my 3d printed projects

[MrObsessive]

That looks really good Doug! Blender is a good program for editing 3D models, but one thing that drives me crazy about it is how it thickens bodies up. It bulks everything all at once, and I have to put the model in "separate parts" mode and go around and lessen the thickness on the trim and bumpers for example.

I noticed this particularly with a '69 Chevy Impala 3D file that I finally got to print. The trim was looking too heavy handed for my tastes, and I had to go part by part and shrink things down.

The trim on yours looks good! This is another model that the kit makers have ignored over the years----chalk one up for another reason to get into 3D printing!

[bisc63]

Would LOVE to see your '69 Impala print.

[MrObsessive]

1 minute ago, bisc63 said:

Would LOVE to see your '69 Impala print.

Stay tuned.........I can do a post on that. ⏱️

[my66s55]

I don't have any problem thickening files, Bill. You are doing fairly well so far, but you will get better as you gain more experience and learn how to solve your problems. I have found that experience is the best teacher. 

[my66s55]

Finally got my new printer yesterday and the 55 Plymouth Belvedere convertible file Dan did for me. 

[my66s55]

I received the new 8k printer I've been waiting for on October 1st. It's everything the reviewer said it was. Here's some of my results. The wire wheel for the 53 Caddy.

This is the wire wheel for the 37 Delehaye F&F roadster. I ran water through and blew on them before they were u.v. cured. I'm going to print them again and not do that to see if none of the spokes break. 

The print bed on this printer is 218 mm long 123 mm wide and 224 mm high. It's xy is 28 um. The small printers used by many is 35 um. The printer Mrobsessive, i.e. Bill Geary is using prints at 50 um. The lower the um xy, the greater the detail.  This size enables me to print most car bodies flawlessly at 50 um layers flawlessly. This 53 Caddy was printed at 50 um layers on my 4k machine that was faster than this one, but took 11+ hrs to print.

This one was printed at 50 um on the new 8k machine and took exactly 6 hrs 22 minutes and it prints slower.

I printed the 35 LaSalle body at 36 degrees slope and 30 um and it took 22 hrs. I printed the same body flat at 50 um and it took exactly 7 hr. There is no difference in the quality of the print.   

[my66s55]

Getting the 53 Eldorado Cadillac into the finishing stage. The 55 Plymouth has been dissected into it's individual parts. The 37 Delahaye F & F roadster will be a curb side. It's nearing completion. I reprinted the 35 LaSalle body on the new 8k printer and it came out so much better. It's in the build process. The 56 Dodge has had it's defects corrected. I'm in the process of creating the Poweflite trans to go behind the hemi in my avatar.  

[my66s55]

I was checking Dan Palatnik's Facebook page a couple weeks ago and found a new file for one of the cars I want to do. He's accuracy is beyond good. The 1959 Desoto Firedome Sportsman. I never thought I would find one. It is originally a hard top which I converted into a convertible. His files don't come with separate parts so I have to take it apart myself. It' very time consuming project, but worth the effort. While doing this, I noticed that the bottom rear corner didn't comply with the curve of that body section. I checked it out and found that he was right. Here's what it looks like. The rest of the pics are the sectioned car.  

[my66s55]

The 1937 Delehaye 135 F&F in nearing completion. As I mentioned before, it will be a curbside without an engine. I created the fin on the back deck, front grill bars, interior door panels, window cranks, seat, firewall, back of the interior, frame and floor. The steering wheel that came with it needs some refinement. I will need to create a real axle and rear springs.

Edited December 11, 2022 by my66s55

[Anglia105E]

Some truly marvellous work going on here Doug . . . Your 3D printing skills are already at a high level.

The wheel spokes are impressive, and the 8K printer is clearly a mean machine !

Would that Delahaye be a 1:24 scale model car ?

I usually 3D print 1950's Rolls-Royce car models, but currently attempting a 1950's steam locomotive for a diorama of mine.

