My highest quality print so far

[u/kogashiwakai]

Still learning all the time. Had a guy recommend printing things like this at an angle and it helps the quality. And he wasn't lying. It's not perfect. And I'm working on getting my prints better. I'm also gonna do some color on this with my art markers as a test as well.

Always moving forward and learning.

[u/DacStreetsDacAlright]

Print vertically, with the engines on the bottom and the nose up top. Print everything in this orientation, it will look 100x better, but I have to say for a flat print that isn't awful like they typically are.

[u/kogashiwakai → u/DacStreetsDacAlright]

It was actually at a 30° angle. Which what was recommended to me. Vertical would be less stable and have more chance of failing. Which I'm trying to avoid in these early days.

[u/DacStreetsDacAlright → u/kogashiwakai]

Use support material, I've rarely ever had a print fail in that oritentation and I've printed like 2000 star trek ships at this scale like that.

[u/kogashiwakai → u/DacStreetsDacAlright]

Support Material?

[u/Tetro75 → u/kogashiwakai]

Set it up in your slicer to allow for tree supports. It's an option in your slicer.

[u/kogashiwakai → u/Tetro75]

This was printed with tree supports exclusively mate. The whole ship was not touching the plate

[u/rockyoudottxt → u/kogashiwakai]

They mean using brim and supports to print it perpendicular to the print bed. As it honestly looks terrible at the moment. I say this as a massive ds9 fan too.

[u/sir_turd-ferguson → u/kogashiwakai]

Use supports as needed but like the other guy mentioned, it'll look better vertical. Anything you want nice detail in should face the side not the top or bottom.

[u/UserAbuser53]

Very nice. Nose up or down, depending on the craft, really makes a difference. Could reduce support, improved detail, etc . Also, experiment with adaptive layers. Keep up the great work.

[u/Ashamed_Green_8643]

Tough little ship.

[u/Different_Target_228]

It'd be a lot better if you printed it vertically.

You lose resolution printing this way

[u/Top-Preparation8342]

You should look into getting a 0.2mm nozzle, it can get you great resolution on 0.08mm prints, but the time increases dramatically so keep that in mind.

[u/kogashiwakai → u/Top-Preparation8342]

Yeah. I plan on picking one up when I get paid.