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Your conversion of the touring car model to this race car was most successful. The added detail transforms a mediocre kit into a true replica with great presence. Bravo!

Unfortunately no. One condition to using the free version of Fusion 360 is that it not be used for commercial purposes. Thanks for your interest, though.

Fitted the front bumper and grill.

Nice work, Pierre! This project is coming to fruition. Just a quick tip - dip the thread in watered down white glue to avoid the fuzzy look. You could still try applying white glue to the steering wheel at this point as well.

Thinking about going both ways. I want to see what can be done with clear resin and I will print the windshield and side windows in pigmented resin for vacuum form molds if I decide to go that way. I need to print the rear tail light lenses in clear. Thanks for looking in, Nick.

Very nice work on the dashboard, Pierre. 👍

Very nice work, Chris. Very clean looking. I'm curious as to how you got such smooth finishes on white metal parts.

More parts printed, though I'm still working on improvements to the body.

Thanks for commenting Stitch. I am aware of the reasons why one would print at an angle but since the car body has surfaces that are at all angles, I believe I may only be moving the problem to another spot. So, I am attacking this issue by adding more supports in the few areas that are flat (large cross sectional area that results in increased required peel strength) and at the edges where most of the issues are appearing. I will certainly reconsider angled printing if this doesn't work. Thanks again. 👍

First, a photo of the real thing. So, now I have made the first print of the body. I think the exposure setting is close, but I need to add/adjust some supports, which I have marked with a black marker for my own reference. I want to focus on the body first before I move to the other parts. One can see the drip rail is sagging in the upper side window area. Some other edges need more support to get straightened out better. Overall, not bad for my first car body design and print. Making my way up the learning curve. Getting some horizonal lines on surfaces near vertical and haven't figured out how to reduce them. In previous prints of other subjects, adding more supports there did not improve them. They are fairly subtle and easy to sand out, so I may have to live with them and fix in post-processing. Thanks for looking in.

As Mark said, that looks spectacular.

Here's some screenshots of a 3D print I'm designing - the Lamborghini Jalpa from the early 1980s. This is probably my favorite Lambo and is the very first project I designed using Fusion 360, and as such, I think it's coming out well. At this point, I think I am only lacking the wheels before I start printing. Hopefully this thing will print okay. It has a few inaccuracies, but I'll work on those after the body is printed. I'll be using seats, steering wheel, and column from the parts box. Not all the parts are shown here.

Looking very good, Pierre.

It's clearly a 3D print. Did Phil design and print or just print?

Vinny, I didn't record all the paints I used as there are a lot of them, but I do know I used Tamiya TS-17 Gloss Aluminum for the main body color, with TS-53 Deep Metallic Blue for the stripe. The wheels are gloss black. I believe the interior blue is TS-15 Blue. Other colors are from Alclad, AK Interactive, and Testors. All paints were airbrushed.

I don't have any other sailplane files - I'm just getting started in designing and I'm interested in 'classic' sailplanes (approx 1945 - 1970 era). There is a designer on 3DCults named 3DDAVEJ who has several modern ships (glass slippers), including a DG-100 and DG-500. I haven't found any websites or forums that feature static models of sailplanes, only RC. Know of any?

This is my first complete model design using Fusion 360. I will 3D print it at some point in the near future when I have a few designs to print. It is a Schreder HP-14 sailplane that was Richard Schreder's first design as a homebuilt kit. Schreder won 3 national soaring championships and represented the US in multiple world soaring championships. This design was also built by Slingsby in the UK (but only 3 examples before the factory burned down). In addition to the original V tail, Slingsby also designed their own V tail and a cruciform tail design, and other builders made T tail versions. This will be the 12th and 13th model in my collection of 1/48 sailplanes.

Definitely looks like a repro to me, with some bits from a real one.

As for color schemes, I think a black chassis and fenders with another color body (silver, dark red, light yellow, for example) would represent a traditional or classic color scheme. The darker colors giving a more conservative or subdued vibe with a lighter color giving a more outspoken or racier vibe. What vibe do want to convey?

A4 did an excellent job on his Jag. If you decide to open the louvers - I wish you all the luck 🤞. I tried it on my Jag with a 0.25mm wide cutting tool (Tamiya panel line tool) and didn't like where it was going - the cuts still appeared to be too wide, so I decided against going further. I used oil paint to darken the recesses.

A4 did the Heller Jag - just sayin Just about all the pics you will find are of restored cars, so finding pics of an original for reference will be difficult (Jay Leno claims to have an original unrestored Jag XKE, so you may want to look for the video on YouTube).

I had a good time at the show. Met TarheelRick also. This was the first time this venue was used and I hope some improvements can be implemented for next year's show. The club putting on the show has already secured the venue for next year. I saw Topher's builds - very nice. I'm more of a road race guy but unusual subjects catch my eye - like my Ford Model T snowmobile. Looking forward to next year's show.

Does anyone have a flyer or more info on this Salisbury show?

Excellent work on the brake drums!

Looking good with some color on it!