15mm Troop Transport

My latest 15mm Star Wars Item.  I printed a troop transport, and am very happy with the results. 

I had a slight issue with the print at the end and it left a gap in one of the upper layers, but it is hard to see.  It is near the front of the vehicle.

Still, I like it and love being able to do some of my own items.

Completed Turbolaser Turrets

I have painted up the turbolaser turrets that I printed.  I kept a simple paint scheme and did a quick job, but they came out ok.  You can see the print lines a bit, but they aren't too pronounced.  You can see them in the photo better than in life size, because these are zoomed in.

I am quite happy with the results and will be doing more printing soon!  I have included some of my 6mm stormtroopers so you can see the scale.  The side door is a little small, so these could probably be scaled up a bit, but then the guns would be bigger than I want.

Venture into 3d Print for 6mm

For Christmas, my wonderful wife gave me a new 3d Printer.  The one I have is the Ender 3 Pro printer.  We bought it directly from Creality because they had a great Christmas sale. Creality website.  It comes unassembled and the assembly is pretty straight forward, but it does take a little time.  The only challenging part was leveling the printing tray.  It takes a little while, and makes a big difference because if it isn't leveled correctly then the print tends to not stay on the bed. 

I had a few not great prints at the beginning, and finally found out that I didn't have the belt tight enough, so I tightened that and started getting better results. 

With the standard .4mm print head I was able to get these following items.  They are 6mm scale turbolaser turrets.  The pictures are pretty zoomed in so that you can see the print lines, but in person they are quite small.

These haven't been primed or painted yet.  They are from Thingverse.  Link

It comes in 3 parts, the base, the turret and the guns.