Michael jones

Sometimes the part you are wanting to paint is supposed to be shiny black, so a shiny black primer would be perfect. I often use Mr hobby black primer for semi gloss/ flat paint finishes - same sort of idea. I also have used Tamiya white primer for the main body colour. Works great.

Fairly unlikely as Aoshima tend to do modern-ish kits mostly. Hope we get something on your list however.

Did you run the 3d print tool box add on analyzer in Blender before exporting the file? There is a bunch of reasons for errors in the mesh, often after boolean operations, so depending on how you made the hole, might give some clues. Keep at it, I have been using blender for about 2 years now, and still learn new things often.

Gidday niteowl, theres are some 3d files that do come with instructions recently. A good example is olivizzles Ferrari 333sp on cults3d (and his other designs). I have also been amazed with some rc car designs which have full instruction manuals, parts lists etc on cults3d. The funny thing is, in some cases they are far better and clearer instructions than model kit companies do. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/ferrari-333sp-1-24-scale-kit

Thanks for the info, sounds exactly the same as decaldoc decals (which I would avoid). Its interesting that you used the Indian based company which was part owned by an Australian person until recently I believe (now the Aussie guy owns digidecals I think). I have found spotmodel decal service to have extremely opaque whites, but you need to use tamiya decal adhesive to make them stick well and softeners do not work. I can show you some photos of this, but don't want to hijack your thread. Regards Mike

Came out great! who printed your decals? they look very nice.

I have about 6 or 7 of those cheap 0.5mm nozzle dual action gravity fed airbrushes from aliexpress. They work great, however sometimes you need to drill out the nozzle cap slightly to let the correct amount of air flow through. That is the only issue I have found with them. I have an airbrush for whites only, colours only, blacks only, clears only etc etc. This is a major advantage. I also buy the replacement nozzles just in case there is ever a problem. Some of these airbrushes have done years of work and still go great.

Hi guys, See the linked forum thread for some interesting info/pictures regarding the above cars that may be released this year. https://forum.f1m.com/viewtopic.php?t=33843&start=10 Mike

You can draw it yourself in blender with some time and learning. Start small and go from there.

Awesome work! BTW I have designed and printed a couple of sheets at spotmodel. The colours are very bright and vibrant which I love. The downside is you cant use decal softeners and they dont stick very well sometimes. I used some future to make them stick better. Did you have any secrets that I may not know about for them? I may try another company next time.

Yep 1/24 thanks!

Ferrari 375 3d printed. The only part not printed is the windscreen. Wheels are modified from the Maserati Birdcage 3d files that Bill Cunningham designed(Thanks Bill!). Some cockpit parts are self designed. The tyres are printed in flexable resin and dyed black.

Awesome work! From my fairly short experience, if you don't have many "flat areas" on your body, printing flat is fine. This is especially true on those older sports cars that are curvy. Going by those print lines on the angled body, that is because it wasn't supported enough and moved slightly during printing. That is hard to understand considering you have a lot of supports already, but if you did add a few on the outside of the body, it would cure this problem (or maybe more on the inside). There is some evidence of this on the flat printed body if I am not mistaken as well. I actually learnt this when printing your Maserati files. Those Maserati wire wheels are amazing btw, Thanks for that!

For the original poster, I'm sure the suction would be massively reduced because of the filter. I don't use a filter, and have a brushless bathroom fan setup. The suction is good. After using this set up for years (maybe 6 or 7 years with all kinds of paint including lacquers and 2k clear), I feel a filter is not required.

I only buy white LED's and paint them whatever colour I want. Works well, and no need for resistors or anything when connected in parallel.