Sand crawlers

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The sand crawler is from the Star Wars universe and was published by Randy Cooper in 2010. The resin model has a scale of 1: 72 and was found by chance on the Internet and purchased together with 5 other kits for 290 €. At Randy Cooper, the model is $ 550 + shipping + customs. However, construction had already started and it wasn't really professional.

Bei Shapeways gab es die passenden Jawas. Sogar R2D2 war dabei.

Noch viel besser gefielen mir C3PO und R2D2. Wie sich allerdings bei der Lieferung herausgestellt hat, war der Maßstab leider nicht der richtige.

The scale error was also clearly visible in the Landspeeder. However, it will be built into the diorama.

R2 Mit seinem Verkäufer....

Once again my colleague Marco Grimm had to serve with his 3D printer. As many Jawas as needed could be printed here. The first attempt failed, however, because they were much too small at 1 cm.

Since the jaws should also be illuminated and one or the other will certainly break while drilling, several were printed in different positions.

Big compliments to Marco! The figures were printed hollow, so the light guides could be pulled through inside.

Jawa family .... Utiiinniiii

Bei den Ketten war viel Arbeit angesagt. Überschüssige Gussteile mussten entfernt werden….

... .. two of the chains broke. Almost all of them also had to align the shape with a hairdryer.

The gaps had to be milled out and freed from excess resin. This work is not without risk, as resin is very toxic and carcinogenic. Working with a face mask and suction system is strongly recommended.

The window grilles also had to be freed from excess casting. I carefully removed this on the sanding belt. There were always hot fingers here.