The next Frontier

[masmojo]

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:

[Cjent]

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!.

[masmojo]

[a110alpine]

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

[Tigeracer]

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

[Arkay]

[masmojo]

[2FER SLOTS]

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

[ElSecundo]

[pfuetze]

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.

[masmojo]

[Broman62]

[masmojo]

[Datto]

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

[masmojo]