Street cone for RC models (current scale is for 1:10 models)

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This is yet another street-cone for 1:10 scale RC models. I have tried to stay as close as possible to German traffic regulations, which specify this thing in detail. From German Wikipedia: Der Begriff „Leitkegel“ wird in der deutschen Straßenverkehrsordnung festgelegt. Dort gehört er als Zeichen 610 gemäß § 43 StVO i. V. m. Anlage 4 StVO zu den Verkehrseinrichtungen. My motivation to make these cones was to pimp the photos that I take from my RC scale skid loader, which had taken me a lot of time to design, so I wanted to make the photos as nice as possible: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4078629 The trick to make this thing easy to rebuild is that I printed it completely in orange, but added tiny (0,5mm deep) cuts in the surface of the cone to indicate where the colors change from orange to reflective white. Then I used a silver Christmas labeling pen from discounter Aldi to paint the two white rings on the orange cone. That works well and gives very precise results thanks to the cuts, even if you are not a professional painter. Two to three layers of silver paint may be needed to make it look really perfect, but even that is only a matter of a few minutes. Of course the cones are stack-able, just like the real thing. But you might scratch of your silver paint if you stack them too tight, so be careful with that. The cone is printable without supports, as all overhangs are at least 45° steep, which is tested to print flawlessly, at least on my Prusa i3 MK3S. One word of warning. As said German regulations take the specification of street cones very seriously (well, you have to live up to your stereotype ;-). This 50cm high cone (in real live) is only applicable for roads in cities and on country roads, but is not sufficient for German Autobahns, where the spec says 70cm high cones must be used. So if you model a RC Autobahn, make sure to upscale this cone to be compliant... Have fun by using this thing with your RC car. If you print it, I'd highly appreciate a photograph of your RC scene.