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There has been two Cord L29 masters floating around for ..what?.. 15 or 20 years? Am I going to have to wait until either of you two retire?

Lookin' good with the new wheels. Bill milled the knockoffs, too. Working on filing the door handles from aluminum today. 3d printed handles are too fragile. Maybe I need a centrifigal casting machine for small metal parts?

ACME member Bill Cunningham offered to machine the wheels on his cnc milling machine, an offer I quickly jumped on. I designed the wheel in Sketchup and sent him the file. Picked the wheels up last weekend at our club meeting, no pics yet, but here is an image in computer.

Savonuzzi deserves to be better known. He was very talented.

A Chrysler? I missed that. The designer, Giovanni Savonuzzi, worked for Chrysler on the early 1960's Turbine Car.

If I can output this at 1/24, I can output it at 1/1. You provide the 427 Cobra chassis. Sacrilege? It's never sacrilege if you're paid enough. See you at the Philly NNL?

Anyone can PM me for the contact info of my 3d printer. He uses a resin printer which is fairly high resolution with a smooth surface which requires very little finish work. The drawback is that there are supports to the printed item that must be removed, sometimes leaving little "divots" on the surface.

Richard, Glad ya like.

Finally finished detailing the engine compartment.

Superb work.

I accidentally discovered a way to turn white metal to gold. Keep quite about it.

The metal is Britannia metal, which I used due to its low melting temperature, silvery look and ability to be highly polished. Mold was made of Smooth-on Mold Max 60. The white metal used by Wills Finecast is much softer, also floppy in comparison, lower melting point, much grayer color and cannot be polished nearly as well.

Dry fitting the engine so that I know how much room there is for the hood hinge. Check out the holes in the distributor cap - they are .0291" (.7391mm) in diameter. The resolution of this material is superb.

Lookin' good.

One of my worries was how prominent the 3d printed material layering would be on a chrome surface. With this material, only several light coats of primer and fine sanding will produce a surface that smooth enough for Alclad chrome.

Eric, Yours was not the one I was referring to. I have considered making one myself but there are only 24 hours in a day.

Yo! Impalow! Got your Woodlites from Shapeways. Very nice, now what should I put them on? It's been rumored that someone is finally completing the Cord L29 that has been floating around the community for the last 15 years or more.

1/24th scale. I'm more interested in the wheel covers than wire wheels. I've spent days hand stringing 1/24 wire wheels and avoid it if necessary. And those covers are very tasteful. Also - this printed material is smooth enough that it should be easy to finish to take a chrome paint, but I haven't tried that yet. That's one of today's projects. That pic was taken at Amelia Island, I missed that year, but took some pics of one at St. John's Concours several years ago. I've done a spoon test of Model Master turquoise metallic, and it's ringing my bell.

The design is based on the maroon car - no bumpers or hood scoop. I will be painting it turquoise, with a turquoise and white interior. Very 50's show car.

The type of printing is the resin hardened with a laser, it resembles acrylic. It may be acrylic? Talking with the 3d printer dude yesterday, he said I could avoid the supports connecting to the important parts of the engine by dividing it in half so the supports all come off the inner half, not the exhaust headers, manifold, etc. Might be a trick removing the supports and not taking something important with it.

Three coats of primer and light sanding and it's in good shape, not ready for paint, but close. The engine compartment snaps into place - that's all one piece. Other parts have required some filing around the edges.

Ace - Here's something for you to think about: if I can output this in 1:24, I can do it in 1:1.

I have done the engine and interior. Chassis is a flat plate with the firewall. The printer and I have discussed producing a kit, which I'm inclined to be in favor of. However, I can see that there will need to be some refining of a few things before that happens. Video: .

Yo! ACME Dudes! Good to see you, as always. The local 3d printer has several new resin printers and they seemingly melt the layers together to produce and much smoother surface.