Spex84
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Love the color, and that interior is looking super classy!
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Beautiful work! Love that fade job and the modifications...you've kept all of the cool features of the car and ironed out the weirdness that it suffers from in stock form. I particularly like the bladed bumpers.
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Now that's eye-catching! Very nicely sorted.
I'd love to get my hands on another AMT '63 vette at some point. I've always loved the design.
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Looking fantastic! Nice oxygen tank, btw.
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The effort going into this bellypan...wow!
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Glad to see the updates on this one, it's been a while since I checked in! That chromed grille is going to look absolutely wild once it's in place. This car has that perfect 1940s pulp magazine "Automobiles of the Future" vibe. I'm truly impressed that you have followed through and it's so close to completion!
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Fantastic work! The paint is luscious. Nice job getting all the grille components straight and level...that's always a tough challenge for people building replicas of this car. El Matador is one of my all-time faves and you've certainly done it justice!
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3 hours ago, Jonathan said:
but I think you're right.
Mmm, nope. I just checked the instructions and some online auction listings that show the kit components and I was incorrect. The '57 Ford seats are different; more pronounced bolsters and a different upholstery pattern.
But I DO have a couple sets of those seats in my stash! Hmm...what the heck are they from? I'll keep looking.
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Cool project! That seat looks like it's from the '90s issues of the AMT '57 Ford, which featured a selection of 2-n-1 features. I think this version has those seats?:
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Sounds like that body must be a super-high detail mesh. Good luck. There are a couple ways to optimize or re-mesh objects in Blender, but it does tend to result in undesirable changes to the mesh. I look forward to seeing what technique does the trick!
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Meshmixer might do what you need.
If I was going to split that body in Blender, I'd make 3 copies of the body and use Boolean modifiers with a large cube to remove the rear 2/3 of the first body, the nose and tail of the second body, and the front 2/3 of the third body. The result, once the modifiers were applied, would be 3 chunks: nose, center, and tail.
The body probably needs to be a contiguous "watertight" mesh in order for the Boolean modifier to work well.
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I dig all the ways you're deleting some of the toy-like features and making the model look more like a 1:1, namely the floor tab removal and door panel modifications.
Mockup looks tuff!!
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20 hours ago, vincen47 said:
$24? Wow.
That's what we're paying up here in Canada, fellas. eBay shipping these days is frequently $35 per kit. Whee!
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On 2/14/2022 at 9:32 PM, CabDriver said:
They’re probably not mine to sell, I’m afraid…the designers of most of these files sell them for a coupla three bucks for personal use but not resale. Wouldn’t be fair for them to spend dozens of hours designing them and then they only sell one ‘set’ (the file) for three bucks to whoever feels like printing a hundred of them.
You're a man of honor, I see
As a designer of 3D parts I find it encouraging to hear this sentiment expressed. It's why I don't sell digital files...yet. Eventually 3D printers will become so ubiquitous that the tide will turn.
And dude, those louvers are spectacular!
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That grille is a thing of absolute beauty! I'm loving this build so far. My parents had a "Winnie" briefly that looked a lot like this. Mechanically it was a lemon, and smelled funny. I distinctly remember feeling very carsick sitting at the dining room table while were underway. I think it had a 318 or a 360 in it?
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Well this is exciting! Awesome work so far. I can't wait to see more. I also have a pile of parts stashed away, waiting to become a Carroll-esque coupe (Ed's chopped '32 5w body, a flathead, yada yada). My direction for the project might be swayed by this beautiful machine, Simon Gluckman's "Little Eve", which is basically the Carroll coupe with a blown OHV instead of a flattie. it might be of some interest to you too!
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I clicked on this purely because of the brilliant moniker
It looks very functional! Would be awesome if the name was included somewhere, as a punchline people will discover if they look closely. It could be printed on a banner, or an event poster, or a photo-reduced magazine cover, or...I don't know.
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On 2/14/2022 at 1:51 PM, Mr. Metallic said:
@Spex84 I haven't placed my order yet. Enormous heating bill for January (and presumably February) ate my Shapeways budget for the moment. Which is really unfortunate since I planned to feature your QC under the Model A I just started.
I will be ordering several eventually. I've always been happy with your designs, so I'm sure these will follow your same high standards.
Oh, whoops! I've sold several and thought you were one of the buyers. No worries, it's the thought that counts haha.
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13 hours ago, RAT-T said:
VERY NICE CHRIS, ANY PLANS ON OFFERING IT IN 1/16?
Thanks Tom! I've just added a 1/16 version to the Shapeways store.
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This project is way cool. I like the aesthetic and I'm impressed by the parts you're churning out! My attempts to print tires have not gone super well, so far. Yours are looking excellent!
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Very cool. That interior looks convincing, can't wait to see more!
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Beautiful work, and very instructive! Thanks Roger!
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Thanks @Mr. Metallic and @mrm. Craig, have you received yours yet? I was holding off until I can get some product feedback (still concerned about those sprue connectors, haha!)
But shucks, I guess I'll post here anyway: Anyone want a quick-change rearend and T-style spring and crossmember made to fit into the Revell '29 and '30 Fords?
The first version is up on the MapleLeaf Modelworks store at Shapeways.com! Search for "quick-change".
This is just a promo render; the actual product is made of multiple individual pieces connected with sprues for easier painting; use a razor saw to carefully separate parts from sprues). I'm hoping to do a test print on my own printer soon, and will make adjustments as needed.
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Looking good!! make me want to go back to my long-abandoned channeled '30 coupe build.
Nice work on the shortened grille...the kit '30 grille is difficult to do anything with, being one piece. I'm glad you tackled the challenge because it looks so much better now.
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Hand Painting v Computer Art
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I agree that hand-drawn or painted art tends to have imperfections that make it feel richer than digital art.
That said, some digital artists have become SO good at mimicking traditional art media and techniques that you'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference through a computer screen! It's crazy what's possible these days.
Gimp has a variety of tools, including ones that allow you to draw from scratch.
RE: digital drawing/painting apps that are free, I should also mention Krita. It features some awesome digital drawing and painting tools and is set up a lot like photoshop. I downloaded it fairly recently but haven't dug into it yet, so looking forward to that!