My intention here is to use some old pallet wood I have to make a platform, then using the coutnersunk screw holes, attach the house base to the wooden platform, and to ensure the roof doesn't get knocked/blown off, I've added in a basic key style mechanism to keep it in place. My first plan for the roof was magnets, but I couldn't find a suitable location for them, so figured a lock will do - time will tell!
I printed the roof on my AnkerMake M5 so that I could get the project done faster, as the main house is roughly a 32 hour print, which was completed on my Bambulabs X1C.
The house doesn't need to take this long, but I coloured the windows, and rocky parts of the house, resulting in over 1,000 filament changes. I've uploaded both the standard STL with no colouring, and my hand coloured 3MF - it may not be perfect, there are a lot of triangles in the window arches etc, so some may have been missed, but it took a long time to even get to this point!
I'll be honest, I made all the changes in Tinkercad instead of Fusion because whilst I love Fusion for creating models, I'm not great and trying to tweak anything someone else made in Fusion, so it's a bit poor, but I think it should hold up. Any reference to countersunk screw holes is meant very loosely because of this! It's just a cone hole lol.
Due to using cardboard spool PLA on a print this long, I got AMS errors constantly and it drew the process out to about 52 hours. I understand the potential issues with using PLA outdoors, and plan on using some form of sealant.
The author remixed this model.
Added 2 countersunk screw holes into the base, keyhole ‘lock’ mechanism to connect the roof and house, and removed the area behind the door which was blocking most of it. Modified door step to add another countersunk screw hole.