[JMay]

Anthony,
Thanks for the compliment, it is appreciated by the 3dp forum members that have spent numerous hours either creating from scratch or downloading and modifying a body file into a suitable slot car shell.

3dp has come a long way in the last 10 years from home FDM ‘Meccano’ type printers to the latest FDM core XY printers which are @5x faster, have higher and more consistent quality plus greater reliability. Alongside these are the resin printers which are evolving to such a point that the parts produced are directly comparable to injection moulded parts.

Price wise in the UK, the 1st home nut & bolt kits started at @£800, now a new Ender 3 which requires only the gantry to be screwed on and plugs inserted is down to £139 and is capable of creating chassis’, bodies, and track accessories to a standard that far surpasses the first generation. Resin printers at 8K resolution are under £300 and the latest 12K are sub £400.

3dp is both affordable and accessible as there are vast library's of free or pay by model on the internet to download relevant to slot car racing, which in many cases can be sent direct to the printer and don't need CAD input.

Cheers
John