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What a beast! Looks like it printed very well. Those models might be pricey, but as a sometimes-3D modeler, when I look at that Caddy I see at the very least $4k worth of meticulous work, which makes it an absolute smoking deal!

WOW. That is one spectacular model! What a beautiful car. The coupe top looks fantastic. I'm unfamiliar with the differences between the roadsters and coupes, so I can just enjoy this one at face value. Small modifications like thinning the spokes go a long way, and the paint is absolutely killer. Great photography too. Outstanding work!

What a wacky and wonderful subject for a model (and no small amount of hard work!) It turned out beautifully! Congrats on owning the world's longest scale model limousine!

Looks fantastic to me!!

Looking fantastic! The color combo is loud but interesting.

I appreciate the recommendations, Charles, thanks!

I dig it so far!! The 1:1 inspiration has some serious rubber rake going on. Back tires could be the Revell '32 Roadster units, front...I have no idea!

The jealousy flows through me Looking forward to seeing the stuff you'll be printing. I've had my eye on a the Anycubic Photon Mono X 6k...can't quite swing it yet. I'd love to be able to print entire bodies without cutting the files into chunks!

Incredibly cool. The staging of the little SUV and the way it's squatting (sagging rear springs?) just makes the scene, for me. The weathering and variety of debris is endlessly fascinating. It's a "simple" scene but there's so much to look at. My only critique is that the VW van in the midst of the I-beam debris would probably have been crushed and warped by the weight of all that heavy junk getting piled on top of it!! And if there was a way to sprinkle the place with 1-2mm debris (bolts, washers, bits of rebar, pieces of cable) the density and dispersion of junk would match the reference/inspiration images even more closely!! Thanks for sharing. I don't know how you achieve such believable and realistic surface finishes--it's so inspiring to see!

In a word-- yes! The intake was designed to fit the more prototypically accurate heads on the Revell Tony Nancy 22jr nailhead. Shaving down the chunky tabs on the Revell '29/30 nailhead until the surface is flush with the mounting surface for the valve covers will get you most of the way there.

This is very cool so far. I'm so used to seeing '30 and '32 Fords that non-Ford hot rods make me feel kind of....itchy? Inspiring to see one being built. I really dig the chromed steelies...the AMT '49 Ford really has the nicest examples ever. It captures that "summer of '62" look nicely. If I was going to "improve" on the look, I'd actually lean into the awkwardness and go with more, not less: I'd visually elongate the front end by adding a fifth dummy vent to the cowl itself!

I think this is also the first time I've seen those parts all in one place--outside my workbench, that is Looking killer, Michael!

Awesome tip Dennis! I used a similar method in Blender to brute-force a "CHEVROLET" script for a tailgate a while back, starting with a black-and-white image of my desired script and using it as a mask to displace a heavily subdivided plane. It was cruder than your solution, but the technique could be used to create any script.

I'm not a truck guy so I barely understand what I'm looking at...but I like this a lot!! Very compelling detailing on a truck that has expressive proportions and lots of cool design features. Glad this thread popped up again

Now that's sanitary! Great photography too. Despite the issues you encountered with fender fit, the end result strikes me as dramatically successful!

Nice work Dennis! I modeled a pruned-with-scoops version of the Enderle barndoor a while back. It's just such a cool design! Haven't had many takers, but then again the Tony Nancy dragster kits have one and are still available online.

Great parts choices and styling! It captures the era beautifully--especially the coil springs. Nobody does that anymore! I love the paint color and details like the white underside, quad pipes, nerf bars, tinted windows, gold interior trim, etc. Definitely has that late-50s show-n-go flavor. Nicely done!

Spectacular work!

Updates to the '27...firewall added, interior panels in progress, working on some Firestone tires, and other little tweaks. The thickness of the door panels is problematic...full-scale T bodies have very thin doors and interior panels, which is tough to render in scale and still have the panels thick enough that they don't warp.

Looking crazy so far!! I look forward to seeing more. 60s Show-n-go is one of my favorite build styles. You're right about that front end...putting the "suicide" in "suicide perch!"

Love it! The widebody kit, wheel/tire package, and the paintwork...and the photography's good too! I'd love to know how BlackBox gets these bodykits to fit so well. It's not easy trying to fit a digital model to the compound curves of a real-world model kit, and digital models aren't always dependably accurate to the 1:1 or shaped the same way the model kit is. Maybe they're 3D scanning the kit bodies somehow? Multiple iterations of test-printing and model revision??

Beautiful work! Funny, I have a '36 kit stashed away with a selection of parts including the flipper caps and ribbed bumpers, waiting to become something like this...but I hadn't considered trimming down the Buick grille from the AMT '57 to create a LaSalle-style unit. Clever!

Wicked! Love the exaggerated styling and stance on this model, the cool diorama and the gonzo write-up with illustrations is fantastic too. I don't see many models presented this way and I really dig it.

I have a pretty decent box full of chopped sprue I'd be happy to exchange for a kit, haha!

Fantastic stuff here Cross-border shipping is brutal for small parts, so I'm glad you've figured out a workaround!