stitchdup Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 As you all know by now I'm a big vw fanboy, and i also have a fondness for the more unusual cars which has led to me printing out a load of south american vws. I'm still trying to get the passat, parati and saveiro g1 to print at 1/24 but everything elde is 1/24 exceprt the 2020 audi rs5 which is scaled to fit a drag chassis so i can build daddy daves new no prep car. I have everything to build it and printed 2 bodies so i can cut the front off to show the engine. First up is group of files from various places to build a liberty walk audi a5. I have an interior file for this too but it needs a lot of work to print well so this build is a while away. next is a blackboxstl beach buggy. as I'm never satisfied I've also printed out the drag parts to fit the engine and a set of small tyres this one is a south american vw but versions of it were available in europe. Isn't it ugly? should look sweet slammed on some suitable period style rims this is a facelift mk2 vw passat. it needs rescaled as its too big just now. this one has an interior also this will become daddy dave's new no prep car. All the chassis and other parts except the body are files from mcs or mattys custom scale on cults. Nice files but they feel underscaled for 1/24 this is a saveiro g1 summer. its got an interior and underhood detail. also needs rescaled vw sp2. this is a rescaled slotcar body. there are other sp2 files but they all get the rear wheel arches completely wrong vw bora. this broke when i was taking it off the supports. i'll print another though. I tried another bora file but it printed like paper and was a waste of 18 hours printing vw parati. I need to rescale this one too. its another with interior and underhood detail This one i got the scale right on. I've been doing a little work on it. it started a slotcar and was very blocky once printed. I spent a load of time smoothing the body and then fitted a mk1 golf arches but the body keeps breaking on me. Not a very good file but i have another to try now we get to the one I'm working on currently. Its a vw saveiro g6. As you can see the body has some texture issues but the resin is easy to work with so its not really a problem. I've opened the hood and have rescaled a mk2 golf engine bay to suit. I'm using a vw 1.8t engine but since the file is one piece I'll use 2 and cut them apart to make detailing easier. The seats I'm using are from blackboxstl and handily have the audi rs pattern. For glass since this has a convex profile I'm going to attempt to cut it from just below the shoulder on a fizzy juice bottle. I'm hoping it will keep the curve as i flatten it out. For the front suspension I'll be using some printed parts from another blackbox bodykit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Like all the different body styles that we never see her. The pickups are of the most interest to myself but the Audi looks interesting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo1303s Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Cool stuff !!! I sent a PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 Heres last nights prints. I've included the puma gtb with the vws as the previous puma was vw based while this one is chevy opala based. It originaly came with a straight 6 puma gte. these were built on the brasilia vw floorpans. skoda 110. rear engined eastern european car and incidentaly the first rear engined car I remember seeing. It was outside a local shop and i was facinated to see these to nutty old women putting their shopping where i knew the engines were. In my defence i was under 5 years old and my dad was a ford guy (had a mk2 savage cortina) so i'd never seen anything rear engined except my uncles camper. I'll probably build this on a beetle chassis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Fascinating. How is that material to work with compared to resin and styrene? David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 Just now, David G. said: Fascinating. How is that material to work with compared to resin and styrene? David G. There's not really much difference imo. If its thin it tends to be brittle so some things need more care taken, but its easy to knock the edges down with normal model tools. The g3 pick up i've been working with has thin sides so it has broken on me a few times so its been reinforced with epoxy and styrene behind the breaks. If you can build a resin model you can easily work with 3d printed resins. You must wear a mask when sanding it though but thats just common sense really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calb56 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Looks cool. Amazing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Looks like you are a roll with these bodies Les. Some very different subjects, a good idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Well it turns out i have the scales correct. The south american vws aren't the same size as the euro the ones i see regularly. These use more audi style mechanics so the proportions of the euro cars is defferent. I'd been trying them against a revell mk1 golf as i know how they would compare if it was earo cars. I'm away to slap myself with a cold salmon now, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 (edited) Fantastic Les! I like you are VW nuts, We've had 5 Beetles in the family, an early 1600 Passat Diesel saloon then a 1900 Passat Diesel estate. We go from time to time to the Sandown Park VW Show in Surrey where we have seen an SP", some years ago. As you can imagine to me, the Beach Buggy looks good! Keep up the good work with your 3D printer! I chap from school ran a Skoda Dealership near us many, many moons ago and had a couple of the 110 rally cars in there! As a rally marshal again donkey's years ago the 110 was a class winner on the RAC Rally for years and years! One thing I bought a few years ago was a 1/24 scale Dub City Diecast VW Notchback. A Very Heavy Diecast! Edited April 2, 2023 by PatW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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