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in the process of setting up the 3D printing of my Helium Car. Unless I buy the larger format FormLabs 3L printer $12,000, I cannot print the entire car in one piece. the tanks being the hardest to print in one piece. I do not want to print the tanks split in half.  because I dont like the center splits that would be visible and continue down and around for each tank.

The 3D models that I print, I don't want them to look like a 3D print but rather a brass-like model given the very smooth surfaces that I get with my FormLabs 3 resin printer.

Can I  print the outer-most helium tanks as single models; that can be attached together with hidden tabs and slots. The model doesn't need to have the inner and unseen tanks 3D printed.  So that minimizes the tanks that need to be printed. further, the tanks need not be solid cylinders but rather semi hollow and halved, since the inner sides are also unseen.

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the above shows how 7 of the tanks would be printed. This is just for a sizing within the printer range. I will cut off the tops  as they are all hidden in the model by the helium car end pieces; and hollow and halve them too.

This way the tanks can be printed in one piece, painted and decaled separate from the rest of the car.

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