It may be a bit early to start this thread (I have a habit of leaving projects half finished) but I thought it might be of interest to someone.
As a fairly hardcore ACVW enthusiast, I've wanted an RC bus for quite some time. I wanted to scratch build as much as possible, and keep the budget on this thing to a minimum. I really wanted a split window (doesn't everyone?) but think that will better serve as a later project (thinking slammed street bus). And then I just happened to stumble upon a model of a bay window. I've always wanted to 3d print an entire RC body, and having gotten my printer 90% dialed in, I figured this would be as good a first go as any.
The model I'm working off of (free on Thingiverse, not my design). This is just the body, there are a lot of other bits and pieces in the included file (mostly running gear). We'll see how much of it I actually use.
The panels are fairly slow to print, and will need a lot of cleanup, but it's basically a free hardbody, and it will end up getting sliced and diced anyways most likely, so how could I say no? Plus, free patch panels ;-)
Thus far I've got 4 panels printed, and a 5th on the printer as I type this. Beer for both scale, and inspiration.
I've got some RC4WD steelies and Yota axles (which I will probably have to narrow if I go that route) I was planning to use for another project, but they'll work fine for this I think. Completely not-to-scale, incorrect, and probably hideous. I'm also thinking some printed hub caps would be finer than frog hair with these steelies.
My plans for this bus is a slightly lifted, street legal bus (class 1 I guess you would call it?) with lots of gaudy scale goodies, as many period correct as possible, with as much of an interior as possible. With these tiny little dirt grabbers, I'm kind of afraid it won't see much drive time next to my SCX Bronco, but I'm still in the very beginning stages of planning. Paint will be something nasty, and I may try my hand at some rust and grime too, with rusty wheels to match.
I'm also considering a double cab...
And I've had this 3d printed VW motor hanging around in the shop for a few weeks now, maybe I've found a good use for it?
As a fairly hardcore ACVW enthusiast, I've wanted an RC bus for quite some time. I wanted to scratch build as much as possible, and keep the budget on this thing to a minimum. I really wanted a split window (doesn't everyone?) but think that will better serve as a later project (thinking slammed street bus). And then I just happened to stumble upon a model of a bay window. I've always wanted to 3d print an entire RC body, and having gotten my printer 90% dialed in, I figured this would be as good a first go as any.
The model I'm working off of (free on Thingiverse, not my design). This is just the body, there are a lot of other bits and pieces in the included file (mostly running gear). We'll see how much of it I actually use.
The panels are fairly slow to print, and will need a lot of cleanup, but it's basically a free hardbody, and it will end up getting sliced and diced anyways most likely, so how could I say no? Plus, free patch panels ;-)
Thus far I've got 4 panels printed, and a 5th on the printer as I type this. Beer for both scale, and inspiration.
I've got some RC4WD steelies and Yota axles (which I will probably have to narrow if I go that route) I was planning to use for another project, but they'll work fine for this I think. Completely not-to-scale, incorrect, and probably hideous. I'm also thinking some printed hub caps would be finer than frog hair with these steelies.
My plans for this bus is a slightly lifted, street legal bus (class 1 I guess you would call it?) with lots of gaudy scale goodies, as many period correct as possible, with as much of an interior as possible. With these tiny little dirt grabbers, I'm kind of afraid it won't see much drive time next to my SCX Bronco, but I'm still in the very beginning stages of planning. Paint will be something nasty, and I may try my hand at some rust and grime too, with rusty wheels to match.
I'm also considering a double cab...
And I've had this 3d printed VW motor hanging around in the shop for a few weeks now, maybe I've found a good use for it?
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