Looking for recommendations for a 3d printer

[djprinter]

I hope to plan stuff like this:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2736627

Hey Curious aardvark, were you happy with the quality of your monoprice?

I know it's well out of your budget ($1800) but for that sort of print I'd recommend one of the new large-format resin lcd printers like the Phrozen Transform.

Printing large high-res models with FDM is extremely slow and requires a ton of finishing work to make presentable. SLA printing is actually faster as model sizes go up, because print times are only affected by one axis (height), depth and width doesn't matter.