Schwarz-Brot

Kicker is just Acetone. No need to buy spraycans.

Hi Tomas, PM incoming! Thank you 🙂

Hello there, I have not been online here for a long time. I am glad things look mostly like they did when I left. Long story short: I have moved into my own house, have spent several years on completely rebuilding it, got me a child - 4 years old now - and have not set up shop again for modelling. To fill the void I collect and sometimes even paint miniatures from my youth, and try to get some rare books. And here I am looking for your help. I found an online shop selling some rare items in new condition I cannot find anywhere else for reasonable money. This is the shop: https://www.speljatten.se/ They do only ship to Sweden and Denmark, my requests to send to Germany went unanswered. So first question - any warning signs? Is this a legitimate shop? If so, is there anybody willing to order me some books and send them to Germany? I will pay upfront of course! Thank you!

Makes me wonder what model your new printer is? The print quality is excellent! While I'm not around here anymore too often and won't be anytime soon (Toddler, real car, house with garden and a job to pay it all...) I still follow the progress of your model. The updates never fail to amaze me.

There are two things that come to mind seeing this: First possibility: backlash in both, your X and Y Axis. Every few layers it seems like the printer changes the direction of laying the filament - or maybe every layer, depending on your layer heights. This might be anything from a loose connection between your driving shafts and (if applicable) the pulleys for the respective belts to ultra cheap belts which do no longer match the pitch of the pulleys due to having been overly stretched in the past or worn out over time. Anything in the Drivetrain that shows a bit of backlash is a problem in this usecase. Go and wiggle every part to find it. Including the extruding head! Second possibility: A periodic distortion of the printers frame coming from the movement of the Z-Axis might lead to the same stepping effect. Most likely to happen if you have a lead screw for z-movement. In this case the screw probably is bent or runs excentrically and transfers force via mounting points or bearings. This can lead to a periodically distorted frame which effects the placement of the X-Y Drivetrains relative to your printbed.

Not wasted for nothing. You were simply warming up to do an even better job. 😉 The detail you put into your models and the quality of your research leaves me speechless all the time. A pleasure to follow!

"quietly"

Looking great! This should print very well laying on its back instead of standing upright.

Instead of superglue I tend to use quick setting 2k epoxy glues. Much stronger and not so brittle. Alternatively the UV-cured epoxy glues work very well and are nearly as quick as using modeling glue.

The important thing is to pull with steady force, but you probably know that. You'll get sections of quite equal diameter, but indeed longer sections are quite hit and miss. At these sizes I personally would opt for copper wire in the desired size. Cheap and readily available. Holds the given shape and is not too easily deformed when working on the model as soldering wire would be.

Look for two pole precision pin header. Pitch looks like 2,54mm, but might be 1,27. Readily available at any electronics distributor.

I think they will do in the future. Thank you for your opinion!

That is really beautiful. Thought of preordering it, but money was needed elsewhere. Maybe I'll get me one when I finally can come back to modelling. What do you think about the qualitiy? Is it worth the money, or much fiddling required to get it right as is often the case with resin kits?

Gloss, decals, gloss is also quite common. Maybe this is what they are doing?

I am quite impressed how many car kits are out there I have not the smallest interest in. More muscle in there than in any given gym. Some love collecting boxes, some love building. My stash at the moment has 4 boxes... But these are quite the other end of the spectrum... Bandai Millenium Falcon 1/72. a very large Revell Tigermeet Helicopter that I got for christmas or birthday when I was still into that kind of stuff. Never started and probably should sell. Pocher F40 1/8. the respective Autograph Transkit. Since I won't be able to build anything soon I am trying to resist adding to that.