North Pole Ice Castle - Glowing Advent Calendar Christmas Castle (STL)

A glowing crystal ice castle for Santa's North Pole, built to be the centrepiece of your Christmas display, and a working advent calendar too.

## Advent calendar built in

- 24 numbered ice-block drawers slide into the glacier base. Hide a small treat or note in each one.

- The gold sleigh ring on top of the keep turns one click per day. Its pointer counts from 1 to 24 on the keep roof. The ratchet is fully printed: no springs, no screws, no motor.

## It glows

- Hollow towers with a tea-light or LED pocket in every tower and the keep.

- Tower roofs and the spire print separately: print them in clear or translucent PETG and the light shines through the crystal tips.

- Aurora crystals on the keep swap in with a snap latch: print them in glow-in-the-dark PLA.

## Santa's Mail tile

- An expansion tile at the back with a working rack-and-pinion mail lift. Turn the gear crank and the red mail rack rises.

- A second Christmas Grove tile with a grand tree, polar bear ice sculpture, elf and lantern.

- Both tiles use the same drop-in dovetails as North Pole City 26, so the castle joins that town: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/home/north-pole-city-26-modular-christmas-village-16-buildings-tiles

## Details

- Snowflake rose window over the keep door, pine garlands with baubles and bows, ice lanterns at the gate, elves carrying presents, wreaths, string lights, reindeer and sleigh.

- Every piece snap-clicks together with printed pegs. No glue needed.

## Size and printing

- About 49 cm tall and 41 cm wide (plus the back tiles).

- 69 STL files, every one fits a 220 x 220 mm bed. The base prints in 4 quarters and the keep in 2 halves.

- Designed for FDM. Print the roofs flat side down.

## License

You may sell the prints you make. You may not share or sell the files.

More holiday builds: patreon.com/123black