My 2nd & Most Impressive "3D PRINTED" Model Car, The 1927 Miller 91.

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So I recently showed our 1/4 scale 100%, 3D printed Model T Hot Rod in Scale Auto and Here!

That was built 3 or 4 years ago...

So in May we decided to build a new car, but what made it special (other than being 100% 3D printed) was that it was built at 2/5th scale... yep 40% the original size...

Keep in mind, very expensive, but used for nothing more than marketing. I am a huge model car and real car fan, so this is a great opportunity to show our capabilities!

 

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My friend Bill Gould (www.gouldstudios.com) was so kind to share his CAD files again....

 

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I had to decide what scale to build it originally and couldn't decide... I wanted it to be at least 1/4 scale like the Rod I built, but realized it needed to be bigger....

 

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The first body chassis parts came out of the machine in sections... Right here is the left side of the chassis in two sections. This totals almost 5 feet in length!!!

 

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The wheel and tire are huge and don't look it in the photos...

 

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Time for a quick fit up, between the chassis and the Wheel/Tire... We are 5 weeks from a trade show that it needs to be completed for...

 

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The exhaust and other parts are finally sanded and in primer....

 

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The Tire has raised lettering which we built in a elastomer, then painted and inserted into the tire for a raised look... The Rim looks great and is ready for paint...

 

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more to come...

 

[Elm City Hobbies]

Awesome!

 

[CTspeedshop]

Awesome!

Ditto!

 

[myhobbyroom]

Wow... perfect spokes . Beautiful build.

 

[RedDragon62]

Sweet

 

[Cash]

This is going to be intresting.

 

[Chris S]

This is some fantastic work ! It must need a huge amount of plastic ? ..is it expensive ? Would it be cost prohibitive to produce kit versions of this ? ...just curious

Chris.

 

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Thank you for the kind words, I have had a few people ask already if we will make smaller scale versions as kits... we'll see if theres really enough interest.

Anyway, here's the next batch of photos ;D

 

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The body was built in an epoxy resin process called SLA (the original 3D printing process)... Here it is being removed from one of our largest machines...

 

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Once its cleaned up and cured, we fit it with a few other parts... Things are starting to take real shape...

 

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Priming and prepping are paramount now, in order to meet our deadline, which is only a few weeks away at this point.

 

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