Disappointed, the model is not ready for 3d printing as stated. Trying to fix it, but my skill is novice at best, which is why I bought what I thought was ready for printing.

I guess you get what you pay for. In all fairness, I'm not sure if this was advertised as a mesh that could be 3D printed or not. I can tell you that it can not. I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to clean it up so it could be printed, but to no avail. It's simply too haphazardly created for that. The up side is that I logged many hours of editing experience and increased my knowledge and skills tremendously. However, be warned, if your intention is just to have the model for a non-printing purpose... it's pretty well made. If your intention is to print it in 3D, steer clear of this one.