1935 LaSalle convertible coupe-a 3d printed model

[my66s55]

Thanks for all the positive comments.

[my66s55]

On 3/22/2020 at 8:45 PM, peteski said:

Nice!  What printer was it printed on?

The larger prints are printed on my Phrozen Shuffle XL. 

[my66s55]

On 3/22/2020 at 11:34 PM, Eric Macleod said:

I am very impressed.  Your commitment to seeing the project through is incredible.  

As an FYI,  the yellow car posted above belongs (or used to belong) to Bob Lutz, former president of both Chrysler and later GM. I have seen the car in the flesh and is truly fantastic. 

I look forward to updates on this one. 

Thanks for the compliment. The 34 had flat windshield. The 35 had a v windshield and was the first year for the all steel turret to. This is the car I used for reference.

 

 

[charlie8575]

What an impressive project. Even if the final product needs a little tweaking, this would be a good start for a production model and could be a good tool for product development.

Charlie Larkin

[David G.]

Impressive work so far!

David G.

[my66s55]

I connected the front clip and body files together and printed it out. This gives you a first hand look at how it is done. All of the supports have to be removed to get the final product. This was done on my Phrozen XL printer.

 

 

 

[Belugawrx]

Nice Doug ?

The finish on those panels looks almost shiny, smooth.. in the first picture, rear, driver's side fender...

I won't pretend to know the different materials used, but that is the smoothest 3D printing I've seen so far..

Well done

Cheers

[my66s55]

On 3/28/2020 at 1:46 PM, Belugawrx said:

Nice Doug ?

The finish on those panels looks almost shiny, smooth.. in the first picture, rear, driver's side fender...

I won't pretend to know the different materials used, but that is the smoothest 3D printing I've seen so far..

Well done

Cheers

This is not the best resin I use. The resin I use for final prints creates much finer detail. Anyone who has received one of my 318 engines can attest to the fact. This resin cost around $100.00 per 1 kg. The resin I use for final prints cost $140.00 per 1 kg. Thus, I do practice prints with less costly resin to create the model into the final product I want.

[gman]

That looks very promising. Can't wait to see it free of supports, and wearing a coat of primer.

[Carmak]

The Phrozen Shuffle XL looks to be one of the "Upside down SLA" machines. So much better for detail and layer blending than the poly jet or spool printers. Nice work so far. Very hard to reverse engineer graceful lines in CAD.

[David G.]

I am amazed by the whole 3-D printing process.

Thanks for sharing this.

David G.

[charlie8575]

That looks amazing! Great job, Doug.

Charlie Larkin

[my66s55]

What it looks like without supports. Fits the frame perfectly.

 

[Eric Macleod]

This is truly an amazing model.  We are looking at the future. 

[my66s55]

So, let's take a look at some of the finished product. I enlarged the wheels as suggested and they look much better.

The frame has been done long ago. I thought you might like to take a close look at the front end. Notice the coil springs. 

This is one 3d print.

[Eric Macleod]

2 hours ago, my66s55 said:

So, let's take a look at some of the finished product. I enlarged the wheels as suggested and they look much better.

The frame has been done long ago. I thought you might like to take a close look at the front end. Notice the coil springs. 

This is one 3d print.

Wow! That's amazing!

[my66s55]

So, you have seen the test prints. Let's look at the final prints. This resin is what I use for end results as it gives me the quality of detail that I am looking for.

Having a printable cad file is not enough. You need knowledge of the 3d printers, what they can produce and knowledge of the resins and what they can produce.

This is the bottom view. I keep the wall thickness at or near 1.6 millimeters.

[my66s55]

I have been pondering on a way to get the raised letters on the hub caps to show. If you look at my reference pics above, you can barely detect the red lettering on the caps. The letters on my cap are 1 mm in size. I sprayed the cap with a can of brilliant aluminum and used a small sanding stick to bare the letters. The resin is a dark red cherry color. How does it look?

 

[dimaxion]

Dough makes an Excellent MoPar Poly Head . TY Doug .. Thanx 

[my66s55]

Thanks for the positive feedback, John. 

I have continued work on this on a continuous basis. I've added the fuel pump and oil reservoir to complete the engine. I am showing you the files as I've only just begun the assembly.

  

[my66s55]

So, time to move on. I wasn't happy with the white body I worked with to get the end product I wanted. The red resin just gives so much greater, crisp detail and good end results that I reprinted it yesterday. Keep in mind that it takes 8:45 hours to print. Add to that the time needed to set the print up on the software, set up the printer, and finally the post processing and curing. It's a full waking day project. scrolling up this post will give you in-site of the of the off the printer condition and the cad files. The fenders were created circa 2014-2015. In the infancy of my cad files creations. I am, after all, self taught. The following photos will show you what I did to correct the deficiencies of my files. Much simpler than to take the time to upgrade the files An easy swipe over with a nail fail and most of the problems goes away.