Like you I always use a PLA stick on glass for my prints, it's cheap, quick, and works really well. I tried everything else and this was the cure. There is also something called Buildtak on the market, a kind of plastic mat that you place on the print bed. I have seen a few video reviews and it seems to work brilliantly.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252702876677? ... EBIDX%3AIT
Just a small point, Slicers are called slicers because they slice the model into layers that the printer can print. Something like Netfabb can be used to cut a model into smaller sections to print on the space available on the print bed, and repair the the open faces where it has been cut. Cura has an option for sinking a part into the print bed so that only part of it is printed. This is a quick way of printing a part in two sections, sink it down 50%, print it, flip it over 180 degrees and then print the other half.
Love those parts that you have done, really good to see some original models being created, and with some excellent detail.
Do you have any pics of completed models that you can post up?
