12 November 2025

Next parts turned up a day earlier than last time and I'm fairly sure the earlier sets were delivered on the Friday, so lets see when set 13 roles up. There was also another 'extra' item that I'd already been signed up for, but I think these are just well over priced and I had said to opt me out, but it seems you have to do it every time. The parts themselves are expensive enough without an extra £25 next time!

Anyway I'd just loaded yet another 3DBenchy onto the 3D printer with the latest mods to the settings to see if it clears up a couple of more minor discrepancies. I'm hopeful that some of the extra little blobs will be sorted as the amount of filament being extruded has been reduced a little. While I am waiting for it to print, plenty of time to crack on with the Dalek. I'm also looking to see if I could perhaps print some replacement parts for it!

The next four parts are further extensions to the base plate so should not take too long to complete ... which it didn't. 3D printer is nearing end of print, but have the Dalek up to part 42 and hit a snag. The intention was that the Dalek would sit on the lower shelf next to the galleon, but it's a little wider than I anticipated, so while it can stand vertically for the time being, once I start adding the body I will need to sort an alternative storage space. The portable workstation is getting use with things like the small parts for the Dalek and some of the spares for the 3D printer. Using it to build Victory is well down the line as yet. Anyway back to calibrating the 3D printer ... tomorrow now since it's tea time.