satterwhite78 Posted Saturday at 03:59 PM Posted Saturday at 03:59 PM 3d printed kit purchased from Wall 2 Wall Hobbies in August at the Model Car Builders show in Winston Salem, NC. No engine, engine bay, exhuast or gas tank. Had a previously built 69 Cougar with a severely warped roof that I had purchased sometime years back that the engine bay was a separate part from the body, the rest is parts box donations. Krylon Colormaxx Emerald Green. Inspired from thread photos (Any Updates On The Moebius 72 Maverick) 351/429 production prototypes in the Car Kit News & Review Section.. 16 1
VanGoGo Posted Saturday at 05:26 PM Posted Saturday at 05:26 PM Looks nice....similar to Mercurys "Competition Green"
falcon wagon Posted Saturday at 06:53 PM Posted Saturday at 06:53 PM I don't like Green that much but this is a nice looking car.
Tyreman Posted Sunday at 01:27 AM Posted Sunday at 01:27 AM If only! a friend of mine Sandy in Glasgow has a 71 351 Falcon XB? a wonderful car and under 20 made? of the top of my head...2009 since i saw the car and spoke to Sandy.
XYHARRY Posted Sunday at 06:37 AM Posted Sunday at 06:37 AM Very nice parts box Comet, well done Chuck.
DoctorLarry Posted Sunday at 12:12 PM Posted Sunday at 12:12 PM In looking at the car, a cool build that would have been running around the street in the day. In looking at the hood it seems the corners don't fit right. Did you have fitment issues with the hood or is it just the way I'm seeing it? I have built two 3D Buick Skylarks and had the same hood fit issues. There is a Javelin build in the in progress forum-same hood fit issues. Is this something in the printing process? I'm not familiar enough with how it works.
spencer1984 Posted Sunday at 12:47 PM Posted Sunday at 12:47 PM Great job on this; the details, wheels, and color all feel period-perfect!
satterwhite78 Posted Sunday at 02:27 PM Author Posted Sunday at 02:27 PM (edited) 2 hours ago, DoctorLarry said: In looking at the car, a cool build that would have been running around the street in the day. In looking at the hood it seems the corners don't fit right. Did you have fitment issues with the hood or is it just the way I'm seeing it? I have built two 3D Buick Skylarks and had the same hood fit issues. There is a Javelin build in the in progress forum-same hood fit issues. Is this something in the printing process? I'm not familiar enough with how it works. All the taping , hand holding, the eye balling and countless dry runs of assembly and fitment......it drives me crazy. Bad enough that I have felt fairly confident to spray paint and assemble but that small fitment issue pops up. I remember one build that I was overjoyed knowing that it was going together be one of my overall best. One small fitment issue create another. I handle the body so much that I had rubbed off/ thinned paint on some edges and others areas the skin oil from handling allow the paint to smudge. The 2nd paint job never came close.... It happens.... I can strive to do better on my next project. I do pride myself that I took an vision and enhance it for others to share and enjoy. I still joke that I'm "stealing intellectual modeling techniques and ideas". To answer your original question ( yes I do ramble on.....), very little if none with this printing. However the Pontiac Can Am was the most "needy of attention and work" of the three 3d kits so far... Edited Sunday at 02:32 PM by satterwhite78 .
espo Posted Sunday at 03:58 PM Posted Sunday at 03:58 PM Great looking paint color and finish. I have always thought the Mercury version of the Maverick looked even better. like the engine detailing and the period Ansen style wheels.
DoctorLarry Posted Sunday at 06:01 PM Posted Sunday at 06:01 PM 3 hours ago, satterwhite78 said: All the taping , hand holding, the eye balling and countless dry runs of assembly and fitment......it drives me crazy. Bad enough that I have felt fairly confident to spray paint and assemble but that small fitment issue pops up. I remember one build that I was overjoyed knowing that it was going together be one of my overall best. One small fitment issue create another. I handle the body so much that I had rubbed off/ thinned paint on some edges and others areas the skin oil from handling allow the paint to smudge. The 2nd paint job never came close.... It happens.... I can strive to do better on my next project. I do pride myself that I took an vision and enhance it for others to share and enjoy. I still joke that I'm "stealing intellectual modeling techniques and ideas". To answer your original question ( yes I do ramble on.....), very little if none with this printing. However the Pontiac Can Am was the most "needy of attention and work" of the three 3d kits so far... I feel your pain. I spent more time in both Skylark builds on the hoods than the rest of the builds! And they still don't fit right. In my latest build I thought I had it fixed so I painted the car and it STILL does not fit right. I hope you did not take the comment as a slight on the build because it wasn't. I remember guys having Mavericks in the day ( the Ford version) but they were 302 cars if I remember right. Cool little cars fixed up and your build, as I said, could have been on the street then.
Rattlecan Dan Posted Sunday at 10:04 PM Posted Sunday at 10:04 PM Nice photography gives a very real look to the build. Nice job.
drodg Posted yesterday at 01:52 PM Posted yesterday at 01:52 PM Nice! They should have put a HO 302 in the Comet GT back in 71-72 maybe even a 351. Anyhow nice build.
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