Pit box I posted my converted tool box in the general interest forum recently, as interested in what other people are using for conveying their cars. I have also been looking at the various pit boxes...

I took a £15 punt on the ‘Stalwart’ type plastic tool chest last week with the quoted dimensions of 27.5L x 17.5W x 25.5H centimetres from Amazon UK. and found that Mr Flippant is correct that it ...

Pit box Over the years been through several iterations of pit boxes, usually some form of a plastic toolbox and for a while a Maplin 3 drawer aluminium unit, which was was discarded recently as too h...

Kevan, was thinking of printing this off and racing it in the Club Goodwood class to wind a few people up... [attachment=46561] Cheers John

Round up of latest shells I have been working on to add to my compulsive collection of 50-60s front engine sports cars. [attachment=46559] Left to right Lister Costin, AC427 hard top, XK120 UK R/H ...

On the question of deviation/slop in the tyre carrier leading to uneven tyre truing I went through several print iterations to improve the design. I stiffened the axle/tyre carrier rails (brown) by in...

Some more details on the umpteen Tyre Truer. See below pics taken from CAD showing the exploded parts of the machine and the assembled unit. The colours show the individual parts and are all 3dp exce...

This is on the bench currently, the umpteenth iteration of my tyre truer (details and files in the 3dp section), where as the original one was a simple hinged mechanism that could be lowered on to san...

VW Recovery team called out again, this time with the spares van in attendance. [attachment=45396] [attachment=45397] Van is the panelled version of the combi scan again all 3dp including the wheel...

I have a Tabiger iron (Amazon UK choice) these are cheap and cheerful 65W adjustable temperature irons supplied with a stand in a kit for £15 that take a standard tip (replacement tips Saipor 10 tips ...

VW Kombi LWB Transporter VW transporter (see the 3dp addiction thread) for the design/development) built, painted and decaled by fellow club member Derek, just in time to transport off to the garage ...

Now that I have retired, I have also been reviewing past hobbies, ranging from RC model boating, 40K wargaming, and buried deep in the loft was a 130mm diameter Newtonian telescope with an equatorial ...

In a past life as a product development engineer, it was not an infrequent event to be asked, presented or even ordered to create something that proves the above devolution theory. One example, was a...

dvd3500, Would suggest you have a Net trawl using the extension STL file i.e. Porsche 924 STL file this yields several options ranging from a few pounds to £50 plus for a fully rendered file. Othe...

dvd3500,  Yes you can rescale a CAD file up or down to different scales using the CAD software, the work involved depends on the original file, the re-scale factor plus the final use of show or go.  ...

VW Kombi  Picked up a 1/32 scale die-cast VW camper van on holiday recently for 7 euros, and 3D scanned it. The resulting file is now the basis for a range of options  Camper scan [attachment=44010]...

Kevan,          Original Coupe resin shell I scanned was 62mm wide which when I compared it to the George Turner Coupe shell I was lent to do a chassis for, was 2mm over sized on width and @2mm too sh...

Cro-Sal version of the Bill Thomas Cheetah. [attachment=43134] This was created from my Cheetah hard top shell (post 208 on this thread) by sawing off and redrawing the entire rear section from the ...

Kevan,          Couple of links to peruse, the first has a comprehensive set of pictures of the car. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-c...cheetah-2/ https://www.lacar.com/archives/the-cro-s......

Cro-Sal Cheetah Conversion Shown elsewhere on this forum is my version of the Bill Thomas Cheetah created by scanning an old resin shell. [attachment=42910] [attachment=42909] Finished car Having...