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On 7/22/2024 at 10:35 AM, Randy D said:

Wonderful progress Bill !!!

More questions if you don't mind?

How did you make the glass?

Is the chassis one print or assembled from multiple pieces?

You are getting great looking results from that new printer.

Randy

Hi Randy.  The windshield is a vac formed piece as are the headlight covers.  The molds for these parts was 3D printed.  The chassis was printed with the engine and rear suspension attached for strength and accuracy.  Parts like carbs, headers, interior details are separate prints.

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On 6/7/2024 at 6:08 AM, Bilingham said:

Lets talk about printing angles.  It seems that everywhere you look it is recommended that best printing results come witn angled prints.  I printed this body at 0°, 20°, and 44°.  In my opinion  the zero print is superior.  Firstly, it printed in 5 hours as opposed to 10 or 15 hours.  Also, there are fewer lines and flaws requiring  sanding.  The angled prints have obvious diagonal lines that require alot of work to fix as opposed to the horizontal  line on the zero print.  Certainly there are some situations where an angle makes a better print, but zero angle is my default setting.20240606_125238.thumb.jpg.b320b234d784dee4f1e207ed067d122d.jpg20240606_125545.thumb.jpg.d68041d7a04f5595aca951b0a8bacc68.jpgI continue to make improvements to the body.  I recently  intalled a firmware update on the printer and it seems to have improved the overall  smoothness of the print.  This is directly off the printer with no sanding.   Using lots of resin, but making progress.20240606_101727.thumb.jpg.e5138720a8a506dc99c711bd2e73cf70.jpg

Awesome work! From my fairly short experience, if you don't have many "flat areas" on your body, printing flat is fine. This is especially true on those older sports cars that are curvy. Going by those print lines on the angled body, that is because it wasn't supported enough and moved slightly during printing. That is hard to understand considering you have a lot of supports already, but if you did add a few on the outside of the body, it would cure this problem (or maybe more on the inside). There is some evidence of this on the flat printed body if I am not mistaken as well. I actually learnt this when printing your Maserati files. Those Maserati wire wheels are amazing btw, Thanks for that!

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20240724_144359.jpg.fce7ed296bb61c4561a246c8a45a53f0.jpg20240724_144340.jpg.37655348ed2a5804adbdcad2bd5d548b.jpgPolishing under way.  The got the full Micro Mesh treatment followed by Maguires mirr20240724_144455.jpg.3ed3889ce9827b7725e6a06ab562ad4b.jpg20240724_144410.jpg.e13590c395b090cf4499843cf86474a7.jpgor glaze 3.  I love the "burnished" look.

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Beautiful finish you’ve achieved Bill.? It is going to be a real looker when finished!

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17 hours ago, Michael jones said:

Awesome work! From my fairly short experience, if you don't have many "flat areas" on your body, printing flat is fine. This is especially true on those older sports cars that are curvy. Going by those print lines on the angled body, that is because it wasn't supported enough and moved slightly during printing. That is hard to understand considering you have a lot of supports already, but if you did add a few on the outside of the body, it would cure this problem (or maybe more on the inside). There is some evidence of this on the flat printed body if I am not mistaken as well. I actually learnt this when printing your Maserati files. Those Maserati wire wheels are amazing btw, Thanks for that!

I think that the new printer introduces some unknowns into the equation.  I want to explore antialising and exposure times.  The M5s Pro make astonishing prints of items without very complex compound curves.  Carbs and wheels and tires, etc.  Even the windshield mold is spot on.  More to learn.

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I don't know how I missed this thread till now but shame on me.  Your builds have always been impressive but for me this is at another level.  Thank you for sharing your work.

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I love seeing your craftsmanship and attention to detail.  It truely is a work of art.  The carb screen looks so good and the entire powertrain/suspension is outstanding.

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The picture showing the engine detail and rear suspension - it’s hard to believe that’s not 1:1 size!  Excellent work ??

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Sure can appreciate all the detail work you do - all the rivets, and no glue marks of any kind, the polished finish and then there's the battery sticking out from the bottom of the interior. . .

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