Raptor Pen

VELOCIRAPTOR PEN - With inspiration from that movie.

 

Build your own Raptor Pen  - No dinosaurs included.

•  Easy to print and assemble, just need alot of glue.
• Almost no supports used, everything prints well as they are in the print profile.
• Requires some lengths of filament for the paddock electric fence and handrails. Safety first! 
• Artistic freedom has been expressed in order to make it as clean and printable as I could.
   

Use as a toy, decoration or even perhaps a flower pot? Clever girl… 

 

 

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Assembly Guide: YOU ARE GONNA NEED A SHIT TON OF GLUE! 

Start with adding and gluing the tower base and front gate to the paddock, to ensure some stability.

 

Next up it's time to cut off a bit of filament and use as the electric fence in the paddock. What I did was to take a little bit of glue to one pylon and insert the filament halfway (so we can insert the other end and avoid any sort of “seam” showing) 
Heat was really helpful when bending the filament in tight corners, just a quick half-second dab made it soft and easy to shape.
It's made to snap in place but BE CAREFUL cause as you've already guessed it's prone to break. (One pylon did for me but luckily I had some glue ready)

 

Continue around the paddock and make a very qualified cut at the end to insert in the last pylon. I added some more glue, just to be safe.
Now repeat for the upper fasteners! And yes, I do recommend starting at the lower one.

 

 

Time for the handrail! I started with inserting at the tower end cause it had a bit more space. The holes in which the bit of filament goes is 2,2 mm diameter, should be plenty of space! But even so.. If it feels tight, heat can help here too.
A quick jab of fire to the outcrop with the hole and insert a (different) piece of filament and move around a bit. Should make it wider.

There's another sort of clip at the ends to easier get it into place.
Moving on to the walkway, insert the railing as shown in the last picture above, and BE CAREFUL here too. Both ends can use a bit of  glue to stick to the outer concrete feet.
 

Just secure the walkways with glue, should fit like a glove. Oh and also maybe glue the door in place. Moving on to the top of the tower! There are small extrudes removed to fit the feet of the railing in, just tap some glue in them.

 

MORE GLUE! Thank heavens. The roof of the tower providing the poor guards with shade is a 2-piece, simple assemble. Put the single stand in a hole, and some glue on top and put the whole roof in place. And then some windows, could be nice.. Especially since they have bars to stop pterodactyles from crashing in.

 

Finally some stairs! They have a little extrude to guide them into place. Add some glue and voila. Last, but not least … safety rails. Can't have accidents while looking into a deadly pen of monstrosities. Should be pretty straight forward getting into place.