David

[my66s55]

I finally got around to working on the 55 Belvedere convertible. Unfortunately I didn't look closely at it as it has major flaws on the side, trunk, tail light and the whole back end in general. I've got the door, some of the rear fender outside, the piece to extend the outside fender bottom and tail light lens fixed. The side of the car had been curved out too much. I can't really fault Dan for the errors as this is a difficult car to create the file for. Pictures of the back end do show the parts though. I have an advantage as I have a promo of this car that shows me everything. It has the usual warping that squats the rear end  I'll just take a lot of work.

I've also started working on the poly heads and valve covers to covert my Dodge hemi in my avatar to the right engine to go in this car. 

 

[my66s55]

My current project is creating the 55 Plymouth 301 semi hemi poly head and Dodge 325 poly head engines. The Plymouth engine is the same as the Dodge poly's but has different exhaust manifolds which have the generator mounted on the exhaust manifold. It's mounted on the intake manifold and timing chain cover on all other semi hemi poly engines. I haven't gotten to the 2 details yet. I have the poly heads and valve covers done. Also, the 57-58-59 325 simi hemi poly engine has a different timing chain cover. I need all three of these engines. The 301 Plymouth, 55 315, and 325 Dodge. All 3 have differences. I do already have the 270, 315 Dodge hemi that I did 4 years ago done. Since I am doing the 56-57 Dodges as D-500's, I'm going to create the bell housing for the stick shift trans. I'll also put it in the 55 Plymouth.  The exhaust manifolds pictured are from my A block Plymouth 318 poly engine and not the Dodge hemi. I'm working on replacing these as they are similar to the semi hemi poly with with a few changes.  

[Russell C]

On 7/28/2022 at 9:50 PM, Spex84 said:

I've admired Dan Palatnik's work for at least the last 10 years! I wondered if maybe some of those files would end up getting 3D printed....

Somehow I missed this whole thread until today. Way back in 2014 I encouraged Dan to join MCM and post some of his 3D artwork, his one thread is this one - I'd encourage you guys to have him dive back in here to tell us all a little more about his work as it applies to the ever-growing 3D printing.

 

[MrObsessive]

7 hours ago, Russell C said:

Somehow I missed this whole thread until today. Way back in 2014 I encouraged Dan to join MCM and post some of his 3D artwork, his one thread is this one - I'd encourage you guys to have him dive back in here to tell us all a little more about his work as it applies to the ever-growing 3D printing.

 

He and I follow each other on FB. I'll have to drop him a line sometime to ask him if he'd like to come back on here, especially since now there's a dedicated board to 3D printing and models.

[Dan Palat]

Hi Doug

First and foremost, impressive work on all the models.

Everytime I create a commissioned model the client is free to crit&comment on the WIP. In fact some projets take up a long time in this process while we compare the model to photos, but in the long run both client and creator profit from a final result that is closer to the real thing. Never perfect, but close. One thing I learned long ago is never to trust blueprints. Even official blueprints may not match the final design. With the advent of the drone is easier nowadays to do a flyover and capture the hardest view to come by, the top view. Most, if not all cars from the 40s' through 60s' present a tapered shape front and rear. The taper level varies from car to car, from slight to strong, without a top view it's just guesswork. Just one of the issues when creating a 3dmodel.

That 56 Safari wagon. I would not be surprised if it were my own model made almost 20 years ago. Someone asked to put it in a game and I ceded. Didn't take long to the model to be sold on the web with a few add-ons (like opening doors, trunk etc). That was a crude model to start with anyway.

Thanks to Bill Geary who reminded me of this forum.

Edited January 17, 2023 by Dan Palat

[my66s55]

Update on the 56 Dodge 215 hemi and Plymouth 260 poly engines. A little more work to be done to complete. Note the difference in th driver side exhaust manifold. The generator was mounted on it. Even the passenger side had a slight difference.Work has continued on correcting the back end of the 55 Plymouth file. F you look closely at the reference photos I'm using, you can see that the trunk deck is almost flat. There were other problems with it so I selected it with the rest of the lower parts to start over. I had started to do this file back in 2018, but opted to use Dan to speed up the process. In the upper right hand corner of the rear end photos, you can see a brough scan of a real 55 Plymouth. I also have a rough scan that's a little better than the 55 scan. I had used it to create the trunk image in 2019. I ha taken it and using it to correct the trunk.

