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Scale 3D printed or resin 2bbl carbs.
MeatMan replied to 1st 700 Quad's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
I feel your pain. I need a couple myself and couldn't find them separate. VCG has carb sets with 2bbl in them but you'd have to spring for the set to get them, and there are different sets for Holley, Carter, Rochester, and Autolite at $8.00 per. https://www.vcgresins.com/shop/engines-and-engine-parts I went back and looked and they all show as sold out. If interested you'd have to contact him to see when he might restock. -
Hey Mike, what scale is the Lincoln, and what're you looking to get for it?
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Sometimes its the mold. If the mold has had too many castings done on it its not viable anymore. The caster has to remake the mold and that takes time & effort, and a lot of them are just too busy to remake molds. Just one possibility.
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I think the others are just simpler. According to what I've read, Weaver was first putting out a wrecker boom, then Holmes came out with a twin boom wrecker (from the Holmes history site). Looking at subsequent booms they are just simpler designs than Wagner, and thus easier to replicate. This is only my guess, but I can tell you from trying to duplicate one its a lot of parts.
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Best beginner Fusion 360 Project
MeatMan replied to olschoolkid's topic in Car Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
I'd start simple, and with something you actually need/want. It makes all the patience needed easier. My first part was a pipe clamp I need in a different size than what I had. I threw a few other early designs in there too. The more you do, the easier it gets so just get started. -
2024 Cannonball Run Restomods Build Thread
MeatMan replied to White Rabbit's topic in Community Builds
Well, after making all the mods to my Fairlane chassis, I couldn't get the back half to work. Once it came out too high, now its sits angled down so I wound up printing a universal chassis I designed and cut it to fit. Still needs a couple of crossmembers, the floor pans fabbed and installed but at least now I see the light. I had to take a break from it to see the forest for the trees. Now for some more body cleanup, and prime it. I think maybe painting it will give me the kick in the rear it seems I need. -
Thanks for the info Bill, I'm actually designing a Wagner crane to print someday. I'm using a Mini Art 1/35 kit for the measurements and basic structure, then I'll upscale it to 1/24 to print it. I'm designing it in sections like the kit. It won't be an exact replica but it will work for what I have in mind. The first two pics are my drawings in CAD and the last one is of printed prototypes scaled up.
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Great idea and nice start! I've done a couple of simple ones but would really like to do something similar.
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The positive side of resin is that you can more often find modern tread patterns, or even radials and it isn't really that hard to make them fit if you have a rotary tool with a round sanding drum. I print my own and do frequently have to size them to fit, but its not really a big problem for me.
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Thanks! The paint is Scale Finishes Regimental Red and I got it to match the factory color.
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What’s your favorite paint to airbrush?
MeatMan replied to atomicholiday's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
You are correct, and I knew that but age-related brain fog caused me to miss that. I too select lacquer when ordering, duh! -
Post your truck mockups.
MeatMan replied to Mike C.'s topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Here is one I hope to do before the end of the year for the Powered by Ford CBP. Its going to be built in the Shelby style similar to the 1956 "Snakebit" F100. It will have a Ford Powerstroke diesel engine for kicks. -
MeatMan started following 56 300B Slump Buster
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I'm doing this as a day 2 restoration instead of a day 2 new car because I used a restoration to get most of my info. I started this to just do a build w/o my usual mods, etc and just have fun (though I did wire the disty). Had to strip the dash to repaint, and have to detail the steering wheel, and BMF the door panels. Otherwise its assembly time!