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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.

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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. 

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