[my66s55]

Of all of the cars of the 50's era, I think I like Olds the most. My latest additions. This gives my a 54 88, 57 98 convertible, 57 88 convertible, 57 2 dr hardtop and 58 convertible and a 59 convertible. I'll convert the 54 into a 56 at a later date. The 57 88 also gives me a dash for the 57 98 plus, I can use it as a starting for the 54 and 59.                                                                          

[my66s55]

I have a lot that I'm working on right now, but I'll post some pic when I'm done with them. I don't post every time I do something to a file, create some thing or print some thing because It would take up time that I can use doing those things. In this post I'll show you how and what I use to create new parts. I'm creating a Pontiac first generation that covers 1955-1960. I need this engine as I have a 56, 57 and 59 convertibles. First, I search the web for anything I can use to create what I need. I place images I've found as background for what I'm creating. Below you will see it's the engine block. There's not a lot that I found on this engine for these years. What I found will get me by. I download a gasket series for the engine and use that to create wheres the part that goes on the engine. What you see in red is where the timing chain/water pump goes, and the intake manifold goes. The intake manifold gasket helps to determine the offset. What didn't show is the oil pan gaskets that show the how the bottom of the block is. I need to finish the back end.

[my66s55]

 My two Phrozen 8k printers at work. The  Soni Mini with a 7" l.c.d. and 22 um xy resolution and the Sonic Mighty with a 10" l.c.d. and 28 un xy resolution. A sheet of copier paper is 100 um. in thickness.

Here's the result. The 1937 Delehaye 135 by F&F custom build.

[Pico]

I is diggin' that Delahaye.

[my66s55]

I'm at that stage where I'm starting to finalized some files for cars and advance them into the build process. The 35 LaSalle and 37 F & F Delehaye 135 are being currently built. Next up are the 53 Cadillac Eldorado convertible that I showed above and the 57 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer D 500. Both have the engine done. I'm currently creating a 55-56 Dodge/ Plymouth stick shift trans and bell housing. The D 500  generally had a manual trans. What I do is create a file in blender that is used the join all the parts car parts in order to organize them for fit. The Dodge is well on it's way. Some of these files need modification as they came from other cars. The dash is from the 56 Dodge. The seats, the horse collar, radiator and horns. are from the 58 Plymouth. I've printed a test body and the frame and floor are in the 2 big printers. I'll use these parts to start checking fitment. I forgot to out the front cowling in front of the windshield on the print.

 

Edited March 23, 2023 by my66s55

[my66s55]

Another Olds in the works. This makes 7 over 6 years. 1954-56-3 for 57-58-59. Dan is doing this one. This time i'm sending him pic's to help him. The last ones were for the side chrome on top of the door which he will fix. Dan's doing his usual excellent work.

 

Edited April 13, 2023 by my66s55

[MrObsessive]

That Olds looks REALLY good! I've gotten several files from Dan in the last number of months-----he really does VERY good work.

Mid '50s Olds are woefully lacking.......even as 3D files. I have the '54 which I've not tried to convert yet, but I'd love to see a '55 Olds Holiday four door hardtop which I've not seen anywhere offered as a file or otherwise.

[charlie8575]

On 6/6/2021 at 1:09 PM, my66s55 said:

Sounds like an interesting proposition Charlie. Please keep me posted as to the details.

Somehow, I missed this earlier...hey only two years, but whatever.

Still have a couple of things I'm working on. Send me a message on Facebook, and we can talk.

Oh, and my '55. Yeah, she isn't pretty...yet. But how could I pass up pink/white/black and a V8/overdrive?

Charlie Larkin

[my66s55]

The 325 Dodge poly head engine for my 57 Dodge Royal Lancer  D500 convertible with a 3 speed stick transmission. ck trans. The on;y reference material I had to work with was from Dodge service manuals.

Edited May 6, 2023 by my66s55