Over the river and thru the woods

A Christmas scene with Santas sleigh gliding over the hill towards a cozy village in the distance.

The model is lit with battery powered Fairy lights from Amazon https://a.co/d/1uUvu0m that create a colorful festive glow through the front of the display.  

Parts required.

• Print one of each slope. Left, Right and Center
• Print two of the connectors.
• Print three of the support pads.
• 3 Light strings - Amazon, https://a.co/d/eZoVTAu 

Assembly

After printing all the parts, test fit the Left, Center, and Right slopes together with the connectors.  

If the connectors for the slopes are too small and cannot fit together easily or they are too big and the parts are lose and won’t hold together. You should be able to adjust the scaling in the desired axis in your favorite slicer to adjust this fit, then reprint and test the fit again.

I used clear hot glue to secure the light strings in place against the back side of the primary face on each slope to get the best glow through.  Notice, there are small slots in the legs of the sleigh for the lights to enter and exit the body of the sleigh. The light string I specified has ten LEDs on 1 meter of wire.  This allows 2 LEDs for each tree, the houses and the sleigh in each of the three slopes.

There is a bit of wire between the LEDs to deal with. I found that wrapping the length between the LEDs around the handle of an X-Acto tool cleanly dealt with this.  Then you can fit the LEDs and loop into the desired place and glue them down.

Be sure to leave a short loose lead for the battery pack unglued so you can pop out the pack to replace the batteries.

I've also gone back over all the wiring, after the clear glue set, with opaque white hot glue.  This made the final product look much cleaner.

Assemble the display and enjoy!