Postapocalyptic radio

Case for Baofeng UV-5r HAM radio or similar and 1 DIN car stereo unit intended for LARP, airsoft, cosplay or other stuff.

Print instructions

aw_radio_case contains multiple bodies, so it's necessary to split model to objects in slicer.

On a front side there are some fake knobs and one multipurpose widget. These knobs are printed in place - once a print is finished, you can use pliers and make it move. Also, there is a space for a small paper sign.

There is a small trick that makes printing the model a little bit easier - in slicer you can't simply use multibody object and combine it with a print in place features, because if you use split to objects tool in slicer, the model will disintegrate into non-connected small parts which were intended to stay together and to be printed in it's place. To prevent this unwanted behaviour parts printed in place are connected with a wall that is too thin to be printed, but thick enough for slicer to be considered as a connected surface.

For more variability there are two containers for the radio (left and right configuration) and one large container for 1 DIN car stereo. There is a plenty of space inside, so you can insert extra battery or other electronic stuff.

There is also a small hole with an insert between the radio compartments - it's intended as a microphone cable output.
The original intention was to prevent players from randomly squeezing buttons on the radio, but over time we realized that we have to let some of the buttons operational so I made the button pad that fits only to one place on the radio and drilled holes in the original wall using "vrtaci_vlozka.stl" (it's the "drilling insert" in czech :-) ). Then I inserted buttons "tlacitka" and "tlacitko_delsi" ("buttons" and "longer buttons" in czech :-) ) and glued button pad with buttons to it's place. As you can see, assembly requires some fiddling on printed parts, but in fact it's not as bad as it sounds like :-)

Use some M3 screws to put it together.
Print with PETG rather than PLA.

This model was made for the Apocalypse Weekend LARP http://aw-larp.cz

Also, watch this ;-) https://blog.prusaprinters.org/3d-printed-live-action-roleplay-larp-accessories_33154/