Easy Resin Casting 3D printing is an exciting new tool in the modellers’ tool box and easy resin casting is a way of easily repeating the results. 3D prints from FDM printers often have lines and need a bit of work to get them to look good. That generally means a bit of filing and …
3D Printing for Modelling – Resin The first 3D printer I bought was a resin one. It does detail beautifully and is a game changer when it comes to modelling. I’ve used it for so many detail parts and it is very versatile. Resin is a little more difficult to use than an FDM or …
3d Printing for Modelling – Filament Most people start out 3D printing with a filament printer (although I started with resin just to be opposite!) and in this video I talk about the basics and what you might use your printer for in modelling. I bought a very cheap Chinese printer – an Anycubic i3 …
The saga continues… and this week is not pretty… First up, the masking tape wouldn’t stick so I used some Mr Masking Neo Sol which was great but it took me several attempts to put it on neatly… Painting iron man is much harder than printing him! If at first you don’t succeed… Here he …
This time it’s on to metallic paint. I’m going to let you into a secret – I’m not that good with an airbrush! Still, it’s an important skill so I’m practising hard. I printed 8 heads in all so decided to paint them up in 3 of the paint brands I had to see what …
Fettling This is the bit of the build that takes time, fettling everything to make it look good, fit well and be as smooth as possible for a good metallic finish. The Head First up was the head. I wasn’t happy with the eyes I’d drilled and as it’s 3D printed, I decided to hollow …
I’ve finished off the sanding on Iron Man and getting his various body parts to fit: I successfully drilled out the eyes using a hand vise and my normal drill with 1.2mm drill bits: I have to admit I have failed at the lighting though. Despite managing to successfully solder tiny LEDS…. They just weren’t …
I watched all 3 Iron Man movies in a couple of days and woke up the next morning just wanting to print Iron Man on my new Anycubic Photon 3D printer. Design I’m still relatively new at it and I just wanted to print so I trawled Thingiverse and MyMiniFactory until I found these files: …
Build your own easy UV Curing Chamber for Resin 3D Printers like the Anycubic Photon I recently bought an Anycubic Photon Resin DLP 3D printer and it is awesome. It uses UV light to cure thin layers of resin to create highly detailed 3D prints. You can see some examples below. You can leave your …
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