Model Overview & Print Notes

Summary

A remix of nikolisa's HO scale Risk's Garage at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7020104

I made these changes:

  • added brick detail to corners and interior
  • added separate windows and doors with a design that adds interior detail
  • added separate window sills
  • added an SVG file for glazing material
  • added removeable roof framing and roof sheathing
  • added separate wall caps
  • added an interior floor

Parts are separated for easy painting or to print in separate colours. glazing.zip contains an SVG file for the door and window glass. Print the file on overhead projector sheet and cut out the door and window glass manually, or send the SVG to a Cricut machine for easy cutting.

Parts are designed for a close fit so some sanding might be needed to fit the parts.

Thanks to nikolisa for making this model available. It's a great little building suitable for a lot of uses.

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

ELEGOO

Printer:

Elegoo Centauri Carbon

Rafts:

No

Supports:

Yes

Resolution:

See notes

Infill:

Any

Filament: Any PLA Any

Notes:

Print with 0.4mm extruder at 0.2mm layers:

walls.stl - print 1
floor.stl - print 1

Print with 0.2mm extruder at 0.1mm layers:

door_entrance.stl - print 4
door_garage.stl - print 4
frame_entrance_door.stl - print 2
frame_garage_door.stl - print 2
frame_window_large.stl - print 2
frame_window_small.stl - print 8
floor_drain.stl - print 2
roof_interior.stl - print 1
roof_stringers.stl - print 2
roof_truss_half.stl - print 16
roof_rolled_seam.stl - print 2
roof_ridge.stl - print 1
window_large.stl - print 4
window_sill_bricked_in.stl - print 1
window_sill_long.stl - print 2
window_sill_short.stl - print 8
window_small.stl - print 16
wall_cap_long.stl - print 2
wall_cap_short.stl - print 4

Supports

walls.stl - In your slicer, manually paint supports on the underside of the door and window openings.

No other parts require supports.

Post-Printing

Assembly

Glazing

glazing.svg contains outlines of the door and window glazing. I get excellent results cutting these parts out of overhead projector sheet on a Cricut. The SVG file readily imports into Cricut Design Studio and the parts cut cleanly.

You can also print this file onto overhead projector sheet and carefully cut out the glazing material with a sharp hobby knife.

Doors and Windows
Doors

The entrance doors do not have any glazing. Glue the door halves together back-to-back.

The garage doors have glazing. Assemble the door halves back-to-back, sandwiching the glazing between the halves.

Glue the frame_entrance_door.stl and frame_garage_door.stl parts into the door openings from the inside of the walls.

Press the doors into the openings from the outside of the walls, locating the assembled doors against the frames. The doors should hold in place without glue.

Windows

Assemble the window halves back-to-back, sandwiching the glazing between the halves.

Glue the window sill parts into the window openings, with the flat side of the sills facing up and the face of the sills pressed into the recesses under each window. Press the sills down firmly on the window opening bottoms.

Glue the window_sill_bricked_in.stl part into the recess under the bricked in window.

Glue the frame_window_large.stl and frame_window_small.stl parts into the window openings from the inside of the walls.

Press the windows into the openings from the outside of the walls, locating the assembled windows against the frames. The windows should hold in place without glue.

Roof trusses

Glue the roof_truss_half.stl parts together, back to back.

Insert the roof trusses into the walls, fitting the tabs on the trusses into the recesses at the top of the walls. You may need to sand the outside of the tabs a little to get the trusses to fit without bowing. The roof is designed to be removeable; do not glue the trusses into the walls.

The roof_stringers.stl parts have notches that help locate the stringers onto the web of the trusses. Fit the stringers into the trusses and glue into place. Work slowly and make sure that the trusses are straight and that stringers notch over the trusses. The flat surface of the stringers should be flush with the top surface of the trusses.

Roof Interior

Fold the roof_interior.stl part along its center and fit it onto the walls and roof framing. The locator tabs

The roof is designed to be removeable; do not glue the roof interior to the walls or the framing.

Roof sheathing

Lightly score the fold line in the middle of roof_ridge.stl and fold the angle into the part. Apply glue along the fold line and fold the part. The angle is only 22 degrees, so the fold is very subtle.

With the roof_interior.stl in place on the model, glue the roof ridge to the peak of the roof.

Fit the roof_rolled_seam.stl parts to the roof. Note that the bottom of the roof panels have indentations at the ends of the seams - position the parts so that the side of the part with the indentations is at the outside edge of the model. Glue the roof panels into place, butting the panels up against the roof ridge.

Floor

Glue the floor_drain.stl parts into the recesses in floor.stl.

Glue the floor into walls.stl, drain side facing up!

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