MeatMan

Sweet!

Great project!

Can't believe I haven't seen this build! Great work on the 3D printing. The detail on your smaller parts is awesome. I haven't been able to make the smaller stuff work. I love where the truck is going too.

Awesome job. Totally my style.

Nice lineup!

Very cool topic!

Nice work, and great year!

Welcome Jeff!

Awesome detail and fabrication work!

Awesome work!

Its been a slow go on my Club DeMer as I've been trying to sort out the front suspension. I added some shock towers to the chassis and fabricated some coil-overs and lower A-arms, and modified some parts box spindles to make it all work. I'm a little unhappy with the stance but the rear can't go any lower because of tire clearance. This thing initially had 13" tires. I may wind up raising the front a tad to level it off but that's in the air. I also got the altered C7 taillights to fit, and I like the look. The stock bumpers are very thin and I might mold them in as there won't be any chrome trim anyway. Next I'll be working to get the CTS headlight bezels to fit. I'm close but trying to decide on cutting the hood slightly for them to fit, or cutting the bezels and keeping the hood as is. This has become a full custom now, as the changes have become major. I think I may need therapy! ?

A little tip when checking automatic supports. Sometimes they look okay but slowly moving the slider in the Prepare or Preview section shows where sometimes supports are not added at the lowest point of an island, which can cause a fail because the printer cures resin in thin air before the support is built. In the example below, Lychee added the support, but I felt it would fail so I added a support at the lowest point. This print of a BOP axle I created sagged last print so I'm redoing it and adding a heavier support near the end to try to keep it from sagging.

Awesome!

Also check out Freecad and Solidworks. I chose Alibre because you get to own it but you don't get free updates, though I haven't felt the need for one. If you get Alibre I'd be glad to help you get at least to where I am.

Yes, that's how I learned to do mine and it does work quite well.

Very nice!

Awesome detail work!

Nicely done!

Sounds like a nice project!

Nice work!

Look at the lower left corner, it shows an approximation there. It shows 1hr, 46min, which is an estimate. On mine its usually about 20 minutes longer than their estimate.

I use Lychee as well and its one of the best for resin printers. I typically run the auto supports but then move the slider in the Prepare section and look for problems. Slicers can miss islands, which will cause a fail or sag. Also, depending on the part I sometimes add one medium support at the lower rear to anchor them. Btw, nice tire & wheel set.

Just did these for a member. It was a nice little project. Designed in Alibre CAD and printed on an Anycubic Photon Zero. Still learning to use both. I like to use Blender for file cleanup and repair. It has so many features it kind of intimidates me though.

Nice project.

Classy build!