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Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | The prototypes went pretty well for an initial effort, but there are a lot of refinements to be done! The 3-D printing process is amazing, but I need a much sharper print. Painting is the easiest part, but I think I need to incorporate metallic foil to make it better. The thick urethane coat was a bubbly, uneven failure. I need a better substitue, maybe a resin. (Prototype 3 reduced.jpg) (Prototype 4 reduced.jpg) (Prototype 5 reduced.jpg) (Prototype 6 reduced.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Prototype 3 reduced.jpg (246KB - 85 downloads) Prototype 4 reduced.jpg (244KB - 82 downloads) Prototype 5 reduced.jpg (240KB - 83 downloads) Prototype 6 reduced.jpg (231KB - 79 downloads) | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Still working on this project. I was able to order a set of the "wheelcover center emblems that never were" from Xometry and they printed in stereolithography with Accrua xtreme grey material - and the quality was pretty good. I think the cost was about $160. Painting them was a bit of a challenge, but I think they are decent enough to replace the Chrysler centers that are in there now. They are not exquisite quality on close inspection, but I think they will be decent from a distance of just a couple of feet away. (01 first coat red.jpg) (02 second coat white and black.jpg) (03 third coat light gold.jpg) (04 fourth coat yellow.jpg) (05 final clear coat.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 01 first coat red.jpg (85KB - 29 downloads) 02 second coat white and black.jpg (188KB - 30 downloads) 03 third coat light gold.jpg (190KB - 26 downloads) 04 fourth coat yellow.jpg (243KB - 32 downloads) 05 final clear coat.jpg (111KB - 27 downloads) | ||
sermey |
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Expert Posts: 1210 Location: SWITZERLAND | Mike, put the red paint at least, must be quite liquid and flow. Before do paint the emblems somewhat "over" the border. Then the color separation will become very accurate, as I did with some knight emblems when golden coating. And use paint which is not aggressive to the resin. Good Luck! - SERGE - Edited by sermey 2024-02-09 1:35 PM | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Thanks, Serge!
Working on the Adventurer emblems now. So far, they have been easier to paint. I started with gold and then masked off the gold to apply the silver background. I tried to mask off the silver and gold to apply the black, but ended up having to hand paint the black with gloss enamel. Still need to apply the clear-coat. (Adventurer Center Emblems reduced.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Adventurer Center Emblems reduced.jpg (237KB - 5 downloads) | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Final products: (Custom Center Cap set 02.jpg) (Stock Set 02.jpg) (Stock Set 03.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Custom Center Cap set 02.jpg (250KB - 5 downloads) Stock Set 02.jpg (240KB - 4 downloads) Stock Set 03.jpg (235KB - 3 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9699 Location: So. Cal | They look quite nice. Which ones are you going to use? | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Thanks, Nathan! I'm definitely going with the red centers for now. I repainted the '57 wheelcover centers to gold to get a bit closer to the real thing. Not too shabby for "home made" - what do the hipsters call it? Bespoke!
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