2021 Aston Martin AMR21 F1 - An Adventure In 3D Printing-2

[Jhedir6]

I started another 3D print project his week. Up next is Aston Martin's new AMR21 F1 car.

For this project I purchased the files from a designer here . 

The next pics are of his 3D print of the files on an FLA or filament printer. I don't find them to be as clean looking as resin printers for fine detail. On large scale items they're great but I think resin printers are more detail oriented and give a better result for things in smaller scales. His files are set to print in 1/18th scale but I scaled mine down to 1/20th so I can include it with any other F1 builds I might do in the future from Tamiya etc.

In this pic you can see the part count, not excessive( 27 pcs or so),  but enough to build a decent curbside model.

And another shot of the test print he did. You can see there is a lot of clean up to do on FLA prints, my resin prints are much cleaner with a lot less surface imperfections. Tho the level of detail is amazing.

My friend Thomas from Germany, is working on a decal set for the Aston Martin cars right now. He's also printing this out and is building Sebastian Vettal's #5 car and is also adding in Lance Stroll's details to the sheet for me so I can do the #18 car. The decals are still in development but I think Thomas should have them ready to send to the printer by the end of the week. 

At the moment I do not have any pics of the printed files, I'll take some in the morning when I get home. I have two files left to print in the morning but for now, here are a few of my files from the slicer software and just about ready to be exported to the printer.

Here we have the back part of the cockpit along with the front wing.

This is the barge boards (the front of the floor just under where the driver sits and where the front nose begins and the rear wing.

And finally the wheels, seat, steering wheel, side mirrors and the halo. 

 

In total there are nine files to print, a couple pieces, like the floor sections I printed by themselves. 

I plan on having some of the real prints photo'd and uploaded in the morning.

Thanks for looking in.

 

Edited July 9, 2021 by Jhedir6

[bigryan18]

Awesome!!!

 

[iamsuperdan]

As a massive F1 fan, I am watching this closely. Awesome. 

[Justin Porter]

This is really some eyebrow raising stuff. I'm quite curious to see how it goes together. Also, was it not possible with the files to break down the rear bodywork of the monocoque along panel lines?

[Jhedir6]

2 hours ago, Justin Porter said:

This is really some eyebrow raising stuff. I'm quite curious to see how it goes together. Also, was it not possible with the files to break down the rear bodywork of the monocoque along panel lines?

Unfortunately the original designer didn't include the panel lines in on the engine cover. It is possible to take the files and load them into MeshMixer and add them in, but I have no idea how to do it. I've used MeshMixer a few times but for pretty simple things. Adding lines like that would be beyond me right now.

I think what I may do is just use some fine line decals to recreate the panel lines, or maybe make templates to scribe them in manually. 

[Jhedir6]

Update.

I lost the photos I took right after I finished printing....I've got no idea where they went.

Anyways, there some pics of the assembly underway. I'm going to attach a lot of the parts so I dont mess up the paint . It'll require extra masking but I'd rather that than messing up a painted surface.

Close up of the wheels showing the details. These are 95% untouched as far as finishing goes. After removing the supports all I've done is sanded the back side of the wheels/tires to remove any nubs left from the supports. The tire tread surface and the front sidewalls are baby bottom smooth right out of the printer. Nothing has been done to the wheels. 

A shot from head on of most of the parts ready for primer. The suspension pieces need some tweaking to get the to fit better. The tolerances are really tight.

The tape on the bottom of the floor is just masking the center board so I can fill in the seams from the different prints being glued together.

I had to print the rear engine cover and the airbox and the back of the cockpit as different files so the seams are visible from gluing them together. Unfortunately there are no panel lines in the model for the engine cover, so I'll either have to scribe them in or use decals to add them in, or just leave them out. I'll have to see what will work best.

The mirrors are attached and there is an imperfection to fix. The halo has not been attached yet, it needs some more sanding to fit better.

My hope is to have the parts ready for primer on Friday and then start painting parts this weekend. I have some Aston Martin green but its not 100% correct but I may try mixing it with some other colours and get the correct colour I need.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[Phildaupho]

On 7/9/2021 at 2:04 AM, Jhedir6 said:

Update.

I lost the photos I took right after I finished printing....I've got no idea where they went.

Anyways, there some pics of the assembly underway. I'm going to attach a lot of the parts so I dont mess up the paint . It'll require extra masking but I'd rather that than messing up a painted surface.

Close up of the wheels showing the details. These are 95% untouched as far as finishing goes. After removing the supports all I've done is sanded the back side of the wheels/tires to remove any nubs left from the supports. The tire tread surface and the front sidewalls are baby bottom smooth right out of the printer. Nothing has been done to the wheels. 

A shot from head on of most of the parts ready for primer. The suspension pieces need some tweaking to get the to fit better. The tolerances are really tight.

The tape on the bottom of the floor is just masking the center board so I can fill in the seams from the different prints being glued together.

I had to print the rear engine cover and the airbox and the back of the cockpit as different files so the seams are visible from gluing them together. Unfortunately there are no panel lines in the model for the engine cover, so I'll either have to scribe them in or use decals to add them in, or just leave them out. I'll have to see what will work best.

The mirrors are attached and there is an imperfection to fix. The halo has not been attached yet, it needs some more sanding to fit better.

My hope is to have the parts ready for primer on Friday and then start painting parts this weekend. I have some Aston Martin green but its not 100% correct but I may try mixing it with some other colours and get the correct colour I need.

Thanks for the replies.

 

 

[Phildaupho]

I was so impressed with this project that I blew my previous post but I am utterly blown away with what you have accomplished so far. This technological is amazing. When I first heard about it many years ago it was almost top secret for producing parts for future navy ships and it sounded so Star Trek and here you are creating a model of the latest Aston Martin F-1. Far freaking out !!

[gwcfree]

Great work, i sent u a msg 

[drodg]

Wow so impressive

 

[iamsuperdan]

How did this end up?

Very curious!

[steveracer]

Cool to see.  A couple of questions.

How did the guy either get the design plans to build the CAD model for this car?  Or how did someone get the CAD?

It sure would be cool to modify this car, and shorten the area behind the driver to get a "proper sized" and weight F1 car!  

I see the CAD files to build this on the printer is only $12 US, that is cheap as heck, so what did the printing material cost to make the 1/20 version?

Want to see this completed as well!

[Funkychiken]

Me too!