Pepe Le Pew

Pepe Le Pew, from the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons introduced in 1945

Pepe is a French striped skunk who is constantly on the quest for love and pursuit of romance but typically his skunk odor causes other characters to run away from him.

s ARE required on three parts. See notes for specific helpful printing tips.

If you have the proper filament colors, no painting is needed.

The assembled model is 203mm tall and is mostly in proportion to my previously released Looney Tunes models.
If the body does not fit on your print bed, resize it down to fit and then resize all of the other parts in the same manner.

Enjoy!

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Special shoutout to maker Benoît Lussier for providing QA printing and quality .

Special thanks to Jason McMillan (makerworld ID Gatekeeper) for creating the Bambu Print Profile on Makerworld.
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Print Instructions:
s: YES, see specific instructions below
Resolution: .2mm, see optional exceptions on two short parts below
Infill: 15%

Notes:**

Refer to the notes below for a few helpful printing and assembly instructions.

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Building the model

Colors

Black: (Devil Designs PLA - Black)
body (see notes for printing instructions)
body_with_partial_builtin_s (see notes for specifics)
tail_black
body_stripe_black (see notes for optional printing instructions)
eye_black_right
eye_black_left
nose
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White: (Devil Designs PLA - White)
body_white (see notes for printing instructions)
head_back_white (see notes for printing instructions)
body_stripe_white_right (see notes for optional printing instructions)
body_stripe_white_left (see notes for optional printing instructions)
tail_white_right
tail_white_left
ear_right
ear_left
eye_white_right
eye_white_left
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Green: (Devil Designs PLA - Light Green)
stem
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Yellow: (Devil Designs PLA - Bright Yellow)
flower_yellow
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Red: (Hatchbox PLA - True Red)
flower_red

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Printing and assembly tips

Printing tips
1 - s are required on three parts. I minimized many of the angles of the model as much as possible to reduce the need for s. I also avoided splitting the same color (except in a strategic area that is mostly hidden), to keep the flow of the model as natural as possible.

The body part is a multi-hour print, so I've supplied two versions. 'body' can be printed with slicer only s, but the tail can be problematic if you do not use enough s. 'body_with_partial_builtin_s' fully s the tail and slicer s should be minimally used for the rest of the part.

NOTE: Built-in s are tested and designed for printing at .2mm layer height the model at the posted size.

*s: organic/tree s were used on:
-body_with_partial_builtin_s (29 degree angle to some other simple areas)
or
-body (minimally a 36 degree angle worked while testing on the Bambu)
-head_back_white (30 degree angle)
-body_white (40 degree angle to provide more hold down for the cheeks)

2 - There are some pieces that may need brims or rafts, use your discretion. When setting up my prints I prefer to be conservative to ensure the least chance of a print failure, especially since the base of many parts are hidden when inserted into another part.

*I used brims on:
- body_white
- head_back_white

3 - The following parts, due to their long slow slope, will benefit by being printed at a lower layer height. I used .1mm for these parts. They are short and print fairly quickly.

*printed at .1mm
- body_stripe_white_right
- body_stripe_white_left
- body_stripe_black

4- When removing parts from the printer bed, it's a VERY good idea to place left/right parts into separate containers to help with the assembly process. Sometimes the difference between the left and right parts is very small but it is still worth keeping track of them and assembling them in their proper place.

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Assembly tips:

1 - Take your time gluing the model together and enjoy the process. Give some thought into which parts to glue together as groups and then gluing the groups together. Let the glue for each group set completely before combining groups.

2 - I used 3D Gloop (strong fast drying) and E6000 (tacky slow drying) glues to put this model together. For both glues using a smaller amount is usually better than more glue.

3 - important for all my models (especially this model), be sure to dry fit all parts before gluing.

4 - Due to the narrow gap between the head and tail, some parts need to be assembled in a specific order. Double check the body_stripe_white_left/right to be sure you know the difference. Make sure all parts are dry fitted before gluing them.

• Insert head_back_white into body
• Insert tail_white_left and tail_white_right into body
• Insert tail_black into body between the two white tail parts
• Insert body_stripe_black into body (place it into the slot closest to the tail first)
• Insert body_stripe_white_left into body (place it into the slot closest to the tail first))
• Insert body_stripe_white_right into body (place it like the left one but it might need a little wiggle or press fit)
• Complete the rest of the model.

5 - If you have trouble inserting the last body_stripe_white piece, just snip off a bit off of the thinnest section.

6 - Refer to the assembly diagrams in the pictures section as well as the ed pictures for putting the model together. The model is meant to be glued.

Do not hesitate to ask questions, is essential to making better models.