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  1. MeatMan
    Just seeing this post. Glad your wife didn't get hurt. My wife and I got rear-ended by a young man this past summer and it took a month just to get the parts because they couldn't find aftermarket parts and we got factory stuff, then another couple of weeks to get it fixed. Our insurance company (Nationwide) was great. Covered most everything but we had rental coverage only for a sedan so the kid's insurance company (Liberty) made us whole in the end. I think they would have totaled it but because the cost of used cars was super crazy then, because in the end it was over $3K repair on a 2018 Nissan Rouge with 70K on the odometer.
  2. MeatMan
    Nice work!
  3. MeatMan
    In my very recent experience it will take the paint with it, but the only way to know is to try. This is fresh lacquer paint, and it didn't touch the primer at all. I've sanded it a bit so I can touch it up with the airbrush.
  4. MeatMan
    Nice!
  5. MeatMan
    Can you post a pic of the body in the slicer? Maybe more support is needed where it sagged. I try to postmortem my fails by comparing the failed piece to the slicer result. Also, it looks like you physically cut the cab. I would cut it in a program like Blender or Meshmixer and then print it where possible.
  6. MeatMan
    Welcome Allen!!
  7. MeatMan
    Nice!
  8. MeatMan
    Very cool and in-depth customizing.
  9. MeatMan
    I use Lychee with no probs and I have 16 gigs ram and an AMD Ryzen 5 chip on an older laptop, so no graphics card either. I've never used CB so I'm no help there. Have you looked at any of the YT vids to get an idea of how to use Chitubox?
  10. MeatMan
    Nice start.
  11. MeatMan
    Those are some really, really wild customs! Have at it I say.
  12. MeatMan
    Thanks Ricky. Never thought about tilting it but I'll do more mocking up before I make a final decision on everything.
  13. MeatMan
    I love it, but it does take a bit of time away from building. Here's some of what I've designed for printing for my current & future builds.
  14. MeatMan
    No different than anything else. Works fine.
  15. MeatMan
    Welcome aboard Frank!
  16. MeatMan
    No, you're absolutely correct. I wasn't thinking about a commercial setup. I have no wish personally to print for $$. I don't even do bodies.
  17. MeatMan
    Great idea! Well done!
  18. MeatMan
    Very nice work!!
  19. MeatMan
    Welcome to the fray Frank!
  20. MeatMan
    Well its been a slow go but I finally got some work done on the c-cab. The engine is mostly finished so I decided to mock it up with the chassis and I think I need to raise the engine a bit. I had a hard time with the wiring on this beast because the distributor I originally printed for it is huge, so I went with two coil packs with eight sockets each. Still looks quite busy tho. I printed the cowl which is a raven beak cut down with some slots added for cooling. The body will be the same green as the engine, with accents the color of the wheel centers.
  21. MeatMan
    I print in the same basement room I paint in. When I print I turn on the externally vented blower on my paint booth, which handles the ventilation with no complaints from the "boss".
  22. MeatMan
    Nicely done!
  23. MeatMan
    A little chassis update on my Monza today too. I'm a bit giddy because I managed to design and print replacement front A-arms to give it about a 3mm drop. I wanted to keep it simple by using the dimensions from the kit A-arms, which lacked any realistic detail. Still have to add springs and shocks or coilovers. The last pic is from my CAD program for clarity .
  24. MeatMan
    Good start on the chassis. That rear axle looks like the same on I'm using. A 12 bolt from one of the AMT Camaros.
  25. MeatMan
    Nicely done!
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