Pico

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?

This is where CAD drawing and 3D printing really comes in handy. I need to make exhaust pipes with small "finlets" on the end. On the left side of the image is a photo of the model taken from underneath where I have drawn a pipe conforming with the curvature of the body. In the center is a copy of the pipe that I have cut the end at the proper angle and have a small "finlet" ready to apply to the pipe. I will soon 3D print the pipes. BTW, I use Sketchup 2017 for my CAD designing and an Anycubic Photon for printing.

Took a wad of Apoxie Sculpt and pressed in under the cowl, allowed it to set there. That impressed the curve of the windshield into it, then carved and sanded it, drilled out and added brass tubes for the instrument openings to make the dashboard.

I use both CAD and scanning techniques; do a search with my name for other work I've done. Actually, I'm attempting to get away from all this manual work because it's so time consuming and it's very difficult to get symmetrical.

If you find a part on Shapeways that you want but is not 1/16th, contact the maker and see if he will scale it to the size you need.

Check to see how it looks with wheels.

Thanks! It hasn't been easy and I'm certainly no Michelangelo. but it is beginning to shape up.