3D printed road vehicles

[acg5324]

Found this seller on ebay with a range of 3D printed lorries and cars.....some interesting ones.

https://ebay.co.uk/usr/rayrimes1

 

Edited May 8, 2021 by acg5324

[Trewisin]

Thanks acg5324, I had a quick look at his site on ebay theres a lot of potential there shame that they are solid vehicles and that the windows are filled ,possibly you may be able to drill out? I hav'nt tried this in resin. only in white metal.

Some very interesting trucks and vans . Regards Ray.

[Tricky-CRS]

Next up is a series of 1966 Commer V Range Lorries, I have done a test print and will be send notes to the designer but heres a taste of whats to come, rest due by end of month.

 

[Tricky-CRS]

Base coated the Sherpas need to reprint as a few not printed great.

 

 

Heres the test print of the 1966 Commer V range lorry base coated.

 

[fodenway]

The Commer is a welcome addition, but could I suggest that the windscreen is sloping rather too far back, and the roof appears a little "flat"?

[Mike Harvey]

the Commer is an excellent choice @Tricky-CRSHow about a nice simple fire engine. This one is a Kent V AKS with a body by HCB, but others had similar. The boxy body might help in design. The photo is from Roger Mardon's excellent fire history site.

 

http://www.romar.org.uk/_wp_generated/wp6a3ffd50.jpg

 

 

 

 

[Tricky-CRS]

5 hours ago, fodenway said:

The Commer is a welcome addition, but could I suggest that the windscreen is sloping rather too far back, and the roof appears a little "flat"?

 

I'll have another look at this thank you.

[Tricky-CRS]

3 hours ago, Mike Harvey said:

the Commer is an excellent choice @Tricky-CRSHow about a nice simple fire engine. This one is a Kent V AKS with a body by HCB, but others had similar. The boxy body might help in design. The photo is from Roger Mardon's excellent fire history site.

 

http://www.romar.org.uk/_wp_generated/wp6a3ffd50.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

A similar looking one is on the initial list oddly, the only issue is I have not found a picture looking at the back. Found a few pictures of 1 vehicle taken from multiple angles and both sides but not a great view of the back.

[Mike Harvey]

@Tricky-CRS Richard, I have some rear views of the Kent version, which I will PM you tomorrow. It may or may not correspond to the one you have all round photos for. There was also 3 page Vintage Roadscene article in the last two years.

Edited May 11, 2021 by Mike Harvey

[Tricky-CRS]

On 10/05/2021 at 11:13, fodenway said:

The Commer is a welcome addition, but could I suggest that the windscreen is sloping rather too far back, and the roof appears a little "flat"?

 

I have reviewed this, this evening I agree about the roof and have asked for a modification to be made. I think I have either chosen a poor prototype or wrong modelling method as we are mot real showing the windscreen. The wind screen is bowed out in front of the frame line on the model. If I was modelling this with a solid cab we would see both lines, the other option would be clear resin. From what I have seen clear resin is not truly clear and not what I would want to model at the moment.

[Royal42]

20 hours ago, Tricky-CRS said:

 

..From what I have seen clear resin is not truly clear and not what I would want to model at the moment.

Hi Richard,

 

I haven't had the chance to read the whole blog, yet, and I might be talking out of context; however, clear resin is achievable.  Although I haven't reached the stage to print my AEC Matador 6x6 yet,

 

I have done a few aircraft and the canopies have come out very clear.

 

This model is to 1:144 scale, almost N Gauge.

 

I printed this on an Anycubic Photon S printer.

 

cheers,
Mike

Edited May 12, 2021 by Royal42

[Tricky-CRS]

2 minutes ago, Royal42 said:

Hi Richard,

 

I haven't had the chance to read the whole blog, yet, and I might be talking out of context; however, clear resin is achievable.  Although I haven't reached the stage to print my AEC Matador 6x6 yet,

 

I have done a few aircraft and the canopies have come out very clear.

 

This model is to 1:144 scale, almost N Gauge.

 

cheers,
Mike

 

Oh, thats nice, I have a clear resin to try, so must get on and try.

[otherplanet]

Which specific brand of clear resin did you use for that canopy. It looks really good.

