Bilingham

Here is a trial of the windshield. I really love the size and shape. The fit seems fine.

Randy, I've done this enough times to have developed strategies to avoid warpage while still having a 1mm thick body. The P70 has been largely free of warps.

I'm having difficulty posting. Sorry about the double post of picture. At any rate, this is the weird, couch like seat use in the P70.

This is how she looks when the body sections and the chassis come together. Good fit and good opening and closing.

This is how she looks when the body sections and the chassis come together. Good fit and good opening and closing.

Here is a print of the chassis. It is all printed in a single piece except for the tubular brass support for the rear body section. Although all of this CAN be printed in a single piece, in the long run it makes sense to print components like the coil over shocks as separate pieces so they may be optimised in printing and more easily painted.

Hours of computer time? Hundreds of hours.

This project was very difficult for me. I just couldn't get the body to a satisfactory look, and I couldn't figure how to support the rear body section when it flips open. The body was revised at least 10 times, and the body opening was solved with a soldered brass support the mates with the resin structure. The P70 is now cruising forward with almost all parts printing and working well.

The body with some primer surfacer applied. This will require several coats and substantial sanding to get all of the texture from the printing process filled.

Here's another unusual subject, the Porsche Cisitalia 360.

Ferrari Corsa blue.

Yes, the wire wheels are printed as well.

Yes, as one of my drawings shows, it will have a flip open tail section and full engine and suspension detail.

With the supports removed, the body looks pretty good. The resin is semi transparent, but the body is quite thin as well. I keep my 1/24 scale car bodies 1mm thick.

Here is a print of the body. The resin is Anycubic ABS like resin. Very impact resistant. As strong as normal kit styrene.

This is my latest design fot the car. It's certainly not perfect, but I believe it's pretty darn close. It's also a printable and buildable model.

This build is several years old. 1/24 scale, designed in Fusion 360 and resin printed on an Anycubic Mono X printer.

This is my latest design fot the car. It's certainly not perfect, but I believe it's pretty darn close. It's also a printable and buildable model.

This is my earliest attempt at the bodywork. This is a Fusion 360 drawing and it really needed a lot of work.

I'm pretty deep into a 1/24 design on this famous car. It has been on and off the workbench for about 4 years. The difficulty in capturing the complex shape and figuring how to make a workable/buildable model have stopped me cold several times.

Hi everyone! Thanks for the kind words. Yes, I have mastered an XP-87. I originally created molds for vac forming and made the model you have seen. The digital files are being converted for 3D printing. So far the results are promising, but not exactly a Tamiya kit?. This will be a project for the experienced scratch builder. Hoewever, it will be way easier than converting a Maco Shark!. There is still work to be done, but I expect to have the body ready for sale in the next few months. The way I have decided to do this is offer the essential parts, the body and windshields, for sale on Ebay. Everything else will be available from my Shapeways shop. Wheels, tires, full interior, etc. You may use these parts is supposedcratch them yourself. Please go to Shapeways and search " chaparral bilingham" to see what I'm up to. Also, if you follow the ACME site on facebook, I will update progress and announce Ebay auctions. This way I have offered the Chaparral body, and folks seem to be well pleased. Bill Cunningham

Finally got around to designing some wheels for those Buicks and Caddys. They will be 15 X 7 with a separate hub cap. should fit most kit tires. Some kit hubcaps can probably be adapted too.

Wow, they look great even if I do say so myself! Please post more pictures when you paint them.

Are there some specific kits that you would use these wheels on? It helps to have a kit wheel in hand so perfect fit is insured.

Yes Auto Air goes o very thin with excellent coverage. It's a two part process, Auto Air gloss black followed by Auto Air quick silver. Do a google search and see some of the videos of this stuff.