Category: 3D Printing

So I printed a sign for the Diorama, check out the pics! I drew and printed all the parts myself!

The pics with the LEDs are slightly off, I added two more LEDs in the middle. They are all replaceable easily in case they go bad.

Make sure and check out my last Diorama post here!

So I found some awesome stuff online (ebay – mainly by raybob100cameras) and had to buy them! Got a workbench, oil cans, oil bottles, tools, hoses, engine lift, and other accessories. I 3D printed a new wood display for some of them. I also removed the crappy old lighting I had and printed 8 external lights and 9 internal lights. Printed 2 battery boxes and wired the 2 sets to the 2 boxes. I also added more people around the diorama also.

Here are some main photos. Click and scroll through for my descriptions!

You can see the 8 lights I added to the outside and sort of see the 9 lights I added to the inside. I also added this “tagger” to the outside where I already had graffiti on the wall. I also added two electrical conduits that feel the lines into the diorama for the lights.

Here are some shots of inside the diorama:

Here are now some pics with the lights turned on:

Look at my other post to see a list of what was printed.

Not sure if I mentioned or not but back in January I got rid of the Hictop 3DP-17 printer and bought a Prusa MK3S and wow am I loving it! I was able to do smaller and more detailed garage doors so I printed all new garage doors and tracks. I got rid of the big battery powered car loft also and printed 2 new ones that are stationary. I also put together a Coke truck model and printed a forklift. Here is the current look of the diorama!

Added some lights to the diorama last night.  All light in the photos is from the LEDs as the room was pretty dark.  Put it in a decent display location in my new office too 🙂

Made a little video of the diorama!

Well, the diorama is complete!  I may add some more signs to the walls, but that is about it.  Now I just have to build more models 😀

Here are the pics:

Final list of 3D printed items:

• Garage Doors
• Garage Door Tracks
• Break room table(Wood)
• Store front desk(Wood)
• Couch
• Chairs(Wood)
• Toilet
• Sink
• Urinal
• TP spool and holder
• Inside pages of playboy and “for dummys” bool
• Outside corner wall braces
• Inside wall guides
• Gutters
• Downspouts(Hollow, will drain for real)
• Sidewalk
• Coke machine shell
• Dumpster
• Fences(Wood)
• Parking space stops
• Back of clock(to give depth)
• Above bay door signs
• Bandit’s Garage sign frames

2D Printed items

• Newspaper on couch
• Clock faces
• Playboys
• Price tag on rotors
• Pizza box
• Legal pad
• Manilla folder and papers inside
• All signs, posters, calendars, etc…
• Air conditioner
• Graffiti
• Bandit’s Garage “magnetic” decals for side of tow truck

I started building the diorama a few months back.  I purchased some foam board and printed some corner pieces to hold it all together.  Here is the dry fit:

I then adjusted the corner pieces(printed 3 more copies) and started to assemble.  I also printed some sheets of bricks to see how at would start to look.

I continued to brick the inside and outside walls of all but the front piece.  I also staged some accessories I purchased from ebay as well as some grass around the building.

I then put the front on and after a year, I finally got to put my garage doors together!

After that, I had to decide how to create the asphalt.  I decided on black paint mixed with some very fine crafting sand.  I painted that on and then parking space lines.

I had some models of men I had to put together and paint.  I also created internal walls for a bathroom and printed a bunch of bathroom items.

I started gluing some of the accessories down.  I also cut plastic and inserted into the garage door panels.  Here are some pictures of the diorama as of the time of this post.  And some pictures of the fence I will put around the dumpster once I stain them.

Here is a list of everything I printed:

• Garage doors
• Parking spot stoppers
• Sidewalk
• Gutter and downspouts
• Wall corners(outside and bathroom walls)
• Chairs
• Couch
• Bathroom items(ALL)
• Customer service counter
• Dumpster