Underdog, is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from 1964, to 1967. It is one of the early Saturday morning cartoons.

Underdog, Shoeshine Boy's heroic alter ego, appears whenever love interest Sweet Polly Purebred is being victimized by such villains as Simon Bar Sinister or Riff Raff. Underdog nearly always speaks in rhyming couplets such as in "There's no need to fear, Underdog is here!" His voice was supplied by Wally Cox.

One part, u_head, requires supports. The part is supplied with built-in supports for printing at .2mm layer height, as well as without supports if you want to use slicer supports. If you have the proper filament colors, no painting is needed.

This model can be printed and displayed stand-alone or paired with my next model, Riff-Raff, that will go under the manhole cover.

The assembled Underdog model is 170mm tall.

Enjoy!

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Special shoutout to maker Benoît Lussier for providing QA printing and quality feedback.
Special thanks to Jason McMillan (makerworld ID Gatekeeper) for creating the Bambu Print Profile.

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Print Instructions:
Supports: u_head part only. Supplied with built-in supports
Resolution: .2mm
Infill: 15%

Building the model

Colors

Black: (Devil Designs PLA - Black)
u_eyeblacks (file contains two identical pieces)
u_eyebrows
u_nose
u_hair
u_ear_left
u_ear_right
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Blue: (Devil Designs PLA - Blue)
u_cape
u_cape_strap_left
u_cape_strap_right
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Aluminum: (Devil Designs PLA - Aluminum)
manhole_cover
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Skin: (Paramount3d - Universal Beige)
u_head
u_head_with_supports
u_hand_right
u_hand_left
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Red: (Hatchbox PLA - True Red)
u_body
u_arm_right
u_arm_left
U_feet_right
u_feet_left
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White: (Devil Designs PLA - White)
eyewhite_left
eyewhite_right
u_U
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Printing and assembly tips

Printing tips:

1 - One part requires support, u_head. The part is supplied with built-in supports that have been tested for printing at .2mm layer height. Another part is also supplied without the built-in supports and Silcer supports can be used.

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 a brim on:
u_hand_right
u_hand_left
u_ear_right
u_ear_left

3 - 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 (especially if you size up the model significantly) and assembling them in their proper place.

4 - Be aware that due to the slope of the head, there may be scarring on the back side from the supports.

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Assembly tips:

1 - Take your time gluing the model together and enjoy the process. Dry fit all the parts and 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 and E6000 to put this model together. Each type of glue has different pros/cons and I found that fast drying 3D Gloop was far easier to use than superglue (for me). The E6000 sticky glue allows more time to position parts and is still the best for smaller parts. For both glues using a smaller amount is usually better than more glue.

3 - Gluing this model is straight forward, however if you use a sticky slow drying glue, take extra care when gluing in the arms. Do one, let it dry completely and then do the other.

4 - An FYI for my models. Typically the bed side of a part is the side that is inserted into another part. For this model the eyeblacks are an exception and the bed side faces out, making assembly much, much easier for this part.

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

As noted in the beginning of this writeup, this model can be completed as a stand alone model but can also be connected to my Riff Raff model. Note the slot on the bottom of the manhole_cover.

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