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Love the different subject!

the yearly budget

Thank you both! Fumi, nothing came up for me on FB, can you post a link?

Thanks! Well, yours is done, with a sweet diorama setting too.

Your challenge did get me to resurrect it and make substantial progress. My real deadline is Desert Scale, and/or GSL.

Just leaving a comment as a bookmark.

That is really sharp! Did the clear overflow tank come in the kit?

O....M....G I *need* that Honda 360! I would like the other kits too, but..... I can't figure out how to translate a webpage, how do we order? I *need* the honeycomb p-e- too!

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I realized the resin body was way too thick on the sides, so attacked with the Dremel. I shined the light behind to determine the thickness, was not ready to turn it into a rust bucket, yet. I know there are going to be gaps between the vac-form parts, so will cross that bridge when I feel like it. For these pictures, the panels are taped in to get a feel for the next hurdle. I'm close to cutting the floor, which will not be factory wood slats, will use corrugated Plastistruct to make it look like a newer truck bed was torched and welded in (at least that's the plan). Another tedious detail will be making the opening lip, sort of like a jamb. I'm also getting psyched out about doing the rolled edge, was planning a tube, or rolled aluminum at the ends with dowel in the center, something more than a solid dowel. As the pictures of the real truck above show, I have taillights to fabricate too, that center one is hinged. Gas tank and filler need to be scratch built too. That's all.

Thank you very much Mr. Superdetailed Pagani. Yes, that's what I'm talking about! But I've been planning on a rusty patina, some dents, with what looks like a rebuilt engine, new tires on painted wheels, seat cushion redone, like it's a Beater Getting Neater. Doing the canopies would take another month.

No way I'm finishing my Canopy Express. I'm not going to halfarse it to rush this deadline.

Thanks for finding that!

Sporks, the crossover

food coloring mixed

I'm having good results using the cooktop burner, but I can't add heat if not completely sucked down.

I use Corian (used for kitchen countertops), which has a high heat tolerance. The profiles made from styrene plastic show slight melting.

Know what to look for now! Thank you. I did wet-sand the Ferrari to see how it would go, seemed to be slightly harder than styrene.

with straws, because

This one? Is it hard to find? I got it from an estate for $10, that a good deal? I was thinking of adding two turbos and duplicating two wheels to make like the Auto Union hillclimb car.

Thank you.

This is good! So you can heat the piece on the box, to help suck it down, vs. slapping it down and hoping it will take.

Dredged up this ancient topic, so long-time experts on this forum won't jump on my case when I start a new topic, with a "it's been talked about before, why are you wasting our time." But of course, now it will be "why are you dredging up this ancient and useless topic, we have 3D printing now!" Or something like that, be creative. I did *not* find Jairus's topic, was it scrubbed, or is it titled and tagged with something creative, like "how to make parts"? I've had some interest on a current WIP about my vac-forming (vacuum-forming, vac-formed, vacuum-formed just so future searches will pick up this subject), thought I would start a new topic, but don't wish to waste my time if a real expert (I'm just a hack) has already done so.

I used 1/2" cedar and dovetailed, just for the woodworking experience. You could get a wood cigar box and make one. It's 6" x 8", used 1/8" aluminum but could probably get away with 1/16" if a support is added in the center, inside the box, and maybe even use the cigar box lid which would be much easier to drill all the holes. Really good guess on hole size and spacing, YES! I broke the drill, so had to use the next size up.

Apologize for not replying in Feb.! I had acquired the Model Factory Hiro kit this summer, so I got that out of my system. More back to topic, I got two different bodies from Shapeways, the Ferrari Berlinetta is much better quality than the Chevy COE. It makes a huge difference on the plastic? Is there different formulas for the plastic? Does digital file size matter, if someone models in 1/43 but blows up to 1/25, would the result look like it's carved from wood or sand cast? BTW: Your model looks awesome!