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[Texas_3D_Customs]

4 hours ago, drummerdad said:

Are there still people on this forum willing to print for others as a (paid) service? I have tried to get things printed by friends, and they didn't turn out good enough to use or they were out of scale. It's hard to get someone who doesn't work with scale models to understand what is important in the final product. If they are printing trinkets or gizmos for home use, the quality doesn't have to be crazy. If you are printing an 1/8 scale drag slick and tire, it needs to be very detailed. 

I have reached out to people of Facebook also, but they only seem interested in printing figurines for games or things like that. I am currently working with 1/10 scale drag tires for RC cars from the local hobby shop. They are the right size, and they look good from the front, but the tire shape is off, and the back of the tire wont work. Im using them for setup and looking for another solution. Plus they were like $95. 

If anyone is willing to print wheels for 1/8 scale or 1/12 scale models, contact me please. We can talk and discuss pricing. I have already bought files online for this. 

You will find that most people doing this as a business don't want to take on jobs like that. There are several people that do their own printing, perhaps they can help you.

[stitchdup]

5 hours ago, drummerdad said:

Are there still people on this forum willing to print for others as a (paid) service? I have tried to get things printed by friends, and they didn't turn out good enough to use or they were out of scale. It's hard to get someone who doesn't work with scale models to understand what is important in the final product. If they are printing trinkets or gizmos for home use, the quality doesn't have to be crazy. If you are printing an 1/8 scale drag slick and tire, it needs to be very detailed. 

I have reached out to people of Facebook also, but they only seem interested in printing figurines for games or things like that. I am currently working with 1/10 scale drag tires for RC cars from the local hobby shop. They are the right size, and they look good from the front, but the tire shape is off, and the back of the tire wont work. Im using them for setup and looking for another solution. Plus they were like $95. 

If anyone is willing to print wheels for 1/8 scale or 1/12 scale models, contact me please. We can talk and discuss pricing. I have already bought files online for this. 

for the bigger scale stuff you're really better off with your own printer. you can probably pick up a used one for about the same as you'll pay for 2 sets of wheels. I've done printing for folk but i'm in scotland so postage would rule me out as that could be $40 on its own. 

[drummerdad]

A small update. I found a guy on eBay who prints 1/10 scale RC bodies. I reached out to him, and he as agreed to print a 1/8 scale body for me. I will update with pictures, probably in another area, when I get the body in. He has a bunch of bodies on ebay. I also inquired about an additional body, and he agreed. It'll be a little bit before I get the other one though. Ill give all the details including the name and price when I get the body in. I want to check the body to make sure its acceptable before I recommend him as a source.

I'm also going to go ahead (I think) and buy a resin 3d printer and cleaning/curing station. I will have to learn how to do the smaller stuff, like wheels and tires, shocks, seats, engines, etc.... It's going to take a while to gather all the stuff, and get ready.. Then I have to learn how to do it.  With the market being the way it is, if Im going to keep building these kits, Im going to have to suck it up and learn to print. The cost of two sets of wheels and tires for a 1/8 scale model will pay for the 3d printer and all the accessories. 

[stitchdup]

8 minutes ago, drummerdad said:

A small update. I found a guy on eBay who prints 1/10 scale RC bodies. I reached out to him, and he as agreed to print a 1/8 scale body for me. I will update with pictures, probably in another area, when I get the body in. He has a bunch of bodies on ebay. I also inquired about an additional body, and he agreed. It'll be a little bit before I get the other one though. Ill give all the details including the name and price when I get the body in. I want to check the body to make sure its acceptable before I recommend him as a source.

I'm also going to go ahead (I think) and buy a resin 3d printer and cleaning/curing station. I will have to learn how to do the smaller stuff, like wheels and tires, shocks, seats, engines, etc.... It's going to take a while to gather all the stuff, and get ready.. Then I have to learn how to do it.  With the market being the way it is, if Im going to keep building these kits, Im going to have to suck it up and learn to print. The cost of two sets of wheels and tires for a 1/8 scale model will pay for the 3d printer and all the accessories. 

i advise getting the biggest machine that you can. you'll eventually want to print your own bodies too

[Texas_3D_Customs]

On 6/15/2025 at 4:29 PM, stitchdup said:

i advise getting the biggest machine that you can. you'll eventually want to print your own bodies too

You were going to have a very hard time finding a resin printer that will do 1:10 scale bodies Even cut up what you're going to absolutely have to do I think my phrozen mega 8K would have difficulty fitting them at least on my Traxxas T-Maxx the width of the body is kind of make it very hard to fit on that build plate. And that's not exactly a cheap printer. There are a few printers larger than that that are resin but they get really expensive I think you can get the mega 8K s which is like the very basic version for $1,200 give or take. DS model is limited to about 1 ft and build height That's actually not bad question is is it worth the $1,200 to buy that printer or to do everything chop the file up to make it fit. I know that I wouldn't want to do it it would take forever to make her body but I would agree if you want them and you're willing to put the time and money into buying the equipment learning to do it modifying the file so they fit Yes buying your own printer would be the right way go.

[drummerdad]

This body will come in at least 2 pieces according to the auction. Its also PLA, so there will be some work involved in getting it to look good. I know I would need a massive printer, but I don't plan on printing bodies. I know thats what everyone says, and I might change my mind eventually. But the way I see it, these large models are expensive and time consuming. I cant build one in a year, or two. This will take 4 or 5 years if Im lucky. I'm not as consistent or serious as some of you guys. I just dabble, and I get un-motivated so I swap kits, and shelve others...Its a mess. 

