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Firstly, I would like to give my special thanks to Trevor Pages from Tesla Owners Online for the amazing review on YouTube about this model – very detail and informative! Please watch his video below if you want some more hints and tips to get this model printed successfully on your 3D printers! If you would like to subscribe to his YouTube channel, please click on this link.
Most of the STL files are really straight forward to print. All you need to do is load them into your slicer software (I use Cura), select your desirable settings (e.g. layer height, infill percentage, etc.) and slice the parts. I used 0.4mm nozzle (0.2mm layer height) to print most parts and 0.25mm nozzle (0.1mm layer height) to print small parts (e.g. pins, washers, links, etc.)
Please note: I already saved the STL for each part in the orientation I printed them on my FDM printer. Hence, when you load the STL in your slicer software, you don’t need to orientate them again, unless you want to try to print them in a different orientation.
Hello! Can I print this on a Prusa MINI (18x18x18cm print area)? Thanks!
the seats seem to be too thin. any way i could fix this?
So when you set everything up on your S5, I’m assuming you used the “Default – Fast” profile in Cura. Did you make any adjustments to the “Hole Horizontal Expansion” setting? I’ve been using the “Visual – Normal” profile, and some of the holes have been coming out too small, so I’ve been using the expansion setting to fix it. Also, when I put the floor into the heat shield, it snapped into place, so the tolerance there is pretty tight. It’s not a problem, but I wonder if this is normal or if that “Visual”intent setting is making things weird. The model is coming out great. One of my nephews is getting the first one.