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Very good work. Very impressive.

Although both of those t buckets are nice builds, and I can see good skills in them, neither one fits the late 50s and early 60s style of bulls I am looking for. Thanks. The testerosa one I have seen before. Lots of good work. So don't get me wrong, they are nice builds. Just not the kind of inspiration I'm looking for right now. Thanks.

Wow. Thanks.

John teresi, don't apologize. I said John and you are. Lol. Besides your car is great. I enjoyed reading through your build. Great stuff. Thanks

Nice job on that bashing. I was actually referring to the other John on the little t though. Wouldn't it be great if some one could scale up small scale parts into the larger scales though.

Sorry, sometimes when using my phone, it will put in what it wants. If I don't prof read it, it gets away with it. That was supposed to be tires and rims... three times changing it this time to get it right.... sorry... thanks

After much searching, I have found what appears to be a very competitive printer with a amazing bed size of 12 x 16 x 10. Can supposedly out preform the maker bot. Cost is under a grand. I have also found a 3d object refiner that eliminates the need for any Samsung of three object for $300. To cut production costs, I have found a filament extruder also for under $300. This saves from having to buy a pound of filament for around $50. You can buy the beads for a few bucks and make your own. The hardest thing was searching scanner. That is finding one that is fairly accurate and affordable. A table top portable unit with a turn table that will scan anything smaller than 7" long by 9"high. The accuracy Is .43 mm. That is 25/64 if a inch in 1/1 scale. Also get about $600. So a total cost of $2100. I think for some one wanting to get into it as a small side business, that is not a bad figure. Maybe time for to to start collecting pop cans. Goal is spring. Lol. Yes day dreaming again. Oh the possibilities though.

John, where did you get those toys and runs? Are they modelhaus(?) Items?

Nice. Thank you for that information.

For that 1/8 replica, what did you use to paint the radiator shell with. That looks nice.thanks

Nice examples. That little t is done absolutely beautifly. I love the wheel combo on there. Almost perfect set.

Sorry, being in my phone, I can not share links. However this morning I was reading a article where they have already printed scallops, celery, cheese and a hamburger. Nasa has hired a individual to create a printer that will make pizza. He has already been successful at printing the crust. Beam me up Scotty I want some fresh pizza :-) they can also print things in chocolate and wood. I am getting so amazed at all of this.

Yes I was. Thank you.

There is digital imagining stabilizing for 3d hand held asking with real time auto positioning. I was reading about that yesterday. The scanner cost is out of a serious hobby user, but it it's there. So eventually it will trickle down to us. Imagine taking a disassembled motor and scanning it then printing it out. Not just a common motor, but rare ones to. I think for cost to get into it, the concern would seriously need to be more on the scanner then the printer. I see the possibilities. I want to grab them. But alas not cheap enough yet. Think of being able to make solid mold fir resin casting that would be cheaper to make. More detailed and last longer. Not too mention cheaper to make and led time with less chance of a bad mold. Very interesting indeed.

Welcome fellow nyer

I just got the hot rod news letter and they covered the sema show. They had 3d printing there and in one of the photos they showed a intake prototype and in the back ground was a large scale v8 engine block. Looked impressive.

I did not see anything on the tissue. However I did see robots, robotic hands fir humid, the wrench, a working metal gun and car parts. I found that stuff amazing enough. If I had the money, I would want in.

I saw that one almost a year ago maybe. That was one of the concepts I was working on for a 1:1 before I settled on the idea of little saint Nick t bucket rod instead. Which that is what brought me back to here. Lol. That hack is such a great looking ride. 1/8 would be awesome on it to

Yes, the topic is idealisticly for printing. However from a scanned object. I search for 3d scanning, did not think to put in services. Doh. Searches are great as long as you use the right terminology. Lol. Thank you very much. Looks like they may even be able to do the whole process. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Ok. Going through old big boyz threads from over a year ago, I finally found them. Tdr innovations. So if anyone else is looking for a modeler company that does 3d printing (rapid prototyping) they are the ones I remembered. I am still going to check it the other two companies. Thanks

Man these are super sweet sick builds!

Very nice start.

I'm nit sure where this it's headed. I saw the link and did a search. Shape ways was one of the two that I found. I will bee contacting them. In the process of all of this I have joined a 3d printing forum to get more information as well. According to what I have seen there so far, the hand held are very good. Apparently there is two small table top versions for Grand and a half and the other one much more. Several hand held from 400 to two grand. I did not start this thread for people to start arguing with each other. I wanted some info. I git dime. The car looks great. I'm very interested. I do swear there was a modeling company that was doing it for mostly larger scale parts. But can not find then. Perhaps they defunct because of lack of sales? I see a good use for it. I think that ultimately the cost per piece would be cheaper than having a caster to do. Especially if looking at getting many small scale hit rod parts or rare show rod parts duplicated into large scale. However at this time I'm not in position or mood to try it from scratch just for the hobby. I also doubt any one can start making money quickly with it to refund the large initial cost. Very interesting however. So I will go check out the two printer services and see where it goes. Unless of course some one does have information on the modeling supplier, I doubt I can get much more information from this now and don't desire to see people get into a peeing match. Thanks to all who did give me good information. It is appreciated.

Did a search on this info. I see Amazon sells a hand held scanner for four hundred. Not too awful. The printers are pricey however. I found two main services. I guess I will try to contact them for pricing. Thanks.