I've made this model of one of my favourite vehicles from World of Tanks, the T-34-85.
I got a hold of some decent blueprints and scaled it down to 1:100, I'd say if the printer works, you make one in 5 hours. (the hull has the longest print time)
So here follows a few things worth to consider if you wanna make this model of the T-34-85.
To get good detailing, I have divided it in quite a few separate parts. The stl-files have their coordinate system so that printing with Z-axis upwards will give the best result (I think, this was atleast the way I printed them)
The handles and grills on the hull are 0,4mm wide, to get those to print you need to tune the outer wall line width and also enable print thin walls (I used cura)
For all parts that need gluing I used very thin cyanoacrylate.
The fenders have their base surfaceonly one layer thick. Be careful with those, and make sure the printer makes a good first layer. Very little of this surface will be seen in the built model and it mostly used for orientation the fenders to the hull before and during gluing. To help with gluing, I made small pockets in the base surface where you can apply a thin glue, which then should get drawn in between the fender and hull. Be carefull not to get yourself stuck doing this though!
Most parts are printable without any support, but there are a few exceptions:
hull
turret_upper
tanks_rear
For aligning the parts I used 1,2 and 1,6mm metal rods:
fenders and tracks ------ 1,2 x 23mm
gun_mount ---------------- 1,2 x 9,5mm
turret ----------------------- 1,2 x 5mm
gun --------------------------1,6 x 34,25mm
The two parts of the turret are held together with a M3x14 countersunk screw. This screw also secures the turret to a plastic bushing that is press fit in the hull. (supposed to be atleast)
The plastic bushing called 'bearing_turret' is included in the files, however you can if you like a more smooth motion replace that with a standard ballbearing 5x10x4 that you can find in various hobbyshops
Hope you like the modell and found this information helpfull or at least a bit interesting and good luck with the build (which I assume you'll be doing if you've read this far down.. :) )
Printer:
CTC bizer
