Cub Scouts Neckerchief Slide "Blue and Gold" dual extrusion

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I made this Cub Scouts neckerchief slide for our "Blue and Gold" activity this month for my cub scout pack. Our theme is "Invention Convention" so as the Cubmaster, I wanted to show them something I invented. This looks best in blue and gold/yellow for cub scouts. The wording can be modified, but you're on your own for that. I put our pack number on mine and plan to give them to boys this week. STL files are included for both colors and a MakerBot THING file that already has them in the same file for direct printing. And, of course, this requires the dual extruder to work. You need BOTH the YELLOW and the BLUE pieces to get the complete print. The slide is made from two pieces and the ring snaps into place in the back of the badge, but you should put a bit of superglue in there to make it stays. Don't press it in too hard or you'll flex the front background plastic. It should take a minor bit of force to get it into place, but you don't have to cram it hard. I made this in two pieces after my prototype in one piece didn't make a smooth ring on the back. I broke it apart so the ring builds vertically around the circle instead with the top as an arch, which sometimes distorted the ring. I also used glow-in-the-dark yellow filament for this neckerchief slide, because kids love that sort of thing! See the dark photo. You can even read the words in pitch black! Enjoy it and let me know what you think! (I may add additional versions that replace Cub Scouts with Tiger, Bobcat, Bear, and Wolf.)