rbarlow1

Beautiful paint, love it. Looks super clean from here.

Hey, are you spraying this stuff out of an airbrush? Because if so, you need to adjust something, that looks like some really tough orange peel. If it's coming out of a can, it's tougher to explain. It looks to me like somehow you've got a lot of paint coming out but it's also drying before it hits the surface. Or something. Alternatively, that could just be sanding dust that you haven't wiped clean - you might want to wash it with a soft tooth brush and dishsoap and let it airdry before painting if that's the case. For the finish sanding: you need to take that filler down further so that it feathers. There's a clear dividing line here now - use coarser paper to take it down (I wouldn't go lower than around 320, and use a really light touch), then work your way back up to 800/1200 or so (at least) before primer. You might also want to invest in a scriber (15 bucks maybe) and you could then use it to recut the door jambs and gas cap. Just some suggestions. I love the concept.

This is truly exceptional and inspiring work. Look forward to continuing to follow along, and to learning more about the frontiers of 3d printing tech in the hobby.

Absolutely beautiful work. I'd love to know more about how you created the fiberglass effect on the fuel tank and other parts if you wouldn't mind - very impressive!

Thanks! They're these ones: http://www.rbmotion.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=60_59&product_id=52

Got around to doing some new work the past week after spending the previous little while redoing the shocks more cleanly. Started work on the rear engine hatch, first molding the hexagonal mesh for it, then finishing the underside, then installing. Along the way, the mesh slipped through the hold and chipped the paint finish on the top quite badly, so I ended up stripping and repainting it. Then painting and carbon fibering the "inside", and today installing the mesh. Once installed, the lid is so tight, I don't see how I'm going to be able to get it to open and close without damaging the delicate hinge mechanism, so I'm considering removing the hinges altogether and just removing the hood when I want to display the internals. We'll see what happens. Just about finished: time for wheels, then rear windshield, and finally the baseplate under the car, and I'll be done. I've taken some more not the greatest photos and attached them here. I'll take some nice properly staged ones for "under glass".

Some progress pics. Shock assembly has been installed, so has the windshield. Body is now mounted on the frame. Pretty excited about how things are looking so far.

Very cool. With the body mods, the shape is (appropriately) a bit reminiscent of a Viper.

Brief update: Started working on putting together the rear shock system using photoetch and RBMotion parts. Coming together slowly, it's taken some thought to figure out how to get it all in place since it needs to attach in three places at once, and fit, and I'd like it to move if possible. The photoetch for the rear springs was broken on the tree. Probably my fault somewhere along the line. I'm robbing the parts from the front to use in the rear since they won't be seen anyways. That means the shape of the heim joint linkage thing is slightly incorrect, but I'm not too concerned about it. Should have it all installed by Tuesday, and then it's time to drop the body on top and start the final stages of assembly. Mixal: I've just used tamiya acrylic clear red on the shocks. A bit rubbed off while assembling, but I just touched it up through the springs with a tiny brush and it looks good as new.

That color is incredible!

Really beautiful work!

Very cool and a wonderful start. Would you mind posting a pic (no pressure of course) of how they compare in terms of size with a 1/24 or 1/25 kit? Just very curious about these.

Thanks guys, much appreciated. A bit more progress tonight. Assembled the doors and painted the RB Motion shocks, excited to get them put together and installed.

Great color! Looks good.

Starting to come together, like some others said, that's some really nice tapework and finishing.