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I can see a 3D print project coming up LOL. All that stuff you said never occurred to me! I do NOT have a good 3D scanner although my best friend and I were talking about "wouldn't it be great" just yesterday.

You call it something else I am sure. UHU putty? Sticky putty? Museum's use it and we used it in our Antique mall to keep lids on pottery and glass jars and they call it museum putty.

That would be more accurate and I thought about it but opted for strength instead. I probably didn't need to but was a judgement call. I think it's an "OK" representation. I printed the trailer out and it came out better than I had even hoped! Well, I was hoping the tie down hooks would be...

3D progress on the Scout. I have the outer shell nearly done! I am finishing up the body but all of the other pieces (hood, tailgate, rear window, doors, floor) have all been finished. The only other parts I can think of are the dash and the exhaust system. As I have worked on the body I have...

Gotta admit I have been doing almost 100% 3D modeling of the Scout lately. Very little time at the model table. What I HAVE done has been good though. I have the door posts in. I ended up plastic cementing with Testors cement then reinforcing with JB Weld black. They "seem quite sturdy. I have...

That first picture looks like totally real 1:1 car parts! I had an ultrasonic cleaner....I wonder where that sucker went?....

This is just fantastic. Man, what a tribute. A story in miniature, that needs no explaining.

Ok, better photos here showing more detail.

Ok, I beams and Channels as thin as I dared. Tie down hooks in place all around. The end blocks for the springs are modified some but still a little unrealistic for strength.

D ring from scratch. I cheated though and used the spring U bolt and indivudual bolt heads I had already created for the Scout. I just had to make a plate and add the bolt eyes then resize pieces and join it all together.

The square design is for printing strength as channel or I beam would be mighty thin but I can look at it again. The spring blocks instead of two supports are for printing strength as well. I thought about the wiring holes for a while befire putting them in. I know they wouldn't be on the real...

Are the tirme downs OK before I add them down the sides. And I think what is confusing is being able to see the lines. They don't print but are part of the geometry.

Yes. Would it be on top of the V rails or inside like I have it?

I took the reflector spaces out so the cross bar is just on the inside of the rails. Would it be on top of the outer rails instead of inside?

I think the reflector spots on the outside of the outer beam make the crossmember look cut in. I can get rid of those. Would it be welded on top and not on the inside? Also, where to the D rings go? I am thinking they would go in recessed openings in the deck?

Dude overlooking his handiwork....yes...he smiles with satisfaction beneath his mask, his grin a little crooked..."Who's next?"

I was asked to make a car hauler. Does anything look completely wrong?

I like the Soviet scrap iron idea even better.

Do you want a full diorama type base, a small square base with a few bits of grass, or a simple, clean, round wooden stand just to display the art? Any would work.

I am closing in on closing in the door jamb! Little by little. I am thinking epoxy putty and shaping for the final steps.