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Carpet in Sheet Form - Beige - 1/24-1/25th scale
Impalow replied to Impalow's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
oooo! Thats awesome! Please let me know on both! I need to make a Hobby lobby trip anyway! Thank you! -
I feel like I have seen this before, but I cant remember where... My current project has some carpeted areas that are perfectly flat I would like to add some custom cut beige carpet mats. Im looking for a soft flocked/embossing powder/fuzzy type carpet... but in a flat sheet, possibly self adhesive, but not a requirement... my Pocher Ferrari had something like this in grey, but i cant find the material bulk. I know model factory Hiro had some stuff, but its gone into the insanely expensive zone at >30.00 a sheet. Anyone have anything they have used in the past? or thought may work?
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Absolutely beautiful work as always Randy! That engine is truly a piece of jewelry. Hope you are doing well!
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Once I knew that I could print the inter-cooler grille I went back into the 3d model and made some adjustments for better fit, scale and cleanliness... got a new one printed last night and it actually fits!
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And finally after about 15 pairs of seats and adjusting the model umteen times.. we have the final seat prints! I cant wait to get these in primer!
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Thanks guys! The tires are dirt track items that come with the gold line decals, they are extremely delicate and hard to keep round when applying.. but look so good when done... https://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/ppp-grfm.htm (note: they come with one small pony tire, so for a true set of bigs and littles you would need to buy 2 sets, and you will have a couple extra bigs) The color piping on the seat is just detail wire, carefully put on with some CA glue and then dull coated.
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Okay guys this is starting to feel like cheating... this was an intentional stress test on the printer... i cant believe these turned out.. ? and this nice.
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Very Very Cool! I love it!
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Thanks Jim! There are a few decent programs and youtube how-to's out there... I use a program called FormZ not because its great, but because ive used it for 20years now... Its more of an architectural rendering program, but gets the job done and I can export files in the correct format for printing. At some point I know I am going to have to learn another 3d program for work, but I have been super lucky to be able to use it for that long and become pretty proficient. Luckily most of the other 3d programs I've dabbled in seem to build up stuff similar, its just a matter of finding where the tools are. One really nice thing about FormZ is that it has a very powerful rendering engine built in... Here are a couple examples of my work renderings out of FormZ, these are done as a visual representation and not a full engineering model, so I get to keep things loose and not worry finite details. Shameless plug.. but... if anyone needs any Exhibit or POP display work check us out https://www.pfidisplays.com/ Back to the fun stuff!! haha I was able to get some paint and 1k clear on the chassis this weekend, all ready for a lot of carbon decals?! I absolutely love the Splash Paints Rubystone Red color... its so unique and lighting really changes the tone from a deep magenta to a bright pink.
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Oh yeah! that looks fantastic! Are you considering some floating headrests? If so.... I have had luck making them from the tips of 2 spoons joined together (also thanks @Tom Geiger That award is one of my most coveted and hangs behind me at work! I'm still amazed at the success of that particular model)
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Finally made some seats I actually like.. I kept trying to modify 3d models from thingverse, and i just wasnt digging them. Nor was I crazy about the kit seats ive been using for the mockups... so I finally just modeled my own seats in the computer.. these are my own design but heavily inspired by the Singer Porsche Recaro seats. They are a little blocky (limitations of my 3d modeling ability) but I think they will work! one thing ive realized that with the printer I dont have any excuses for parts not being exactly what I want.. which is scary yet liberating... then I got everything ready to prime!
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Thanks guys! I think I got the air ride all sorted out, should be able to get this chassis in primer now! Oh yeah! Rubystone Red with a Burberry interior!!
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Thanks guys! Was able to finish up fabrication on the front air suspension, and the intercooler piping this morning.. then printed up some new tires at a higher resolution and with the better resin. Need to finish up the rear air suspension and some sort of rear motor mount, hopefully in the next couple days. Then its on to cleaning up body work, and paint! Can not wait to start that! Here is a shot of the rear turbo system: and here is a quick tilton pedal box I printed while working on the other elements. I was actually able to download the 3d model from tilton and just scale it down to 1:24th scale
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The best experiment so far are these 3d printed exhaust flanges... look way better than the photoetched options in my opinion, also way easier to work with..
