It's been on the top of my wanted list for some time. I've been selling a decent number of items from my collection and decided I had sold enough that if an opportunity came up to purchase one at a not unreasonable price, I'd finally pull the trigger. Well, I bought on earlier this week and it finally arrived.
I was surprised how nice condition it looked on the auction pictures. Unfortunately, it appears to have been painted (I should have noticed the Knicks and discoloration on the rear panel that were absent from the main case. Still excited to have this beautiful machine.
The other part a little disappointing is that it has a 3d printed logo that isn't super nice. The colors are a bit off, and it has a rough finish. So, the real reason for this post is that I'm going to try to improve this by making a new one. I've always wanted to try out the WLJ full color 3d printing at JLC3DP and this seems like a perfect oportunity
So I found a model of it online, it was scaled a bit wrong, so I resized it. I then sliced the letters off the base colored them according to the official NeXT colors, and am getting it printed in full color resin from JLC3DP. It cost me about $7 plus about $3 shipping. The model I got has the NeXT letters raised. I'm not sure if the original logo had that or if the designer did it because it made it easier to color the letters after printing in a single color if they were raised. I may print another with the letters basically at the same level as the rest of the cube..
I will send an update when the print comes in to show off the quality. This is my first color resin print, so excited to see if the quality is close to the single color resin prints I've gotten from them.
If it works, it could be a good source for replacing missing NeXT logos from the old cubes.
I was surprised how nice condition it looked on the auction pictures. Unfortunately, it appears to have been painted (I should have noticed the Knicks and discoloration on the rear panel that were absent from the main case. Still excited to have this beautiful machine.
The other part a little disappointing is that it has a 3d printed logo that isn't super nice. The colors are a bit off, and it has a rough finish. So, the real reason for this post is that I'm going to try to improve this by making a new one. I've always wanted to try out the WLJ full color 3d printing at JLC3DP and this seems like a perfect oportunity
So I found a model of it online, it was scaled a bit wrong, so I resized it. I then sliced the letters off the base colored them according to the official NeXT colors, and am getting it printed in full color resin from JLC3DP. It cost me about $7 plus about $3 shipping. The model I got has the NeXT letters raised. I'm not sure if the original logo had that or if the designer did it because it made it easier to color the letters after printing in a single color if they were raised. I may print another with the letters basically at the same level as the rest of the cube..
I will send an update when the print comes in to show off the quality. This is my first color resin print, so excited to see if the quality is close to the single color resin prints I've gotten from them.
If it works, it could be a good source for replacing missing NeXT logos from the old cubes.
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