Mini Monoprice Mini | MPSM miniature

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To teach myself modeling and 3D printing skills, I've started working on a 1/3 scale Monoprice Select Mini, my first printer that I just recently bought and love using! I began creating this miniature to eventually use in a stop-motion video I wanted to make to help sell my first 3D modeled and printed product, but they sold out even before I made all of them, so no need for speed on the stop-motion tip anymore. I still want to finish the model, though, so I can learn from it (which I did a lot) and maybe create that video for a second series, as well as give back to this community, since I've already had just as much joy of Thingiverse as of the printer itself. Please feel free to print your own Minnie Monoprice and play with her, but don't use her for commercial purposes. She's not like that! If you made one, please share it; I'd love to see it! Also, if you've modded it, show me. It would be great to see different personalized Minis, as that is another thing I love about 3D printing: no two machines seem to be the same. So far, my mods for the scale model include: robin7331's MPSM Extruder Baseplate v1 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2029972) robin7331's MPSM Extruder Arm v1 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2030554) Makify1's MP Select Mini Slip-On Fan Guard (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2043464) CreativeTools's Universal Filament Filter and Lubricator (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:492067) a custom knob and LEGO spinner (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2147594) that I designed myself. Since I'm new to this, I will probably add more mods and upgrades to my real-life machine as I go along. As I do, I intend to also mod and upgrade this miniature version. While working on this model, I'll post pictures and videos of the process and progress on mostly my Instagram (@baschz) and some on my Twitter (@baschz) account, using the hashtag #minimonoprice. If you're interested, please let me know what you think so far! I'd love to hear your thoughts. STILL TO DO, FIX AND IDEAS: Improve the main tower slots Add a real-size microSD slot in the printer's base (for the video) Double-check and tweak all tolerances -Print and test everything in color UPDATES SO FAR: 3/27/2017 Added a layer of blue painter's tape to the heated bed. 3/28/2017 Since I've added tape, I might just as well add a whole roll for when I need more. The roll in the pictures is printed on 0.13 in Colorfabb Sky Blue PLA and Colorfabb Woodfill and has almost the exact colors. Printer settings: Printer: Monoprice Select Mini Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.13125 and 0.175 Infill: Changes per item; 20-30% on most parts, 100% on the tiny ones Notes: All grey concept parts are printed in Innofil3D Grey PLA on 210 degrees Celsius on a 55-degree heated bed in 0.175 layer height. The colorful version mostly consists of Colorfabb PLA and was printed with a 0.13125 resolution on 200/50. There's no need for rafts and hardly any support material, except for the main tower, which I used Cura support on to double as the display menu, which came out pretty nice, I think. All parts are already laid down on their best side to get the best printing results and the nicest finish on the side you'd want it most. Post-printing, I've sanded a few burrs here and there, but mostly it should all just snap together. This might be different if you use other materials or settings. To put everything together, you will also need two 50mm metal or plastic rods of a diameter of 3mm for the bed and two pieces of 60mm for the x-axis. How I designed this: I've designed almost everything in Tinkercad, as I haven't had the time to really dive into other programs yet. However, I'm well amazed by how much I can already do with 'just' Tinkercad! The Lamball Bakra logo on the tower and the name and logos on the bottom were made in Illustrator, exported as .svg's, and brought into Tinkercad.