Miserable few days here, hardly daylight & cold, but only frosts . no snow........
My hand is slowly getting better, but I'm not giving it a chance to flare up again by using it too aoon.
As further to my pushing the printer, I found this model of a 1/48 Morane Saulnier 'L'. I was extremely doubtful of being successful on this print, it seemed too fragile, and too tall to survive. I sliced this at 0.15mm layer height. The slicer predicted a time of 12 hours, so I left this to print overnight.................
More than pleased to see that it had printed - just under 13 hours. Still on the build plate. Since using the spring steel PEI plate I have stopped using glue to assist on the print sticking - To remove the print, I just have to take the plate & flex it gently, and the print comes off cleanly.........
It looks like a snakes' wedding! It took me about an hour to remove the supports - there are still a few nubs to remove, but not bad for one handed
It's pretty fragile - those struts are pretty thin, and I think
rigging will add some strength!
Separate bits printing out now, at a 0.10mm layer height, engine, cowling, propellor & a seat - although I can't see how that fits.
I was originally going to print this at 1/32, but it's too big to fit on my build plate, and cutting it into pieces would be problematical!, not the cutting, but joining it together afterwards. Eduard did a model of this in 1995, but it seems to be long out of production.
Dave