A6GCS Maserati

[Dave B]

Ok, some time ago I posted this as a project on the go.

Well, it stalled until my mate could print me a grill, which it turns out he couldn't.

I've ended up making the correct grill for the car I'm building from fuse wire so I'm back into it.

More to follow shortly.

PS, it will be no where near as good as Andrew's!!

Dave B

 

[Dave B]

Ok, it's all a bit rough at the moment, painted black this morning, but here it is.

It will depict a specific car and race, more to follow.

Dave B

[absmiami]

Cool - let is know how you assembled the grill - it looks good - you almost never see restored 50’s italians in black - but they did sometimes sport this color (or no color) in the day - fr instance - Maserati entries at Indy included cars painted black at least once - maybe more - and send your build pix to Primotipo - this is no doubt a replica of a car fr down under - and Primo would be all over it …

[Dave B]

Hi Andrew, for the grill I shaped a thick piece of styrene slightly larger than the grill opening.  I then wrapped 8amp fuse wire around it and soldered. I then added a central vertical bar from 8A wire and soldered.  The remaining vertical bars are 15A wire and attached with permanent epoxy.

When set I gently folded the grill across an Exacto blade to get it concave.

The car was ordered as pictured by the owner and never raced down under.

It was written off by it's second owner after competing in only five events.

Dave B

[absmiami]

The seats look very good - the Stada24 kit seats have seat backs that are too short - have a talk w your friend for me - maybe i can make a deal w him for some primo racing seats …

[Pierre Rivard]

Wonderful, the cheering crowd is now treated to a second A6GCS build!

Please keep posting updates Dave, btw who is the maker of this kit?

[Dave B]

Hi Pierre, not a kit. I bought a 3D file a few years back but it turns out it was solid!!

A mutual friend of my printer mate hollowed it out for us but made it so thin it printed full of holes in resin and not much better in filament.

What you see is the filament body coated internal with epoxy and externally with body putty.

Just had to have an A6GCS!!

Dave B

[MarkJ]

Looking forward to completion on this one. The sports racing cars from the fifty's were such beautiful cars to look at. Works of art instead of designed by a computer for maximun downforce but yet minimum drag. In other words, very sexy.

[Pico]

When you get a solid file, here is the easy way to hollow it. Get Meshmixer and load your file into it. Then follow these instructions to set the offset distance: Meshmixer Tutorial for Beginners | All3DP        For a more professional approach, go to Bill Geary's "Digital Surgeon" page on Facebook. He's really good. 

[Kolu]

Looks as though it could be the de Portago car . . . 

[Dave B]

3 hours ago, Kolu said:

Looks as though it could be the de Portago car . . . 

Well picked.

Dave B

[1959scudetto]

On 4/20/2024 at 9:17 AM, Dave B said:

Hi Andrew, for the grill I shaped a thick piece of styrene slightly larger than the grill opening.  I then wrapped 8amp fuse wire around it and soldered. I then added a central vertical bar from 8A wire and soldered.  The remaining vertical bars are 15A wire and attached with permanent epoxy.

Dave B

Excellent manufacturing of the grille, Dave !