3D print Chevrolet Caprice 1/43

Ken Spear · 2024-11-03T22:02:03Z

There has been lots of previous discussions about 3D printed models. Some vendors are selling them already printed on Ebay while thousands of files are being offered for sale on various sites of many different models. Quality is all over the map.There are quite a number of 3D printing shops popping up in my city with very expensive resin printers. Customers provide a USB drive with the software and they will make a resin print in any scale that you specify.I have not researched any of these shops yet to determine the cost of getting a print, however, our local library has 3D printers and will print your project for you at a very small cost (1/43 scale models are less than $10). The problem is, they have only filament printers while I think the high quality prints are done on resin printers.Resin printers can run into the thousands of dollars and are used by the professional shops. In any event, I came across a download of a 1968 Chevrolet Caprice which appears to be very high resin quality with numerous parts. I've posted a few pictures of the detail. What I like about this file is the fact that the grill/bumpers are separate and can be chromed separately.All the parts appear to be included for your assembly. I imagine assembly is similar to the model kits that I put together as a kid. My question: Does anyone have any experience with printing 3 D models or providing downloads to professional printers for printing? I am thinking about purchasing this download and have a local shop print it for me. I also wonder if there is any interest out there to possibly print multiples and share the cost.

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06/11/2024 1:11 am

@daveg You also forgot to mention that it really smells bad and need to be used in a very well ventilated area.

As far as I am concerned, I would never buy a resin printed model no matter how attractive the subject may look. Furthermore, al of them pictured here are not accurate and pale renderings of what they are intended to represent. No offense to the talent of the artists here for their artwork.

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