[grahame]

That's certainly the clearest clear 3D printed plastic I've seen (through).

 

 

[Trewisin]

Hi all it seems that if we can do cabs in a clear type of plastic the they can be addeded to the bodies after painting in the colours we want that was very informative using that Bell 47 Mike.

Regards Ray.

[Royal42]

2 hours ago, otherplanet said:

Which specific brand of clear resin did you use for that canopy. It looks really good.

Hello otherplanet,

I used Anycubic's standard clear UV resin.  I use a different method with clear prints to get this result, that is not to use any wash & cure system.  IPA is fine for coloured resins but I find that IPA is too aggressive on clear resin and I believe it is the wash that makes the clear parts go opaque. 

 

These prints were my first and I used IPA to wash them, that is when I noticed their change to opaque.

 

The method I use is to remove the print from the printer plate then, whilst the piece is still on its supports, give the piece a firm tap on a hard surface or give it a shake to remove any excess resin.  Then just stand the part in the sun to cure.  Here is another example of not washing clear items.

 

Hi Trewesin,

 

yes, making the clear parts as a separate item allows for the painting of the main body separately, then add the clear item.

 

cheers,

Mike

 

 

 

Edited May 13, 2021 by Royal42

[Tricky-CRS]

On 13/05/2021 at 11:37, Royal42 said:

Hello otherplanet,

I used Anycubic's standard clear UV resin.  I use a different method with clear prints to get this result, that is not to use any wash & cure system.  IPA is fine for coloured resins but I find that IPA is too aggressive on clear resin and I believe it is the wash that makes the clear parts go opaque. 

 

These prints were my first and I used IPA to wash them, that is when I noticed their change to opaque.

 

The method I use is to remove the print from the printer plate then, whilst the piece is still on its supports, give the piece a firm tap on a hard surface or give it a shake to remove any excess resin.  Then just stand the part in the sun to cure.  Here is another example of not washing clear items.

 

Hi Trewesin,

 

yes, making the clear parts as a separate item allows for the painting of the main body separately, then add the clear item.

 

cheers,

Mike

 

 

 

 

Hi Mike

 

That looks great, please can I ask what wall thickness you have used on the that model in clear resin?

[Royal42]

I think that was 0.5mm for the canopy.

I have managed to get down to 0.25mm on the doors of this Matador.

 

Test print 1

 

Test print 2

 

Mike

[Trewisin]

Hi  Mike  I like your Matador  I am impressed  @acg5324 Andy posted an item last week ref rayrimes1 that was advertising on ebay. He has a few military models  RAF for sale which are 3D printed .I didn't realise that there was a group of modellers out there that seem to specialise in this sort of thing I thought it was just the every day traffic that we see on our roads.As I said in one of my previous texts on this page im interested in some David Brown RAF aircraft tugs 1940-1950.

Regards Ray

[Royal42]

Hi Ray,

I am new to this game, hence why I am following this thread.  I have been able to do the Matador as there were such good plans available, free and on-online at Mick Bell plans.  I haven't seen anything on the David Brown tractors.

 

cheers,
Mike

Edited May 15, 2021 by Royal42

[Tricky-CRS]

Here are the latest test prints of the 1966 Commer V Range lorries so far we have:

Dropside (signed off)
Flatbed (to be signed off)
Highway Tipper (modification required)

More versions due soon

[Trewisin]

Hi Tricky-crs ,Thats fantastic the cabs look a lot better this time. As Mike @Royal42 said using clear plastic and painting the rest of the cab area might solve the problem.Thanks for your efforts and info Mike. Regads Ray

[grahame]

Here's a pic by Maurice of Osborns of a test print of their forthcoming Bedford TK mixer truck. Apparently the cab is removeable and according to their website they are planning "to release this in various rigid and articulated body styles including a rigid chassis cab as a train load. In the pipeline various body types based on the TK Bedford rigid chassis and Articulated trailers for a TK tractor"

 

[BernardTPM]

The availability of a chassis cab option should make it just about OK for any purpose. Good news.

[acg5324]

In addition to the Mk2 Cortina there is now a matching Estate and a Sherpa 240 van on RedAndy eBay site

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164874329104;