MeatMan

You say you like Scalefinishes lacquer but in reading the info on their site it says their paint enamel paint. I always thought it was lacquer too until I finally read the whole "Read Before Use" page.

Nice! Is that Corvette kit truly a level 4?

Yes, they do have the centers, and a nice lace decal I might add.

Me, I don't mind so much seeing a car like that for sale, what spins me up is when I see hoarders with rare cars sitting out in the open rotting, and with vegetation growing through them. Now that I hate!!

Can you show a pic of one in the slicer? I printed some transparent green lenses for my C-cab and I supported them from the rear.

Keep in mind folks, many (I think most) of these cars are going out as leased, not bought. People look at how much it costs them per month, not the total cost of the vehicle because they aren't keeping it. The last time I went to look for a newish vehicle for my wife, salespeople didn't even have time for me because I wasn't interested in buying or leasing their fully loaded tech laden money makers.

Correct! I had an 83 Camaro and I put a chip in it for a little more power. Yeah, they had a computer in '85.

I picked up the new Revell 64 Impala Lowrider kit. I'm not planning on making it a lowrider, but I want it "in the weeds". I have been working on the AMT 64 kit and have done a lot of work on it but there is so much to do to get it where I wanted so I just gave up. The Revell kit is so much better to me. The trunk is already opened, the frame is separate from the body pan and the height is adjustable, and the interior has separate door panels. I've bought and designed a lot of parts for it and now I can finally build the 64 the way I've wanted to. Btw, I'll be trading the LR wheels & tires if anyone's interested. They're nice if that's what you're into.

I've had my best success using Scalefinishes, which is an enamel base coat It goes on smooth, and predictable for me. I've also had good success with MCW. I love lacquers, as they go on smoothly and predictably as well. For some reason I don't have great success with acrylics, though I've got a lot of it. Maybe I'm just mentally challenged at airbrushing. ?

Awesome job!

C'mon now, you don't remember being asked why is the back of your car was so high? Think of the faux gasser look (street freaks to some, tho it was never a thing where I lived) with the front end pointing to the sky. Young folks do dumb stuff to their cars, and other young folks love it!

Good question! I can't recall any success with large unattached panels like that.

Yes, I had more spillage with the AC resin myself.

So I upgraded to a new printer, as my old Anycubic Photon Zero was not getting it done. I bought the Elegoo Mars 9K, and I'm quite impressed with the results. It took a while to get it dialed in, and I had to switch resins but the results are worth it. Its called an entry level printer but I feel its entry "priced" but not beginner friendly because it doesn't print straight out of the box like my Zero did. In the pics below, the lighter color prints are with my Photon using Anycubic model gray resin. The darker prints are the Mars prints using Elegoo standard gray V2 resin. The lines are crisper, and the finish is much smoother. This will mean less sanding, and loss of further detail. I recommend it to anyone looking for a printer with a smaller print area, which is great for me since I don't do bodies, and most chassis come in sections. The last two pics show a bed I designed for my 53 F100 with wider fenders and its about the max you can get on the bed, though you can go taller, as I printed this with the tail up.

Thanks for the input guys. I decided to print a set in both tilted 30 degrees, and flat. I spent a bit more time on the supports on the tilted version and they came out almost perfectly round. The flat ones came out good as well as I made sure the supports avoided the spokes. If you'll note on the pic, the top set was printed flat and you can clearly see the layer lines in the light reflected off the one on the right. I looked closely at the tilted ones and there were now visible layer lines, at least visible with these old eyes and zoom phone camera. Now I can get back to mocking up my Fairlane for the Cannonball Run!

Thanks Les.

For those of you printing wheels; How do you print them, flat or tilted vertical? I print mine tilted vertical and they tend not to be round and I need to print a set. Thanks.

Les Les, do you slice your files directly to the usb, or do you save them on your computer and then copy them? I usually save mine to the computer and then copy them in case the usb fails but also I notice it takes a lot less activity on the usb to copy than to slice it to the usb. Maybe nothing, but also may be worth trying if you're not.

Beautifully done!

Awesome job! A work of art IMHO.

Disinterest is understandable, but the post referred to...more aggressively negative reactions.

That explains things!

Have you tried reformatting them? I've only had one crash and just formatted it and it was good to go.

This is the first time for me seeing this build. Awesome work!

Welcome to the forum!