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Netfrost's Sean Fields Shoretrooper Build


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So started sanding the chest pieces with 220 grit on my mouse sander.

I tend to do small passes, not to over heat the plastic, and to give it time to rest so that not too much of the filament rips out.

A good tip for that is to make sure you wipe the part you're sanding between passes with a lint free rag, this way nothing gets caught and rips off other plastic

As I got to the centre chest piece, I noticed something I hadn't seen on the piece originally... Seems the printer slipped as it was printing as there was a huge offset going from the neck to the bottom.

So I started sanding and sanding (actually didn't listen to my own steps at one point and ripped some plastic out)... I got it as smooth as I could, but I'm still not happy with it. Guess I'll keep it as a test piece and reprint it when my filament order arrives on Monday.

chest.jpg

I also had forgotten to show an other successful ABS print for my E-22.

gun.jpg

 

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I find sanding petg or pla with anything grittier damages the print. You dont want to take too much off... I let the filler primer and bondo glazing putty do the work.

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  • 2 months later...

I'd you haven't already done so,  I'd recommend sticking with black filament.   Otherwise,  the color  will show through when you start to weather the parts.   I had to hide white,  grey,  and red marks on mine due to using mixed colors. 

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