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They looked good in person

Also I have been mixing my own blend of resins to suit my needs. I'll usually go with ABS like along with some tough resin. Exposure tuning is also important. I use this method https://www.tableflipfoundry.com/3d-printing/the-cones-of-calibration-v3/ A UV pen torch is also handy, especially when you get a spill and want to stop it spreading everywhere. Brief flash of the torch cures the surface and keeps things contained while you get ready for clean up. Still not found a way to extend the life of my IPA wash that I am happy with. I've been taking the dirty IPA and sitting it under a UV lamp to cure the resin then strain it. It's better to than disposing of it but not great.

I've been resin printing miniatures for quite a while. I dabbled in fusion 360 to make a Dutch van and encountered some printing issues that stemmed from my lack of cad skills so I shelved it, resin print failures are quite demoralising to deal with, the cleanup is a pain for successful prints never mind the failed ones. One of the big things that increased my success with resin printing was adding a chamber heater. Chitubox produce a kit that I fitted to my Elegoo Saturn 2 quite easily. Lots of newer resin printers are coming with vat/chamber heaters as standard.

Saw this posted on Reddit. Hopefully spreading the word helps find the culprits. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3000985603441506&id=375225992684160

Thanks for the clarification. It was a handy option to have available.

Cheers, that would make sense. The website switch over must not have happened when I ordered the cement bubbles, didn't realise that was 6 months ago, seems like yesterday.

They look great. I'm trying to pre order but can't see the partial.ly option anywhere. Is it because of they are due in January therefore the time period is too short? I used it for the cement bubbles without issue.

Was reminded of this thread today.I got as far as HGW in my logbook.

Thanks for the reply. I did indeed find mentioned elsewhere as well that the lead screw and or rails could be the cause, I cleaned and re lubricated but haven't ran the print again yet. Had similar experiences with FDM printers, caused flat spots in the v-rollers. Resin printing is harder to tinker with hardware wise. If it's a bad spot in the rails or lead screw then perhaps increasing the height off the plate to so that the model isn't in that area could work.

Over a year since my last post, a new job and living in a few new countries got in the way of hobbies. Been learning fusion 360 while away and now that I'm home for good resin printing. Still getting the hang of it, need to figure out what's causing these odd layer lines, thought it's possibly twisting but they are on both sides. Still, it's a rewarding if somewhat messy process. I have the EGV body in the works as well. The odd shaped bogies are going to be annoying I think, I'm not sure how enjoyable drawing them will be.

I started drawing the wrong one first it seems....

At the bottom of the email is another link to add to basket for multiple orders, you can do that for each email you get and buy them all together.

Crisis averted, figured it out. Went into my account instead of the pre order page and they were there for me to pay.

Got the coaches stripped, scraped, sanded and primed. Before I go off on my merry way with masking and painting am I right thinking theses had orange roofs when first introduced? I was going to go off the IRM example pictures of their new stuff but I'm not sure which colour roof came first. The brake coaches came with the lot so I figured I'd use them as the test dummies. I'm also already thinking of getting a separate cheap airbrush just for using with primer, the Vallejo stuff is a pain to clean out.

Got one off bartsharp, model 186 and a compressor. They always seemed to be be out of stock so when they had stock I grabbed them. Quite happy with it.