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@craigwrdouglas good choice. Like many others have mentioned, printablescenery does really great models. When I was new to 3D printing, I was happy to know when something went wrong, it was not caused by the model.

accoring time to print: the biggest factor is usually the layer height you defined to use. For building I usually use .2mm. If all other settings are fine, that should give a nice print. Only for parts with diagonals (like roofs) I sometimes switch to .1mm.

Another relevant setting is of course the speed that you define. When I started I set that to a lower level than necessary. You should play around with that setting a bit and see what your printer can handle. It took me a while to understand that slow is sometimes worse than fast. For example when you print overhangs like over doors or windows.

finally: you might soon discover the printer is faster than your painting. At least that is true for me. And after some time your collection will grow to an amazing size.

have fun!