Jon Nazareth
Western Thunderer
H ere is my G3 3D printed passenger tail lamp. The lens is a red glass bead and looking at it this closely, it's possible to see the hole that runs through the middle for threading etc. At a distance, the hole in the bead doesn't show up at all, which is a good thing. I bought some 3D printed lenses as I thought that I could paint the backs red and hey presto, the lens would look red, wrong. It looked red when looked at full view ( kind of) but, when viewed from an angle it showed clear. I tried to polish the lenses to make them show more colour in a clear polished state and I managed a fairly good finish on the right hand one but the left defied all attempts. It shows clearly the lines or layers put down when the thing was made. The red didn't show through after all but it was a lesson learnt. They would be okay if the lenses where to be clear but, I think that they should be red. Am I correct? I've posted a question on the LBSCR site to ask if anyone knows what the body colour should be red, white or black. Please chip in if you know the answer.
Jon
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