Reply To: [unofficial weekender] 1 Week until Christmas

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I’ve family staying over for Xmas and while we had to wait for them to get the all-clear “test-to-release” results (it took until Day 10 for their “five-day-test” results to come back clear) didn’t really get much hobby done – though lots of mince pies were consumed and lots of Uno Flip were played.

Just two days of freedom and we were back in lockdown (son-in-law Andrea and I both testing positive last Thursday). So we gave up doing “family things” and each got on with their own stuff. So I had a couple of days to myself and decided to get my old FDM printer up and running; it’s not seen much love since I got my AnyCubic Photon (resin) printer nearly two years ago. A new motherboard and an afternoon of poking wires, then the following morning of messing about with settings and it was finally up and running!

Given we’ve a 9-year-old who loves Star Wars also staying, of course the first thing I decided to print on it was a multi-part Tie Fighter. It made me think of you, @sundancer and your love of Star Wars Legion. Come to think of it, it’s about the right scale…..

Just another wing to go (currently printing) then it’s operation “clean up the zits and strings” – though already I’m quite excited about how it’s coming together.

I reckon it’ll look great when painted, and it sturdy enough to withstand some rough handling from a small boy who is desperate to run around with it shouting “pew pew!”. He’ll have to get in line, though 😉

Here’s your music.

Whamageddon!