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O.K. not sure where the thread went, but there was some discussion a while back about 3D printing and detail.

My Shapeways order arrived last week (Thx, Peter & Datto), I ordered a boatload of Chassis and one Body.

Well, the chassis were pretty much as I expected, But I was really anticipating seeing the body. I had heard that the Printed bodies lacked detail and were very Rough. Happily that turned out not to be the case at all!! The Aston Martin Body I got was not smooth as glass, but I would not say it was rough either! The finish was a bit like that of an eggshell or maybe a little toothier. In my opinion the surface is probably almost ideal, because you will paint it anyway and after a couple layers of paint it should smooth out nicely! :whistle:

The only real problem I had was that the designer of the body should have included some reinforcing ribs underneith and made the shell a little thicker, because mine arrived cracked! :violence-stickwhack: It was so thin in places I could read through it! :scared-eek:

Overall, I am encouraged though, because after Chassis this will be what we all go to!!

The future looks bright! :music-rockout:

I too, am looking forward to good 3D printed bodies! I am looking for racers from today, and I'm sure they will be coming, but you gotta watch out for license infringement. Happy to Datto's bodies are looking good!.

that aston looks nice but does come with the windscreen.? at that price it should.

That's pretty cool!
I'm looking forward to your pics.

I think this technology is still in its infancy.....the future is indeed looking bright :dance:

thanks for the pics, Mas!
The body seems to be printed in "frosted ultra detail" - quite a brittle material, but great details. i use this material only for wheel inserts, would not have used it on a body. But with "strong white and flexible" the body would not look that good.

Just to clarify, I have chassis in my shapeways shop, but no bodies. :)