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A resin manufacturer named f&f used to make a sport sedan many, many years ago. The Model-Haus made a conversion body for revell's black widow kit to convert it into 150 4 door sedan. I believe Steve Kohler (star models) sells a 210 4 Door sedan.

Stick to the van or stick to my preference...... that is a difficult choice... Anyway, the shape is a minor issue that I corrected within minutes. I had to correct many design deficiencies revealed by the first test print. The multi piece design was scrapped and replaced by a uni-body. I kept the roof separate to facilitate the painting process, and for display purposes should an interior be added in the future. The new body-roof interface is much more elaborate than the four thin corner pins of the initial design. Moreover, the sides are enforces by a dense grid of webs. I tried to avoid using them to add an interior easily in the future. I will add pictures as soon as they are ready.

Comparison of my design with revell's samba bus showed that while the roof and tail gate are very close to the Revell kit, my trailer has rounded sides. The wheel opening is clearly off. I am 100% positive I followed the blueprints. Perhaps the blueprints themselves are not accurate. Anyway, accurate or not, since my trailer is intended to join the Revell bus, Revell design will be the reference. Back to the drawing board.

I created a Samba style roof. It was a request by someone who downloaded the trailer.

Already published.

Almost finished. I hope the STL files will be ready tommorow

Dear all, I hope I will have the first test print of my VW T2 camping trailer this weekend. Since I have ideas for zillions of versions of this trailer, it seems it will be an endless story, which must be interrupted from time to time by a different refreshing idea. I was thinking about a compact chris craft style runaboat, and a trailer of course. But there is this not really bad AMT/MPC speed boats and trailers. I wanted to know in advance is there really an interest in 3D model of another boat? Regards Walid PS. Any idea why the entire post is included instead of the link??

Shorty is standing now on its own feet

Inspired by Dub Box trailers I decided to make a 3D model of a VW T2 matching trailer. Here is a photo of the WIP current status. I hope you like it.

Who doesn't love to earn money?? There are two problems in my case. First, I am using the CAD software freely. It would be unfair to sell files made by a software I am using for free. Second, if I am going to charge someone, he/she has the right to receive after sales support. I must listen to complaints, provide advice,.... etc. While I love to help others, I have neither the energy nor the time to do so. Lastly, the feeling that I can support and please others is truly rewarding.

I have this one in the pipeline. I didn't want to show it at this early stage. Again, not as big but will be free of charge.

I have made this one for free. It is too small in comparison, but free of charge. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/vintage-teardrop-camping-trailer Another one is currently in the pipeline.

Thanks for the early warning of the fit problem (I know the Nomad/Del Ray kit is 20+ year old but I haven't built any of my kits yet). The colour combination is fantastic. However, although the interior looks excellent, as far as I remember the colours are not accurate. Walid

"I just wanna cry" Join the club. My 1969 Chevelle is ruined. The paint was stripped off my 1968 Chevelle three times, and hopefully will not be a fourth time.

I had a relatively successful start with my Revell '69 Chevelle, then a small mistake happened during polishing the clear coat. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/180497-revell-1969-chevelle-ss-an-unusual-colour/#comment-2722971 The repair ended with a disaster although I used the same colour out of the same jar to repair the damage, the colour didn't match. The worst thing had to be done: stripping a decaled and ford body. I contacted Revell for a replacement decal sheet. While waiting Revell to reply, i switched to the '68 kit. I loved the gold shade of an old rim paint I had. The results were terrible. Rough, grainy and dusty. After stripping the paint three times I decided enough with experiments, no more no name brands, no more colour mixing experiments (I am not good at that), no Tamiya acrylics for exterior. Simply revert back to what I could master so far. The paint is an automotive grade repair paint with no specific manufacturer's designation. decanted and airbrushed. It is more beige in reality than that silver shown here. It is not an exact match of Chevy ash gold, but with little imagination and in certain lighting conditions it looks close. First mist coat applied. I will probably mix it with some grey for the interior to offset the colour a bit. I know Chevelles had probably black interiors, but black interior are really boring in scale. Given the series of failures I had with this kit, I will go really sloooooww.

Stripped the black and airbrushed decanted gold paint. It looked perfect in the spoon test, and by the first layers. However, later layers became grainy. I thinned the paint and reduced the air pressure but nothing helped.

Frustrated by a paint disaster, I turned my attention to the '68 kit. I applied the primer successfully and wanted to lay a black coat under metallic paint. It became tooooo thick. ?. I will either strip and start allover again, or remain with the black, which I hate, and keep the decals without a protective clear layer. April is certainly not my lucky month.

The screens do not last forever. They are fairly easy to replace and do not cost a fortune. You can revive the printer if you still have it.

The good thing about such threads and their responses that they make me feel normal rather than weird.

I will not argue about AMT quality, neither curse nor praise. I see it from a different perspective, that is, what are your choices if you are looking for a '55 Bel Air Sedan? What about a Nomad? Who offers an 1965 Bonneville? If I am interested in an Edsel, which kit I am going to buy? Whether we like AMT or not, the answer is clear: AMT

Look at the roof.

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Vintage teardrop camping trailer.

It is available on all major CAD sharing platforms free of charge. I am not sure if I can post a download link here. Search my name on grabcad or cults3d.

FDM printers are not really for us model car builders. Resin printers are the right choice. I have two Anycubic printers, a Photon S and a Mono X. Below you can see what can be done with them.