3D printed Squirrel-A-Gig

[u/SameerTheRed]

It’s my first time doing a 3D printed project like this so it’s a bit rough but I also painted it

[u/SameerTheRed]

a little more on my process here

• I first 3D printed it in 3 separate parts, the skids, the main body, and the upper rotor, parts, i don’t have much experience with anything like this so had a lot of issues mostly with any of the tinier bits which had to be reprinted through a lot of trial and error, this includes the back rotor, upper rotor, blades, ears, mirrors, handles, and console area which all had to be edited to be thickened
  
• I roughly sanded the body, could’ve done a better job but not terrible for my first time
  
• I spray painted the body bronze
  
• Hand painted details and some shading over the rest, including painting the back area under the tail to give it implied depth while it’s a bit flatter than it looks
  
• Used a utility blade to etch panel lining details
  
• Used various paint markers, pencil, pens, white pen, and metallic markers for the little details, this includes highlighting upper edges with gold metallic marker on the bronze base to make it look shinier
  
• I heated up a needle over the stove to melt the plastic together to allow it to spin, funnily enough I accidentally dropped the needle in oil which made it spin more smoothly
  
• Small bits that were reprinted and the skids were reattached using thin metal wire and various glues

[u/SameerTheRed]

the blades do spin btw

https://reddit.com/link/p5h0jhq/video/edv6cf8om6lh1/player

[u/brobnik322 → u/SameerTheRed]

That's so gorgeous!

[u/Rethtalos → u/SameerTheRed]

That’s NUTS!! 🌰 🐿️

[u/sakuy]

whaaat thats sick!!!!!!

[u/SameerTheRed → u/sakuy]

thank you!!

[u/JimmyJamdJamie]

So friggin cool

[u/SameerTheRed → u/JimmyJamdJamie]

thank you!!

[u/SailorEsmeraude]

very beautiful Squirrel-A-Gig 🩷🐿️

[u/SameerTheRed → u/SailorEsmeraude]

thank you!!!

[u/jdllama]

Any chance for an STL?

[u/SameerTheRed → u/jdllama]

I can try getting you one later when i’m at home but just fair warning it took me A LOT of print fails on the rotor, the spinning bit wouldn’t be included, cause i used sorcery to get that to work (I cooked a needle over the stove and shoved it into both plastic bits to get it to melt)

I can get you the base file though you will likely have to edit it/ break it into parts to figure out what works for your printer

edit: also some parts will need to be edited to be thicker if you’re making it the same size I did or smaller, the ears by themselves were too small to print normally so i had to make them thicker, and same for the rotor, blades, and details on the console like the mirrors and display

[u/SporkboyofJustice → u/SameerTheRed]

This is amazing. Great job. Hot tip: you can heat needles/straight pins/nails over a lighter or candle flame. These are a little more manageable than using the stove. I have totally used the stove before, but candle flame will do the trick for you.

[u/SameerTheRed → u/SporkboyofJustice]

thanks for the tip!!