Originally posted by Elbee
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Update Re: Resin Prints
I've done some more resin printing with really nice results: however, some unexpected, but logical results.
Resin printed parts are heavy and that does make sense, but I was surprised by how much heavier.
The B-25 Nose Ammo Box design with filament printed #2 in the picture weighed 5 grams, that same design resin printed #1 in the picture at 12 grams.
The detail was similar, but the clear winner is the resin for detail and the filament for weight.
Noted that there has been no post processing of the filament printed part, no sanding, priming or finish work of any kind.
It doesn't take much work to improve the filament prints in that way and a resin print print still requires sanding, priming and painting.
Yes, you're saying I could redesign the boxes and that I will, it just there is this wall thickness issue with resin printing if you rely on the "hollowing' option in the slicer.
Point is if resin printing is the detail I want the design needs to be adjusted or simply designed with that in mind inherently.
I will also experiment with 'skins' for lack of a better term, where the detail part is very thin in overall and the detail lies mostly on the top.
That can glued to an underlying structure of a thin walled filament print which is what I did for my Flightline Corsair cockpit parts
In plastic model world this method is used for the very small Cockpits in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale aircraft for an example.
Highly detailed, but thin when resin printed, i.e., Red Fox Studios, Ammo, etc.
Anyway, I will continue to post when there is something to post and write about the Bomber Pilots (Max Grueter Design from CGTrader), then, it's scale issue.
My very best to borntoolate as he is still contemplating and planing his project B-25J to C model build of the "Ruptured Duck" Mitchell B-25C: love ya Bro.
Best, LB
I've done some more resin printing with really nice results: however, some unexpected, but logical results.
Resin printed parts are heavy and that does make sense, but I was surprised by how much heavier.
The B-25 Nose Ammo Box design with filament printed #2 in the picture weighed 5 grams, that same design resin printed #1 in the picture at 12 grams.
The detail was similar, but the clear winner is the resin for detail and the filament for weight.
Noted that there has been no post processing of the filament printed part, no sanding, priming or finish work of any kind.
It doesn't take much work to improve the filament prints in that way and a resin print print still requires sanding, priming and painting.
Yes, you're saying I could redesign the boxes and that I will, it just there is this wall thickness issue with resin printing if you rely on the "hollowing' option in the slicer.
Point is if resin printing is the detail I want the design needs to be adjusted or simply designed with that in mind inherently.
I will also experiment with 'skins' for lack of a better term, where the detail part is very thin in overall and the detail lies mostly on the top.
That can glued to an underlying structure of a thin walled filament print which is what I did for my Flightline Corsair cockpit parts
In plastic model world this method is used for the very small Cockpits in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale aircraft for an example.
Highly detailed, but thin when resin printed, i.e., Red Fox Studios, Ammo, etc.
Anyway, I will continue to post when there is something to post and write about the Bomber Pilots (Max Grueter Design from CGTrader), then, it's scale issue.
My very best to borntoolate as he is still contemplating and planing his project B-25J to C model build of the "Ruptured Duck" Mitchell B-25C: love ya Bro.
Best, LB
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