Bert the Bates Bobcat

Bert the Bobcat is the beloved mascot of Bates College in Lewiston Maine. The model is ~ 140 mm tall.

Print Instructions:

• Resolution: 0.2 mm
• 10% fill (grid)
• Sliced with Cura
• Eye, nose, and tongue parts of the same color were printed in duplicate (to pick the best prints) and at the same time.

White: eSUN PLA+ White

• eyeL_white
• eyeR_white
• snout_white (printed two to give the fangs a break)

Black: eSUN PLA+ Black

• earfur (2) (printed at the same time)
• eye_black (2)
• snout_black
• chin_black
• claw (8) (printed altogether with two extra for errors)
• eyelines (L1, L2, R1, R2: printed at the same time to give the lines a break)

Dark Brown: DuramiC PLA Plus Brown

• body_back
• shoulders
• hands (L and R) (70° Grid support, raft to stabilize supports, printed at the same time)

Brown: PolyTerra PLA Earth Brown

• head (70° Grid support)
• body_center

Tan: Overture PLA Matte Light Brown

• bodyL
• bodyR

Pink: eSUN PLA+ Pink

• nose
• tongue

Yellow: Ziro Fluorescent Yellow

• eye_yellow (2)

Dark Brown and Black:(filaments used above)

• tail (switched to Black at layer 75; used 70° Grid support and raft to stabilize supports)

Brown and White: (filaments used above)

• chin (switched to White at layer 20)

Assembly:

Head: Always dry-fit everything before gluing. The eyelines are the trickiest and a quick drying glue should be used for them. The only gluing order is to glue the chin/tongue first and then the snout/nose. Use a fine-tipped sharpie to add the black dots to the snout before gluing. Be careful of bleeding due to the ink seeping in between the layers. I also cut off the ends of the fangs to get a pointed tooth look and remove the stray hairs from printing. The black and yellow eyes are asymmetrical, so be sure the higher side is near the nose.

Body: I used a slower drying glue (Gorilla Glue Clear) and glued in the bodyL, bodyR, and body_center into the body_back at the same time. It was quite a slippery mess that resulted in a seam in the back when I put on the shoulders. In retrospect, it probably would have been wiser to use a faster drying glue and get bodyL and bodyR perfectly positioned and then glue in the body_center. Once the body parts are dry, glue the shoulders and then the hands. The eight claws for the feet should be glued with a clear drying glue. Gluing the tail and head to the body is straightforward.