Lownslow

nice build, mine turned out just as nice but man what a fight to get it to sit right

pretty sure space and comfort

been itching for widebody builds so i rushed two to the finish just to get to this project.

My least favorite build but it has some firsts like a lasercut grille base and trim pieces. some custom one off 3d printed pieces all the paint is Tamiya the silver trim is sharpie. I pretty much built it to sell.

pretty much bone stock except the wheels/tires and steering wheel which i designed and printed for myself. The colors are nail polish and tamiya.

attempted photoetch parts with the laser

Got the interior and wheels painted and assembled. Decided to cut a new grill with the thicker aluminum material

Wheel gauge for sorting out wheels

Made myself a business card, then while doing that i had the craziest idea. i have terrible hand writing so i never filled the sheets at model car shows aside from my name, my punctuation is still bad but this is way more legible than trying to write it down. Alos made a sweet grille for my 66 olds but couldnt find the mesh to back it.

Decided to make a business decision for 2025 and got a fiber laser as a 3 kings gift to myself. I plan on making business cards and coasters as a business and on the free time make some model car parts. I ordered my stationary materials and while im waiting on that i decided to test various model making materials. So far the ruling from testing is; it doesnt cut styrene but will score it pretty well, it will not touch anything clear, and most definitely avoid Foams and Tape. The downside is smoke and smells and it was really bad when i tested cutting tape luckily my SO was very understanding about testing. Kerf is a thing with these machines and they average about .1mm across the board so about the tip of a hobby knife, keep that in mind with sizes most of what im making is decorative so im not fazed by it. The upside it cuts metal, i highly recommend 20W or higher fiber laser the more powerful it is the faster you can cut metal, avoid thin gauge stainless and steel as it warps with the heat, I havent tried copper or brass. First material i successfully cut into a part was duct foil with the downside of burning tape smell and it was too flimsy so i double then triple layered till i had a useable parts but the smell was really bad. Second material i tried was an aluminum can, downside its shaped and the bed on my laser is aluminum, so i bought a cake pan and used magnets to hold the aluminum down. Downside it was dull and i believe it has a coating so it was a slight smell i temporarily fixed this by taping the duct foil to it and thats how i was able to produce the speaker deck trim piece and the dealer tag. Thats pretty much where i am at, i ordered thin gauge aluminum and copper and hopefully after completing some jobs to pay off the machine ill get back to making parts. the cost of the machine was 1600$ i got it locally used with one hour of run time. The prices for these machines range from 900$ to 6000$ plus the cost of software and like 3d printers its a lot of work and wasted materials to get results.

MR Maker S4 30w

a fiber laser cutter, engraves metal but can also make some thinner photoetch parts

they were its called the Barrister and i believe all 12 still exist

id be all over one of these or a Corvorado

you have to do a few quick jobs, i did a few til i could afford a new Pete, the game has mods to bring in older trucks

I was finally able to play after a year of waiting for parts to fix my wheel. i highly recommend getting the right hardware i have a 18sp usb shifter on the way because the paddles are restrictive

Redoing my spray booth by sealing the wood in Kilz and adding a plexi door and making a consistent size filter box.

Considering they recently got bought out by vulture capitalists im not surprised to see a decline in product quality and working conditions

i designed and 3d printed it

Too many hobbies and distractions were causing the pileups, the folding tables were showing their age and warping and in general it wasn't comfortable anymore so i took 800$ and invested in my room. I basically took everything out of the room and moved it into the garage and decided to throw half of it out. Started with half empty supplies, then redundant stuff, then the hobbies i no longer had interest in(custom hot wheels). The 3d printer area was a bigger mess basically cut it down to two printers and put the other two in the garage till i decide to get rid of them. The change made a difference just waiting on lighting and another storage cart and a nice painting to fill the wall by the bench.

Gundams are popular here too, i build gundam from time to time and always tell my friends to build those first before tackling cars. Gundams are beginner friendly, affordable, and most dont need paint. Theres gundams for all skills and budgets and a high amount of variants based on which lore youre into. As much as i love model cars im also a realistic person when it comes to recommending them over model car or traditional "glue" kits

23.5 wide, 25 radius. Heavy equipment tires get goofy because its international

punched out some steering wheels, custom LA Wire wheel/and Ribbon wheel

the boomer cars are just too expensive most of them cost as much as a house i used to be after those cars not so much anymore since im getting into home remodelling and all i want is a carbon Fiber countertop

I use scans to make new parts, cloning kit parts was never part of the plan. I clean them up enough to make it easier to develop a new chassis so that the car is completely low when assembled