My goal with the printer was to print all the details items, like wheels and tires, seats, carbs, engines, batteries, etc...If I bought all of that for the Iroc Im currently working on, it would cost several hundred dollars. I can get a smaller printer, buy some files, and start figuring things out. I can print for any scale at that point with the files I have already bought, I just have to do the math. 

This wont be a quick process either. I am currently working on three 1:1 projects as well. I'm not rich, so everything has its priority and 3d printers are low on the list. But, Im going to try and make this happen, and get some of these model ideas out of my head. 

 

[Texas_3D_Customs]

14 hours ago, drummerdad said:

This body will come in at least 2 pieces according to the auction. Its also PLA, so there will be some work involved in getting it to look good. I know I would need a massive printer, but I don't plan on printing bodies. I know thats what everyone says, and I might change my mind eventually. But the way I see it, these large models are expensive and time consuming. I cant build one in a year, or two. This will take 4 or 5 years if Im lucky. I'm not as consistent or serious as some of you guys. I just dabble, and I get un-motivated so I swap kits, and shelve others...Its a mess. 

My goal with the printer was to print all the details items, like wheels and tires, seats, carbs, engines, batteries, etc...If I bought all of that for the Iroc Im currently working on, it would cost several hundred dollars. I can get a smaller printer, buy some files, and start figuring things out. I can print for any scale at that point with the files I have already bought, I just have to do the math. 

This wont be a quick process either. I am currently working on three 1:1 projects as well. I'm not rich, so everything has its priority and 3d printers are low on the list. But, Im going to try and make this happen, and get some of these model ideas out of my head. 

 

So if it's PLA that is a filament print you can spend a lot less money to buy a filament printer even mine which is considered a pretty nice big printer only cost about $900 and it's probably overkill. I'm going to say you're not going to be real happy with the surface finish even a very good filament printer is not going to have a smooth finish even remotely comparable to resin prints also being that it's PLA it's not very temperature resistant so if you are driving it outside and it's 100° it's going to start to deform I made my license plate frame out of PLA just to test it I never got around to doing it in an ABS but here's what it looks like being out in the summer heat of Texas.

[stitchdup]

24 minutes ago, Texas_3D_Customs said:

So if it's PLA that is a filament print you can spend a lot less money to buy a filament printer even mine which is considered a pretty nice big printer only cost about $900 and it's probably overkill. I'm going to say you're not going to be real happy with the surface finish even a very good filament printer is not going to have a smooth finish even remotely comparable to resin prints 

 

My mate printed up a jig for the aoshima trailer for me on his pla printer and its not that far from resin quality now. his machine was new this year and while there are still layer lines its nothing like his old machine. its not 0.03 resin smooth but it is about 0.05 quality. His machine seems mush less tempremental than the old one too

[Texas_3D_Customs]

1 hour ago, stitchdup said:

My mate printed up a jig for the aoshima trailer for me on his pla printer and its not that far from resin quality now. his machine was new this year and while there are still layer lines its nothing like his old machine. its not 0.03 resin smooth but it is about 0.05 quality. His machine seems mush less tempremental than the old one too

Oh I agree they are much better now especially if you run them at low layer height settings for the layer lines but your nozzle is still even on the best of days you're running up 1 mm nozzle You don't have the XY accuracy Like I said they have their uses I have a nice printer it is very reliable It's not that old It's a core XY machine It's got all the bells and whistles including a heated chamber I can print carbon fiber infuse ABS pet g nylon has a diamond nozzle in it but PLA still is not temperature resistant and it's nowhere near the quality of even a 5-year-old resin printer

[drummerdad]

    Okay. This might not be the place to put this, but Im not ready to start a build thread. I have learned I am doing it backwards--I have been building the base of the cage, and adding the suspension and wheels and tires, engine, etc..after I build a majority of the cage. I have watched a few channels where they build actual cars, and they start with a jig, bolt the suspension, engine and wheels in place, mount the body and build around that. I'm going to take some time and start looking at parts, and maybe build a jig.

    In the meantime, here is what I bought. It's a 1/8 scale 3d printed body of a 2007-ish  Dodge Charger SRT-8, which is just like my car (except mine isn't an srt8, its an rt with the road and track package). I'm going to make a pro-mod out of it. I've never seen a pro-mod made from a 3rd gen charger. 

    As for the body, it looks like what I would expect from a 3d printed body. Lots of lines. And the halves are split in a weird place, but I think I can manage. For what I am doing, this will be perfect. There will be quite a bit of body work, but that is to be expected. The body is a little warped, but the box was half crushed. Nothing is broken and I think I can pull it together and make it straight, so I am happy. It was not the fault of the seller, he had it packaged well. Ill just get some clamps and maybe make a wooden fixture for it. 

    It took about 2 weeks to get it, and it cost about $205. That's with tax and shipping. The guy is on ebay, and his store is called revolutionus. I asked him if he would do custom sizes, as he mostly does 1/10 RC bodies. He said sure. I gave him the wheelbase dimension from my actual car, and he already had the file to print. Easy. 

    I will try and go back and get a 1/16 or 1/12 67 Dodge D-100 in the future, but for now this will have to do.