bobthehobbyguy

Wow. Impressive work seems like an understatement. Amazing.

Cool project. Who makes the traks?

Looks great. Cool looking truck.

Love that engine. Nice clean work on engine and chassis.

Nice work. A joy to watching this come together.

Nicely done. Truck looks great. Love the bike.

Nicely done.

Love it. Great concept. Beautiful execution.

What a fantastic tip. Thanks for sharing it.

Just curious why you don't want to use the splash primer. Understand about the 2k but do they do a non 2k clear.

Nicely done. Glad to see you back to building.

Things may not always what you think at first glance.

Cool. Creativity at its best. As said lots of flexibility because they were built from available parts.

Great idea of building a unrestored and refurbished truck. Will look great together.

That your choice but it limits your options. However people can't expect the board to change the selling policy because of the choices that they make. I know you said you didn't have an issue with no selling but it's the way others seem to think.

I did read the thread. You don't want to sell on eBay because of the fees. Local shows don't work because of the costs and no guarantees of sales. The only reason that people want to sell here is there is no cost. However selling here is not going to happen because of the headaches for the mods even if it is by pm and would be worse if openly allowed. That leaves two options. Facebook market( no fees), trading for different kits, or doing nothing.

Down by the lake is a great place to escape the craziness of the world.

Sorry but I think there are plenty of places to sell. I get the issue with ebay. However there is facebook and local shows, or maybe local clubs or even other forums. You have to consider it is going to take some effort to sell and some cost to sell depending on the venue. The moderators already have enough on their plate and don't need to have to deal with complaints from bad sales. Besides the audience here isn't as big as hebay or Facebook or other venues.

The other possibility is they closed up shop and will reopen under another name and do it again.

And that becomes pretty obvious to the manufacturer because they know statistically what are typical problems. A hood may be ocassionly possible but certainly not common.

Don't think the dehydrator caused the issue , the paint just dried further. What sandpaper grits did you use when sanding the mold lines. Also did you use primer. You might have seen the mold lines before your final color.

In my opinion any technology takes some time to get to be really good at. Each has their own learning curves. 3d printing takes a different skill set from Resin casting . Just printing from files can take some time to master the nuances. As far as body quality whether it be Styrene, Resin, or 3d printed there is going to be cleanup involved. Styrene has molding lines and sink marks to cleanup. However the 3d printer quality has come a long way. The filament prints took a lot of work to clean, Resin printers have drastically improved the print quality and I'm sure down the road it will be every better.

You might be able to retouch the roof and hood depending on how much of them are covered with decals. It would be less obvious.

I've run into the same situation with selling kits. Shows are great but unless you are selling rare kits the expenses eat up what you make. Another thought what about trading locally to get kits that are more to your current interests.

Nicely done. Looks ready for the start of the racing.