Making lures with a 3d printer, silicone paddle tails

I have been experimenting with paddle tail lures for maybe ten years, either by making a master out of wood or modelling clay, then making a mould and pouring hot pvc into it. But with a covid lock down and lack of a workshop I decided to see if I could use the power of my desktop computer and cheap 3d printer to make a paddle tail fishing lure. I am not the first lure maker to look at the possibilities of 3d printing and will not be the last. The biggest obstacle to 3d printing is Cad software, I used Fusion 360 but it was a painful learning experience for someone more used to picking up saws. It didn’t take that long to get some level of competence and 3d printing is not the most difficult thing in the world, it’s only a few steps beyond 2d printing. Having all the kit and time didn’t guarantee the lures would be any good, but the thing about 3d printing is it is cheap to mess up and I did a lot of it, some designs just didn’t work or looked pig ugly. This paddle tail in this video was the final ‘ st