American Backyard Shed Type 2 - HO Scale (1:87)

This is my second "American Style Backyard Shed" that I have designed - inspired by my neighbor's sheds on my street. It seems like everybody here in the states with the exception of apartment and condominium folks have a tiny yard barn sitting out back by the above ground pool and the ole ' BBQ cart. This to me is Americana, and it's just one of those little touches that exemplifies Mom, Apple Pie, Chevrolet, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. An essential kennel for man's second best friend - his lawn mower. A perfect classic addition to any suburban home scene on your layout.

Bare in mind that this is among my first ventures into designing for 3D printing. My current printer is a Creality Ender 5 Plus that I am repairing at the present time and I - of course - not only have to install my new Meanwell RSP500-24 Power Supply, but I am also replacing the Bowden tube with a Capricorn, changing out the hot-end for an all metal one from Gulfcoast Robotics, switching to a hex bolt thermistor, again, from
Gulfcoast, changing the leveling knobs and springs (going from the stock plastic knobs to aluminum ones that are a tiny bit wider), changing out the old extruder for a metal one, and putting in a copper heater block, a copper nozzle, and a 50 watt - 24 volt heater cartridge on this puppy.

A lot of manual labor - and a lot of PID tuning. So I haven't printed this design yet - naturally.

When I am printing I generally only use ABS filament. My nozzles are mostly 0.4mm. When I print I use a 1mm retraction value. To get my parts to properly adhere to the
printing surface - I have had to exceed the recommendations of my CURA slicer's generic ABS profile, where I have had to heat my nozzle to 270C, and my bed to 110C.
This is why I got a little peeved and decided that when funds permitted and bargains were to found - I was going to give my printer a little face lift.

Now back to the model that your going to download. First - I made this in Wings 3D - which is a free, open source subdivision 3d modeller. It was designed for HO (1:87) scale model railroad scenery and figures. Me and my brother are currently putting together an HO train layout and I have a stack of Walthers and Atlas structure kits to slap together. I have also downloaded so many HO scale files from Thingiverse and other sites, that my computer's hard drive is filling up.

I imported an HO scale figure that I got off of Thingiverse into Wings3D with my shed model - and scaled my model up to match the figure. You might want to import this model into your modeling app of choice to see if the scale is solid - as sometimes with dealing with exporting models from apps, scaling can get a little finicky from time to time. You can also do a test print. I'm sure that the scale is fine, it's a "just in case" thing.

Also - I have included two versions of the roof that are oriented horizontally, and vertically. My reasoning was that perhaps this might make printing go a little better
(I hate using supports). When printing the vertical orientation - you'll want to use a raft probably.

I have provided parts for two versions of the shed as well - one with closed doors, and one with open doors. The doors for option 2 (open doors) are oriented - again - to make
printing them a little easier (REMINDER: I'm a newbie - so bare with me). You may or may not wish to use supports to print those, that would be your choice.

If you print this model in ABS - then I would recommend having an enclosure, a heat tent for your printer, such as those sold by Creality for their printers - or print your things in a draft free - temperature controlled environment.

I have also included two .stl files, one of each completed shed version with open doors, and closed doors as well. These completed shed files also include jscad, glb, obj, 3ds,
and lwo versions.

To build this model - I would recommend tools such as tweezers, a modeling file, fingernail file, or emory board - and a hobby knife (exacto knife). If your printing
with PLA - then you'll need CA glue (cyanocrylate) such as "Super Glue", "Crazy Glue",
"Gorilla" brand CA Glue, etc. - or a multipurpose adhesive like "Duco" cement.

If you are printing in ABS, then you can just use glue for plastic model kits like "Testors"
brand, "Humbrol" brand, "Sqaudron" brand, "Tamiya" brand, "Plastruct", etc. I print in ABS and I use a combination of plastic model cement and CA glue.

I'll be posting my models off and on, so stay tuned. Any advice, polite constructive criticism, tips, ideas, or inspiration are welcome.

Feel free to make remixes of my models, mod them, re-scale them and post them afterwards, make add-ons, etc., Just do not sell them or post them on any site that
requires a fee to access them ( or a pay subscription service).

Happy printing!!!