FDM Kit Tips and Info

As mentioned in the description of the listings the parts of my FDM printed Kits utilize dowel holes between them, for assembly both in alignment of parts and particularly strength, dowels are not included. Four common sizes are used, 9.5mm dia, 6mm dia (both roughly 25mm long), wooden skewer roughly 3mm dia (roughly 15mm long), wooden toothpick (roughly 10mm long). I will use the largest possible on any split, toothpick dowels are usually only used on helmets or armour parts as those parts are only 5mm thick. I may put alignment marks on the print if orientation isn't clear or even number them so look out for that. 

This is how I assemble the kits for myself: I put the dowels in one side of the seam (it is meant to be a tight fit), I use two part epoxy glue on the face of the seam, I then press the other side on and hold/clamp/tape them together while the glue sets. I then use a temperature controlled soldering iron (set to 220C) to 'weld' the seam by pushing and melting the two sides together. After this wood filler and some sanding should make the seam near invisible. Finally using filler primer, and regular paint etc etc if I actually knew how to paint lol. That's just how I do it, there's no need to do it the same way, but I highly recommend using dowels at least as they are the core of strength holding everything together.