stinkybritches

Very nice, Jim.

An LX notch with Draglites is the quintessential Fox body look. I don't know if I would have been able to sell that car.

I would say to go with the bigger printer. I bought a Creality Halot One for my first printer. It has a 6 inch screen. I like it but I can't get very much on the build plate. It's just slightly smaller than the Mars 3. Four months after buying the Halot One I ended up buying a Qidi i-Box Mono with an 8.9 inch screen because I needed more print volume. While it's only 2.9 inches longer diagonally, it offers more than twice the print area. A wash and cure station is convenient, but not a necessity. As far as resin goes, the water washable is good but brittle. It's also a little harder to clean up before curing. I now only use the non water washable, mostly Siraya Tech Fast, and clean with denatured alcohol. Different resins have different strengths of odor. Also, some printers do a better job of filtering the fumes than others. My Qidi does a better job than my Halot One. I said all that just to say I would recommend buying the biggest one that fits your budget. Besides, you will probably end up buying the bigger one anyway if you buy the smaller one first.

This is a quick split that I did on my lunch break

@MrObsessive Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (I'm not sure about Windows 11) have 3D Builder built in. You can split the body that way. I tried it myself and it works, though I haven't tried to print the split body yet. Here is a quick tutorial

Check out this YouTube channel: Barbatos Rex <--- link If anyone has tried it, it would be him. Lots of great videos on airbrushing different kinds of paint.

I agree with Jim. I would angle it.

Love Group C cars. These look great.

Great job, Steve. Looks fantastic.

I've had no luck thus far with tires and this resin. I had one fail where the tires separated from the supports. I think that was a support and exposure time problem. My fault. Then I had another where nothing adhered to the build plate. For that I think I didn't have my room and resin warm enough. Back to the drawing board.

Tire files are the #1 thing that I have been searching for since I bought my resin printer a few months ago. Unfortunately, it seems like wheel files outnumber tire files about 500-1.

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My local Walmart finally had models on an endcap display over the weekend. At $30 a kit for the same stuff that Hobby Lobby has, I didn't buy anything.

Nice wheel holders Jim. I'm hoping to print some tires very soon using Resione F69 rubber-like resin. Maybe by this weekend. I will post pictures of my results. https://www.resione.com/products/f69-black-flexible-rubber-like-3d-printer-resin-1kg

Here are links to 3 popular resin exposure test files and how to use them. 1. https://siraya.tech/pages/siraya-tech-test-model There you will find the file to download and an explanation of how to use it and how to interpret the results. 2. https://3dprinterly.com/how-to-calibrate-resin-3d-prints-testing-for-resin-exposure/ Here you will find a download and explanation of the XP resin validation file. Also has info for Anycubic printers. 3. https://ameralabs.com/blog/town-calibration-part/ Another file with good explanation. I hope this is helpful to new resin printer users.

I would like to list a few tips that I have gathered over the last few months of resin printer ownership. 1) Make sure your build plate is level. It doesn't have to be checked after every print, but definitely check it If you start having print failures. 2) Dial in your exposure time. Too little exposure can cause your part to separate from the supports during printing. Too much exposure can cause loss of detail and part fitment issues due to the part being bigger than designed. Too much exposure can also make support removal difficult. I will post links to 3 popular exposure files when I can get to a PC. 3) Temperature is important. Resin does not like cold temps. Most of the resin manufacturers give a temperature range for their products. Lots of people put their printers in an enclosure with a small space heater if they have to print in a cold space. Sitting the bottle of resin in a pan of hot tap water for a few minutes also helps. 4) Clean and cure your parts per the resin manufacturer's recommendations, if they provide any. I mostly use Siraya Tech resins. They provide a lot of useful information on all of their resins on their website as well as their Facebook group. 5) If you use Facebook, join the group for your printer. Their will be lots of knowledgeable people to help with most any problem you may run into. Also join a group for your chosen resin. Again, lots of knowledge. 6) Be safe. At the very least wear gloves and safety glasses. The above tips are just the basics I can come up with at the moment. I've only been printing for approximately 6 months and these tips have been very helpful to me.

Great job on the frame. Everything is looking good, but try removing the supports before curing. They are much easier to remove when they haven't been cured.

Even though this question isn't directed at me, I figured I would throw my 2 cents in. I've tried many different resins, and my go-to resin for everyday stuff is Siraya Tech Fast ABS-like Grey. With a mono screen your exposure time will be somewhere around 2 seconds. I've used the Anycubic above and liked it, especially for the price. I've used Elegoo water washable and I never could get it to feel like it was clean. Could very well be my cleaning method as I didn't have a wash and cure station at that time. Creality standard resin worked okay also. But now that I have tried the Siraya Tech Fast I don't feel the need to try anything else unless it's for a specific reason. I do have some Resione F69 waiting to be used for tires.

I like it

Fantastic build as usual.

Just be careful with resin 3d printers, they multiply like rabbits. I bought my first this past August and now there is a second one next to it.

Cults3d and cgtrader are the 2 sites I check out the most. Just know that cults3d can be infuriatingly slow to load pictures at times.

I guess I know what I'll be watching this weekend.

He was great as the mother in Baskets.