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1/18th Jaguar D Type Rapid Prototyped


DaytonaTim

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Just wanted to share a little project that I just put the last touches on. This was my first experiment in producing and finishing out a rapid prototyped body. I really did not spend a lot of time on it, probably about 2 weeks. It is finished as a curbside.

Oh......why 1/18th scale........well my experimenting with this rapid prototype stuff all started because I could not get some cars that I wanted in my 1/18th scale diecast collection of race/performance cars of the 1950's and 1960's. So I figured I would have to make it. The next one I will add is my model of an Aston Martin DBR1.

Anyway, here are some pics. I have included a couple of pics showing what I started with just for reference.

Oh, just incase anybody is interested in these rapid prototype models, we just opened a web store at:

http://www.tdrcatalog.com

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Here are a couple of pictures of what I started with

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Hi Tim, I'm thinking the guys might be head scratching over the pic that looks like it was carved out of bleached driftwood. LOL. Could you elaborate a bit on the the surface texture and finishing out the RP models?

I found this little video on Youtube that explains how these parts are made a lot better than I can. This is exactly how ours are made except we print all of our parts out in an off white color so there are no color bleed through problems when you are finishing your model.

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfUva9Y3BJY

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