Cheshire Cat

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Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland I had plenty of purple ABS left over from my last project (Dino Flintstone) and decided to build the Cheshire Cat. Since my daughter loves Alice in Wonderland, this was an easy choice for me. The model as printed is 25cm high and 28cm long; however, since it is sliced into pieces to allow for colors, you only need to check the size of the largest flat piece (body_6.stl, approx 130mm x 125mm) to determine your print size. The tallest piece is head.stl, 63mm. The model should scale well except for the eyes (just the black dots) and whiskers. I used glow in the dark ABS for the mouth for that extra special touch. Enjoy! Print Settings Printer: FlashForge Creator X Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: .2mm Infill: 10% Notes: See important notes in the 'extra notes for printing' section for the black eyes and whisker pieces. I printed all the parts except for the head with one shell. I printed the head with two shells due to the extreme overhangs (60 degrees max) which I am always cautious with. Building the model Colors pink: face ear_r ear_l arml_1 arml_3 arml_5 arml_7 armr_1 armr_3 armr_5 armr_7 arm_bump (two copies) tail_2 tail_4 tail_6 tail_8 body_1 body_3 body_5 body_7 body_9 body_11 body_13 body_bump (four copies) purple: head arml_2 arml_4 arml_6 armr_2 armr_4 armr_6 tail_1 tail_3 tail_5 tail_7 tail_9 body_2 body_4 body_6 body_8 body_10 body_12 body_14 white (or glow in the dark): teeth_1 teeth_2 teeth_3 black: eyebrow_r eyebrow_l eye_r eye_l whisker_l (three copies) whisker_r (three copies) yellow: eyeball_r eyeball_l Extra notes for printing 1-Rafts: No 2- Take care to note left and right pieces. They look quite similar but are actually different. 3-The whiskers could be problematic if the model is resized. At the standard size, the whiskers actually fit quite well if you follow the whisker instructions above. 4-Glue the tail together. 5-Glue the body together. See the diagram for the body_bump position. 6-Glue the body and tail together. 7-When gluing the arms, create each arm (including the arm_bump) without the hands. Glue the arms to the body. Interlock the hands together and then glue them between the arms. 8-Be sure that the bottom of the hands rest on the table surface, even with the body. When placing the head, the head will rest on the hands and fit into the body. 9-Push the eyes into the eyeballs, then glue the eyeballs, ears and eyebrows into the head. 10-Insert the whiskers and teeth into the face. When inserting the teeth into the face, put in teeth_1 and teeth_3 first. Be sure they are all the way in and then insert teeth_2 between them. 11-Glue the face and head together 12-The last step should be to glue the full head/face to the body (the head is rotated), while the chin rests on the hands. Note-The body and tail are hollow (I wanted to cut down on print time). If you are handy, you might consider putting a light inside the model!