resin printer - any advice?

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Re: Buying a resin printer - any advice?

Post by -steves- » Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:58 pm

ge_rik wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:53 am
-steves- wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:03 pm I certainly have some clack valves, whistles etc if you want the stl files? Might be like you want them?
Yes please

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Will mail you what I have, might be a starting point if nothing else :thumbup: Hope they help :D
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Re: Buying a resin printer - any advice?

Post by ge_rik » Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:34 am

-steves- wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:58 pm
ge_rik wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 6:53 am
-steves- wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:03 pm I certainly have some clack valves, whistles etc if you want the stl files? Might be like you want them?
Yes please

Rik
Will mail you what I have, might be a starting point if nothing else :thumbup: Hope they help :D
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Re: Buying a resin printer - any advice?

Post by ge_rik » Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:34 am

My first resin print - the default test piece.
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The level of detail is quite astonishing!

I might just sneak in a few more "test pieces" suitable for detailing my new loco before putting it away for Christmas....... ;)

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Re: Buying a resin printer - any advice?

Post by Peter Butler » Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:54 am

That is a beautiful piece of sculpture, shame not to use it on a garden railway, possibly outside a school or library building. Completely out of period for you Rik, but more recent structures would work.
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Re: Buying a resin printer - any advice?

Post by philipy » Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:05 pm

ge_rik wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:34 am My first resin print - the default test piece.


The level of detail is quite astonishing!
Yes, I remember feeling pretty much like that when my green version of that first lattice cube test piece emerged. :)
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Re: Buying a resin printer - any advice?

Post by ge_rik » Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:37 pm

From now on, i'm going to have to be a lot more careful with my fine detailing when drawing models.

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