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The Piggly Wiggly One.stl 3d model
The Piggly Wiggly One.stl 3d model
The Piggly Wiggly One.stl 3d model

"Get Your Pig On!" That's the slogan for what might be America's most endearing grocery store chain, The Piggly Wiggly.

I live near several, and it's a big part of modern Southern culture in the U.S.

This 3D model might be different than what you're used to seeing. I call these shells, and after they are printed you fill the cavities with tinted resin. I prefer to use Fast Cast white resin tinted with a few drops of enamel modeling paint from the small bottles made by Testors. I mixed the paint with part an and then mix part an and b together. Stir for almost a minute, pour, and then it cures in about fifteen minutes.

At the end you will have the cavities filled with different color resins, and it will be a gloppy mess. This is where a belt sander comes in handy. With a belt sander you sand the face until the black lines emerge again. It only takes a minute.

The photo I included is of my last one, which I kept because it was an older prototype that had artifacts you could see after sanding. Those issues are now resolved.

Turn it into a coaster, lapel pin, or just enjoy it for the pigginess of it.

Ask me questions if you're confused. I've been doing this a long time, and it's tricky at first, but can be a very satisfying way to make art pieces. It's also extremely quick to print the shells..

IMPORTANT: always print at 100% infill for this type of project. You will be sanding a few layers off the top and you don't want to break through an outer layer if the infill is less than 100%


6 Likes9 DownloadsMarch 5, 2023



6 Likes9 DownloadsMarch 5, 2023