So, I’m not sure why, but there isn’t a kit for IMO some of the coolest cars to hit the flats in Bonneville. This is about to be addressed fellow piston heads. I’m designing a belly tank kit and it’s coming along at record speed. Got V1 and V2 on the bench and notes for improvement on v3. Based on a P-38 drop tank with a ford flathead. After I get it all ironed out they will be available for sale on my Etsy and eBay stores. In the meanwhile here’s where it’s at.
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What scale/s will this be at?
What is the links to your store on both?
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That’s cool!
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It’s 1/25th scale and 90% there, got another test to do on the steering and front suspension before I distribute to the masses due to the fact that at scale “steel” isn’t as strong as I would like it to be so it needs a little beef here and there.
And my eBay is:
https://www.ebay.com/usr/havenmarks
Thanks for your interest!
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Those items would go great with the released Joe’s garage kit.
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Wow, it is absolutely superb idea! Congrats.
Yet another update… plenty of notes for moving forward, lotta sanding and writing it down for the kit version
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Wow RAD! I sooo need one* of these kits.
- or three
Thanks, I’ll let you know when they’re ready. Gotta make and instruction sheet and tweak files and print settings. Main goal is to make a removable top section that really sits well on the bottom, lotta work in there to seal away forever otherwise.
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Yeah true that! Let me know…
If you printed the body where the seam was flat on the base, you would have two flat mating surfaces.
Yeah they’re like that now, unfortunately the supports stopped at the bottom 3rd and the whole thing floundered around on me. Really nasty warp on the top half. To get the cupping out I sanded about a 1/16th off and glued in styrene to build a new lip.
I’m thinking on the final of doing a slightly oversized lip on the top that’ll hat over the bottom ring. Kind of like an overbite all around.
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Can you print it with organic supports?
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I was considering that but I just test fit for the v2 and it’s much flatter with typical tree just running up the edges. Last thing I’m gonna try is antialiasing with a higher blur for the body to try and kill the layer lines/facets. Goo printers hate spheres and straight lines as it were.
So, instructions are done, files are finalized, fitment is dialed and proofs are printed. Now I just have to build a final and if everything checks out, we’re off to the races.
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