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Hey Mike, I know that I have the ´69 GTX body. It was just for taking the dimensions. If I really consider to do it as a ´68 I would change the marker lights. I asked at the Model Building Questions section and received the feedback that the model body dimensions are the same so the rearpanel I modeled should fit the ´68 kits too. I already had a request for these so it´s on the list.

No, I did a new trunklid with taillght housings, lower valance, taillight parts and rear bumper. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/128888-68-gtx-grille/?do=findComment&comment=2472642

Thanks Snake for the info. I asked because I have finished the ´68 GTX rearend after more than three years and wanted to know if it would fit both the kit bodies.

Thank you all but I think my question was wrong. I meant if the model kit bodies had the same dimensions...?

Update... The rear end is iploaded to my shop.

Hi folks, have one question about these... Do they have the same body dimensions? Thanks for any help. Rico

Thanks for the feedback. This is how the actual assembly looks like. There are three parts included (trunklid with taillight housings and lower valance, lightning part and bumper). The lower valance with taillight housings can be separated from the trunk lid. Then these would be FOUR separate parts because of the then separate inner taillght frames. The taillights can be separated from the center part too. Then you count THREE lightning parts. With the included bumper this assembly would contain EIGHT parts in summary if you separate everything what´s possible. Hope this helps for your info. I will put the assembly into my shop this weekend. Rico

Thanks Anthony !!! I still hope to get over the finish line this year. If yes I definitely will join again next year although less spare time is still the biggest issue... There are so many 3d printing projects on my to do list. ??

I would call it done. Please let me know what you all think about it. There are still some bodyworks to do from the modeler itself, for example make the fenders top fit to the trunk lid and there´s also much sanding necessary on the inside of the fenders. But these are issues because of the contours of the taillight housings even on the 1:1 scale. If I would change these things it wouldn´t look like the original part. Here are some pics... If you say it´s good like it is I would put it into my shapeways shop. But please be aware... Only the printing costs without any markup for my work are at about US$26 already for the "Smooth fine detail". The "smoothest" it would even be about US$40. I hope you´ll like it anyway. Best regards, Rico

Hey guys, glad to you´re still moving on. Anton, I hope you´ll find the time to finish the Supra. Here some progress on my Impala. Side windows were made out of blister. Wheels and mirrors got color and I couldn´t resist to mockup...? Only thing that I don´t like is that the drivers side mirror stand up to the sky???

Yes, the testprint showed me that there are still some fine adjustments left to do. Hope to get this done till end of the month.

Love the song theme... Already found a song and a suitable kit for it.

This theme I like the most...? These two would be coll too, especially because there are not many kits molded as 4door or even as Station wagon... I have some suggestions too. #1 - Pickups (you can choose any Pickup or El Camino/Ranchero kit or even scratchbuild your own using another kit?) #2 - Government vehicles (you can choose any kit that would represent a government vehicle type that exists in real life no matter of Police, Emergency, FBI, etc... ??)

Hey Brian, nice looking Stang. It´s very clean... Pat, your patina looks amazing again... And Hakån, your work on the headers is looking good.

Hey guys, after a long time without getting the hands on mine here´s a little update. Primed and painted the body with rattle can paint. Color is BMW Hockenheim-Silber. After first polishing I masked the window frames and painted them black again out of a can. After that I attached some decals and clearcoated the body with the topcoat from the BMW paint. Then another little bit of polishing. Finally installed the head- and taillights and 3d printed an oiltank which was painted with chrome rattle can paint. Here are the pics... That´s it for this weekend. I hope to get it finished this time... Rico

Got a first testprint from shapeways these days. Will try to mount it this weekend to know how it fits. If then all is like I wanted it I will offer it for sale.

New update... Have designed a rear bumper and will testprint it this weekend to make sure it will fit the body and looking correctly. Here are some renderings for a first look. Hope you´ll like it. Cheers, Rico

Hey guys, here are some pics of my latest testprint of the rear panel. Sorry for the rough print but my Anycubic Photon Mono has a resolution of only 0.1mm in X- and Y-direction. I did some changes already on the cross rail and started designing the bumper so I think I can finish this long time project soon. The only thing that bothers me is that there is so much plastic to remove on the inner edges of the fenders to make the taillight housings fit right but that is because of the design of the housings itself even on the 1:1. So here it is... Stay well, Rico

@peteski: Yes, TWO years with no updates but they were very busy for me. This project is still one of my all time favourites so it will definitely find it´s way back on my bench.

These should be nearly what you´re looking for. I think I would only change the center of the rims and design the hubcap and then these should be ready. The fender side scopps should be possible to design too. Best, Rico

Hey guys, I proudly present a new update... After a long time of try and error and busy times with a lot of work in any direction I now totally redesigned the ´68 GTX rear end. First tesprints on my Anycubic Photon Mono showed the last issues. Now I think I have this one done. Before this is going into my shop I will order another testprint at shapeways to make sure this will work. The only thing left to do for completing this is to connect the taillight housings on the underside and use this connection as mounting area for the rear bumper which I also want to do next weekend. Here are some renderings of the new design. Hope you´ll like it, Rico

Hi Tom, I had designded them per request some time ago and they are still available at my shapeways store... https://www.shapeways.com/product/6K9CZZZ2M/1-25-1959-cadillac-taillights?optionId=106113942&li=shops Rico

Hey guys, did the next testprint by myself and I´m really pleased with the look. I hope you´ll like it too. Here´re the new pics... And some pics for comparison with the kit parts... I even uploaded the parts already and they are now available at the following link: https://www.shapeways.com/product/PDGTY742K/1-25-1969-cuda-tailpanel?optionId=222013002&li=shops Once again thank you all, especially Bob, for your patience. Rico

Hey guys, I know there are many of you waiting for the tailpanel and I thank you all very much for your patience. After a long time full of work I now have the first testprint in hand. There are some minor issues because the inner panel isn´t wide and the scriptings are not tall enough. I will try to fix this now in a short timeline to make these parts available. And because I now have my own 3d printer I can do the next testprints on my own. Anyway here are two pics of the first testprint. Hope you´ll like it. Best regards, Rico

Four weeks again since my last update and there´s some great progress on every build I can see here. So here´s mine... I´m still hanging on the details. First of all I started wiring the MSD ignition boxes. I choosed a place on the passengers side firewall for mounting them... ... then, because both kits doesn´t have one, I started scratchbuilding my own Optima battery... ... and an ignition coil. After that I started wiring the engine... ...painted the Optima... ... and this weekend I finished the ignition wiring and started the plumbing gas tank, the oil pan and pumps. The fitting still have to become repainted after mounting. But that´s the work for next week. Thank you all for looking, Rico