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Just looked at the 3d engineers link. There is a Mitchell Special that looks a lot like the Z300S. Sounds like he went through a similar process as I did with Chris.
The bloke gave them a load of pictures of cars he liked. Ditto
He showed them pictures of what he didn't like. Ditto
He asked them to create something in the style off, but not a copy. Ditto
They created the shape. Ditto
He requested minor tweaks. Ditto
They built it. Ditto
So they want to use it to provide post-disaster emergency housing, but it'll take eight months to print a house.
Hmm, I hope they have a good crystal ball to predict where and when the next disaster will strike. Mind you, my first (90's) computer/printer combo felt like it took eight months to print anything and inevitably ran out of ink while printing important work documents.
3d printers. Er...... Would it be good to be able to make panels that can be bolted on like wings and bonnets,roofs,boot lids. Wheel centre caps custom ones of course . Bonnet vents and wing vents and grills and headlight buckets and dashboards. Custom gear knobs. If they get that far in the future. If what they make can be sanded and sprayed that is.
I've been involved in a project with Stuart at 3D Engineering (though not directly working with him. I built the 1/5 scale model of my design and he scanned this and the full size chassis / roof then scaled up the model to fit over the chassis and then produced the buck on his router.
Impressive stuff! and whilst expensive, probably not when compared to the time it takes to do the same process the old fashioned way.
3D printing certainly has its place for small components, but at this stage it's not there for the larger parts on a commercial scale, but it's only a matter of time. I recently saw film of a 3D printed chassis
It's a car called the Okrasa Special. I'm sure I've linked to it before, but here it is: http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28047
Be prepred to loose a few hours though, the thread is over 70 pages long..... I got involved about half way through, and the 3D engineering stuff is in the last few pages.
I've seen something similar over on the locostbuilders site but wasn't aware of this company who seem to offer a great service.
Out of interest do you have any idea how much they charge for their services? I work at a college and students love 'case studies' like these where they can see the full evolution of a design, but I'm never able to give them an idea of cost for example scanning a model, or turning a full scale model into a 'jigsaw' buck.
I'm not sure, but I'd guess it will have been in the ball park of £4-6k to scan, manipulate and then produce and fit the buck to the chassis. In terms of paying an hourly rate to measure the model, scale it up, transfer to plywood and then make the buck, there is a lot of hours....
If you are interested in Case studies, I work on a few daft projecst like this (I'm an Ex patern maker / product designer) and currently have another similar old car project on the go; my own clubmans car for wich I produced the buck in my single garage at home; and also have developed (& patented) a safety rail system for van roof racks (Google 'Vehicle Edge Protection System') also in the garage at home for which I've had prototype extrusion sections 3D printed. If any of these are of interest / use in getting youngsters interested in Design or engineering, PM me and I can give you some info for future case studies
How bout the fiat dino. 1966-.took on the looks of the Alfa Romeo gtv. Some nice examples with double lights at the front with a muscle car grill. I think one was used by the Italian mafia in the Italian job.
How bout the fiat dino. 1966-.took on the looks of the Alfa Romeo gtv. Some nice examples with double lights at the front with a muscle car grill. I think one was used by the Italian mafia in the Italian job.
Good find Towed, I enjoyed that. Nice to see some positive acknowledgements from on-coming bikers.
Perhaps a Tribute Tour visit could be arranged? Where are you Nick
I am happy to arrange a tour round the UK where various people join for various stages as the tour gets near them. If I am going to do it I would hope to get a better join rate than I did for the BBQ last summer.
Talking of touring how bout the Alfa Romeo 1900 ss touring coupe.
I saw a car magazine a few years ago which featured Alfa Giulias. Turns out that the Sprint Speciale in poor condition (no windscreen, doors inside the car) on Sardinia that I considered bringing home about 30 years ago is now worth £150K...Presumably so is the one that commuted daily past us in Heston down to Teddington back in the day.
