Pico

Experimenting with a different material. I will be using the last of my stock of resin cast tires on this model. However, I designed and and printed Pirelli Stelvios for the Osca (see in "under glass") and am working on Pirelli Cinturatos for future projects.

It's necessary to be careful with a 3D printed part; they are brittle.

It's not difficult once you catch onto it. Here I have taken the mesh and added planes on the inside to give the model thickness, so it can be printed.

3D printed parts done on my Anycubic Photon. Those spokes are .0015" (.038 mm) in diameter.

The car I modeled is here on the Osca Owners Group home page: http://oscaownersgroup.com/

It's time to print chrome decals. I make vector art in Inkscape and print them using Decalprofx: https://decalprofx.com/index.html.

There is a great deal of design work involved, but when you have developed those skills, you can make anything.

Started with a 1/43d diecast, which I scanned and modified for 3D printing, then output at 1/24th scale. Also designed in Sketchup the oval grille, chassis plate and dashboard. The wire wheels and Nardi steering wheel were previously designed for another model. That's all printed also on my Anycubic Photon. Water slide decals designed in Inkscape and printed on an HP copier. Car was owned by Briggs Cunningham and driven by Bill Lloyd and Stirling Moss.

Superb work.

Don't overlook another of my favorite modeling materials: Eves Apoxie Sculpt: https://avesstudio.com/shop/apoxie-sculpt/. I formed the flying buttresses, going from the rear fender to the roof with it.

Also called tooling or modeling board. Here is a UK supplier: https://www.mouldlife.net/renshape-boards-154-c.asp. It comes in many different densities, so you may want to get some samples. I got a chunk from an ebay supplier, at a reasonable price after searching for a long time.

Cleaned up nicely.

Beginning to look good.

Lookin' bad in black.

First coat black.

Black paint time.

Recovery.

Krylon.

Well, darnit.

This makes me nervous.

Paint time!

Chassis is 3/8" cabinetmakers plywood. It's not seen so I spend as little time as possible on it.

You could have done it, but you have tiny paws. Molotow.

Exhaust pipes, wire wheels and those monster sized knock offs are out of the printer and ready for paint.

Picasso? Picaso? What you boys been smoking?