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Thanks guys!! Been making some progress on the turbo system... quite inefficient in real life, but it looks cool.. hahaha! all the bluish-grey pieces are off the new 3D printer!
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Thanks guys!! Hey Anton! sorry your question got lost in there! Its a water washable UV cured resin from elegoo!
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Thanks guys! I'm really excited about the possibilities with the printer... my goal is a future build with hardly any kit parts, of a car that was loosely designed but never built .... the Tucker Carioca... Between that and my Dad building a 1:12th scale replica of my 1:1 LS-Datsun Z this printer should technically pay for itself over ordering Shapeways prints. I bought the package set with the wash/cure station... It makes the workflow easier and cleaner, although I can see its still pretty easy to make a big mess... I think the parts need a final cure of some sort, I know guys just set things out in the sun.. but winter in ohio, the sun is missing. This setup seems more control-able, however I am only one night into it... I did make more usable parts in one night than I did the entire time I had the FDM printer I bought for the same price in 2015.. ? Im already thrilled with it!
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Thanks guys! Remember this thing? Well I got distracted for awhile but its back on the bench. Santa Eric brought me a New AnyCubic Resin 3d printer, so it helped me over the hump with a couple things on this.. I never really liked the tread pattern on the Tamiya 959 tires, so I modeled up some Yokohama Advan Neovas at the same size, then the signature air cooled Porsche fan had the pesky belt molded in over the fins, and finally I downloaded a Turbocharger model from Thingverse then mirror imaged it...so I can scratch build a symmetrical system. Literally the first prints off the printer, and I still have a lot to learn... But so far im quite happy with the results!
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Very very cool and also pretty cool to see one of my 1:1 sponsors Steel-it getting some major recognition!!
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Yes!!! that is awesome! Oh my... I totally forgot about Condorman... When I was a young lad that was my go to movie when I would stay home sick from school... that and ironically the cannonball run movies. This looks like a job for @spencer1984 ?
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Very cool! I almost like your interpretation better and may come up with something else based on that... Im not 100% sure where im headed, or if this is even the "one"... still brainstorming ideas... I have always thought it would be fun to make a very very extreme race car look like a mundane street car(van), and you read my mind with the funny car style opening body! Kinda how this was effectively a GT40 in a vans clothing....
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schmed-room Seriously tho... fantastic work so far! I'm loving it!
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those re-bodied nascar are cute and all... but.. here is my idea...?? equals.. mid engine captain insane-o--van sleeper.
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Same here! They are from Plastic Performance Products = https://www.banditshobbies.com/store/p7369/PLASTIC_PERFORMANCE_PRODUCTS_%23GRFM%3A_Gold_Ring_Firestone_Modified_Style_Model_Car_Racing_Tire_Set_(4).html I buy a couple sets every year at NNL East- (note they come with only one small tire, so to get a true set of bigs and littles you have to buy 2 sets... and you end up with 2 extra bigs)
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Thanks guys! I'm really happy with how this thing is coming together. I did make a little boo-boo with my lighting, evidentially I didn't read the https://evandesigns.com/ clearly and I can not run the flickering LED's off the same battery as the solid and color changing LED's. (they all flicker... ?) Luckily since my first order they have introduced some new smaller battery holders, I think I'm going to be able to make one of those work to power the flickering screens while still keeping the larger battery to power the head and taillights. So now I'm waiting on my new order to arrive, I really love their website and products... makes adding some lighting effects a somewhat "easy" task... plus they check your order to make sure you are ordering compatible components. I was able to take some time and get the tire decals done, these are really delicate and not easy to keep round, however I absolutely love the look... exactly what I was going for.
