MeatMan

I think this is a very interesting topic that IMHO is good for the hobby. Now for my thoughts on the matter. As a person who does CAD parts design and 3D prints on FDM (filiment) and SLA (resin) printers I do not think that it is technically scratch-building. That said, the definition of scratch-building has different meanings to different people. To me if someone says they built a car from scratch it means that they used styrene (or wood or whatever) stock to create all pieces of the build, tho that rarely happens from the posts I've seen. If a person says they built a model with scratch-built parts, that to me is what we usually see on this forum and places like Facebook. I am a stickler for precision, so that's how my mind works, good or bad. In the end its what most people say it is, so if most people call is SB, then that's what it is, and I'm okay with whatever the call is. Like what was posted earlier, contests just need to make it clear what the contest will accept as SB. Build on!!

My 5!

Love the color scheme, the wheel color, and the printed exhausts most. Very nice!

Nice looking prints! I've wanted one with enough space between the covers to run injector lines but with the files I've downloaded that isn't the case.

Check this out. Its only focused on the Creality scanner but gives a good idea of what it takes to make a file printable. He uses Meshmixer (my fave) but if you are decent with Blender it will probably work too.

Awesome work!

Well done! I love it.

No, but you can brush resin on to them and sit them out in the sun to cure. I tried it once and it worked but req'd multiple light coats to get it right.

I use a CAD program because I just design parts & pieces and not bodies. Also for me a $600 scanner isn't in the budget, and what I usually design there is nothing to scan. I started with Tinkercad and quickly moved to Alibre Atom, tho Solidworks and Fusion 360 are the most popular and have a bigger community to help you. What kinds of parts are you looking for?

Unique take!

Absolutely top line skills!

Well we did get an apology, which is worth even less! ?

Interesting and wild departure from the original!

Welcome Dennis!

Thanks Dave.

No, its kind of how logistics work. Its called hub and spoke. Small facilities send to larger facilities with the most employees, then sorted and processed and then sent by truck to other facilities for final delivery. Its a proven method that works, even for UPS, and even smaller facilities where I worked.

Correct, I was referring to the moves following the original move from the local facility. Your shipment departed the original facility, which is where the mail is probably assembled locally, then sent to the regional Logistics facility to be sent out from there. The LF takes advantage of economies of scale with more docks and trucks, where freight is collated and sorted for shipment to local facilities for final delivery.

My guess is that it never fully cured. I have a model that I painted with Createx acrylic and it had a similar issue, tho not as bad as fingerprints showing. I shelved it for months and eventually it got harder but I still wound up sanding it all off because I'd done a ton of body mods and stripping it would have made me start all over. You might try sitting it out in the sun for a short while to see if it will cure but be careful, it can melt or warp the body if you live in a hot climate. Good luck.

Not an USPS employee but a former warehouse supervisor. All of those mvmts at the Logistics center are probably mvmts inside the same facility. With some logistics systems every move inside the facility is logged so that its whereabouts are known, or where there's a handoff to another entity, say when moving from receiving to staging to shipping.

Nicely done!

Nice work! The missing mirror thing must be contagious because I lost one on my Porsche as well.

Yes, supports can be added to FDM but its not as easy as SLA printers. Cura slicer has an array of different supports that can be used, tho I haven't used any myself. My FDM is about 3 years old so its old tech. The newer ones should be much better but I won't be buying one. I'll be upgrading my SLA next year for one with better res.

True, I have a resin and an FDM. I use the resin for small parts but its a smaller printer and I don't do bodies on it. I have however done some bodies on my FDM using a .02mm tip. It takes a long time and still req's sanding after ward. I also do all of my chassis, chassis pans, and some interior panels. All below were done on my Creality V3 FDM printer.

GM was into hydrogen over a decade ago and were very far along but then bailed for some reason. I do think all-electric cars will be the norm someday, but in the meantime I think hybrids are the way to go as a bridge, and some auto companies see that, read Toyota. Right now the investments are in all-electrics, and that ain't changing until they realize the earth doesn't have the raw materials to support it globally.