Access to a Bambu Labs P1S
Work recently acquired an FDM printer, a BambuLab P1S. Obviously, it’s for work stuff, obviously. I might have printed some model railway bits on it, purely as part of the learning process you understand. The learning process does not yet involve CAD as it’s enough for me to download and print the work of others. Thingiverse, Cults3D, Printables et al have seen a reasonable amount of traffic recently!
So far, I’ve printed a train of hoppers. In the spirit of US kits from the cast resin era, all I have to do is add trucks, couplers and paint.
An 0n30 hopper, which I printed five of, in its original print orientation, showing supports for the coupling bar. There’s some stringing in the hopper area but this will be rectified by the addition of load residue covering low down weight.
Unfortunately, Matte Black PLA isn’t the best choice of colour or material for photography. However, it does speed up painting and stop chips and dings being so obvious. Red oxide and grey primers have been acquired from Toolstation, as they’re apparently better quality rattle cans than Halfords these days.