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Test print of the 38 Delehaye.

I built my first model in 1951. It was a Guillows Biplane. In 1952, I built 6 Highway Pioneer Pioneers cars. They were the original ones before Revelle bought them.

As I have said, the detail is good. Actually, it's excellent. The resin was made to print game figures so that it wouldn't break if dropped.. It has to have good detail.

Phrozen RPG resin is not brittle. An emblem printed using this resin could be bent into a U shape and not break. It prints very detailed.

It can only produce what it sees. It would need to have multiple reference views to do something with detail. I used the side view of a fuel pump which only shows one view.

Tried it. It's not there yet.

I got the final Delehaye 1935 ms coupe files from Dan. I've been working on getting them ready to print. Here's where I am in the progress so far. I've got 95% of the mobility back from my fractured wrist am good to go.

Update on the 38 Delehaye.

This will be my last post on this thread for at least 8 weeks. I have fractured my right wrist and unable to use it. The 57 Dodge and 58 Plymouth have been painted and chrome applied. The tail end assembly on the 315 hydra has been roughed in. The last pic is my wrist. I turned 80 y.o. last month.

Use Blender. highlight the line option to the left on the tool bar at the top. High light two opposing lines on each layer. Press the f key and a face connecting them will be mad. Continue until it's done. Set face orientation to make sure there aren't any reverse faces.

This is the one for the 59-61. I'll be creating one for the 383 in my 59 DeSoto Adventurer project. I couldn't say when.

I do the frames for my 3d printed cars and use a frame chart. The only 60's Chrysler product I have in full size is the 60 Dodge. Here's the frame chart.

Just a few things done on the Pontiac engine. Finished the oil pan and went to work on finishing the timing chain cover. Then I finished the body work on the 57 Dodge Custom royal D500 convertible and started painting it. Also , did the same on the 58 Plymouth Belevedere. Also did some to the trans.

Some more done on the Pontiac engine. Added the oil canister and mounting bracket. fixed the sides and started on the oil pan. Finding reference pic's for this engine is scarce. I have to get what ever I can find to use. I did a bit more on the hydro trans.

Updates for the 1938 Delehaye 135 MS and the Pontiac engine. I fixed the front corner, side and valve cover as pictured. Also, I started GM's controlled-coupling hydromatic transmission. It was produced from 1956 through 1964. Pontiac called it the Stratoflight in the begining and Super HydraMatic later. Olds called it the Jetaway and Cadilllac the 3215 Hydramatic. The file is still a work in progress.

As I may have mentioned before, I need certain engines for the car files I have. I'm missing a first gen Pontiac 55-60 and a Buick nail head 401. I've started on the Pontiac and this is what I have so far. The only part that is complete so far is the head. There aren't an abundance of reference pic's for this engine, so I had to really dig deep. The head was exceptionally difficult. But, I got it done.

This is my next car that Dan has started. It's the 1938 Delehaye MS coup by F & F.

It's right below my name. It's a Facebook page.

I have one that I created in 2017. There are people in this on this from that have 1 or more.There is a duel quad and single quad version. Follow my link below to view it.

The 36 Buick Century is done. The only thing I need to correct is the peek of the top at the center if the windshield. It's too far forward. One of the reasons I had Dan create this for me is that I couldn't create the back of the top. The bodies at this time were created by Fisher Body. This body on the Buick is the same body as the 35 LaSalle. The sceond to last 2 pic's show this. I can finally create what I started in September 2013. The 35 LaSalle coupe.

Timing chain cover, water pump and fuel pump added. It only need the 2 pulleys, a fan, a trans and some touch up and it's done.

I created the generator bracket on the passenger side exhaust manifold and created the exhaust manifold for the driver side. The oil filter was changed and the starter motor scaled.

Some more on the J2. Olds used 2 different air cleaners for this engine. The one pictured is an oil bath unit used in 1957. At some time during that year, they switched to the round cartridge unit. It doesn't say when it happened. I'm going to use this one for this engine as it will be going into 57's. I have the round one file started for the 58. Also note that I have the passenger side exhaust manifold work in process. Olds utilized a single exhaust system on most vehicles. If you notice the large part on the bottom, it was used to connect the crossover pipe to the pipe going to the muffler. When duel exhausts were used, a block off plate closed off the side going to the crossover pipe. I will use duel exhaust, so the plate is there.

I finished the back of the block, created the correct oil filter adapter and ruffly created the oil pan. Note what appears on the side of the oil pan just below the spin on oil filter. Olds created this on the 57-58 371. It holds a quart of oil. The oil pan hold 5 quarts of oil without an oil filter, and 6 quarts with one. There's still some adjustments to be made yet.

I'm back at creating the Olds 57-58 J2 engine. There is some confusion as to what this engine looks like. Olds started with their first v8 engine in 1949. It's a 303 c.i. that was later bored out to 324 c.i. In 1957, the engine was bored and stroked to create the 371 c.i. The list of parts that either changed in appearance or design are as follows: the oil pan, the block, the exhaust manifolds, the bottom of the bell housing, the oil filter bracket, the starter and generator and a Olds factory built tri-power intake manifold. An Olds 303 or 324 with an aftermarket tri power manifold was listed for sale on the internet as a J2, but it was miss labeled. The J2 was painted gold and called the Golden Rocket. Here is the mislabeled green engine, followed by a real J2 engine and block side.. My progress as of yet