Ray Cecil Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 LOL, you are a prangster.... of course a metal printer is better. Metal has a molecular network, plastics molecular chains. You can not compare. A metal print has about 96% strenght of the origin part, a printed plastic part is far away cause it is not possible to build the chains. In the filament process a small point is melted on, the surrounded area is already too cold to build the chains with th new dot. You can say:is necessary? OK, it depends on, I would answer. Your product should have a certain strenght, I think. It would be a pitty, you´re working at the model, the body between your knees and - KKRRKS - it breaks in pieces. Only because of the f...ing physics Tobias, I used to work for Remington Arms, we regularly concepted metal parts on the DLMS machine. You are right, if I recall correctly, the strength properties ar 96%, and you can normalize and get a little bit more strength out, but you start a little bit of deformation. So you need to plan for machining later. But for a truck model, no heat treating needed. I might be able to pull a string or two and get a metal body printed......have to wait and see until you are done with the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 Tobias, I used to work for Remington Arms, we regularly concepted metal parts on the DLMS machine. You are right, if I recall correctly, the strength properties ar 96%, and you can normalize and get a little bit more strength out, but you start a little bit of deformation. So you need to plan for machining later. But for a truck model, no heat treating needed. I might be able to pull a string or two and get a metal body printed......have to wait and see until you are done with the model. Next spring, April or May, depending on weather - must be warm enough - I will be finished for coating. So the data will be on current status then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 jep, it is a Pennsylvania license plate. This was my submission: The covered areas are too small in 1:13, so you can´t recognize it. I forget to post the Highlights on the roll bar and the cleaned up modul plate viewed from the upper side. moin moin, the new turn signal lever is done. It starts with an open heart surgery 1= isolation tube 2= ignition lock 3= gear shift 4= segment disc 1 5= segment disc 2 6= segment disc 3 7= operation handle 8= turnsignal lever 9= copper contact plates 10= brass thread bushes 11= notch 12= brass headless screw with soldered cable lever snaps in at 3 positions: upper for right middle for off lower for left so, that is that...perhaps, so the model will, I can modify the wheelhouses this week. greetings, Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 moin moin, the new turn signal lever is done. It starts with an open heart surgery 1= isolation tube 2= ignition lock 3= gear shift 4= segment disc 1 5= segment disc 2 6= segment disc 3 7= operation handle 8= turnsignal lever 9= copper contact plates 10= brass thread bushes 11= notch 12= brass headless screw with soldered cable lever snaps in at 3 positions: upper for right middle for off lower for left so, that is that...perhaps, so the model will, I can modify the wheelhouses this week. greetings, Tobias You've made an excellent recovery from your switch misfortune. I'm always excited to see how your kitbashed truck is coming along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 moin moin, the new turn signal lever is done. It starts with an open heart surgery 1= isolation tube 2= ignition lock 3= gear shift 4= segment disc 1 5= segment disc 2 6= segment disc 3 7= operation handle 8= turnsignal lever 9= copper contact plates 10= brass thread bushes 11= notch 12= brass headless screw with soldered cable lever snaps in at 3 positions: upper for right middle for off lower for left so, that is that...perhaps, so the model will, I can modify the wheelhouses this week. greetings, Tobias hello guys, where has the week gone?? I did several trifles and - wuusch - wednesday again However, here is what let me be busy. 1st the antenna. Easy and quickly done. 2nd differential lock shift // hazard light lever in my case the left plastic part was too weak, so I built one out of brass. 3rd retaining cable tailgate for the cable I took a 2mm EPDM rubber profile and crimped it into 2 selfmade eyelets. The rubber is on tension because when the tailgate is closed the clearence is not too large. So the rubber shrinks and fits in. at last the reinforcing seam on the hood. it bothered me for a long time but had no brilliant idea how to change it. Now the time had come clamped on my milling mashine, milled a staight notch and started the process of filling and sanding and filling and sanding and... the drawdown shows where I have to upgrade the my filling/sanding process. so that´s it for today, wish you and your family a merry christmas, Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 hello guys, where has the week gone?? I did several trifles and - wuusch - wednesday again However, here is what let me be busy. 1st the antenna. Easy and quickly done. 2nd differential lock shift // hazard light lever in my case the left plastic part was too weak, so I built one out of brass. 3rd retaining cable tailgate for the cable I took a 2mm EPDM rubber profile and crimped it into 2 selfmade eyelets. The rubber is on tension because when the tailgate is closed the clearence is not too large. So the rubber shrinks and fits in. at last the reinforcing seam on the hood. it bothered me for a long time but had no brilliant idea how to change it. Now the time had come clamped on my milling mashine, milled a staight notch and started the process of filling and sanding and filling and sanding and... the drawdown shows where I have to upgrade the my filling/sanding process. so that´s it for today, wish you and your family a merry christmas, Tobias Tobias - Merry Christmas! Your hood looks wonderful! The line is crisp and straight. And the shift lever looks like it belongs. Plus the tailgate cables look the part. But the antenna looks like it is too long. Maybe I can get to the shop and measure mine tomorrow, but yours just looks like it goes too high above the cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted December 28, 2022 Author Share Posted December 28, 2022 Tobias - Merry Christmas! Your hood looks wonderful! The line is crisp and straight. And the shift lever looks like it belongs. Plus the tailgate cables look the part. But the antenna looks like it is too long. Maybe I can get to the shop and measure mine tomorrow, but yours just looks like it goes too high above the cab. http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/uploads/6/5/8/7/65879365/thinking-26_orig.jpg Hi Gary, hope you you are in quite good condition after these days... http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/uploads/6/5/8/7/65879365/laughing-25-x-25_orig.gif To measure a origin antenna is good idea. Meanwhile I started the wheelhouse modification. remove the trim and ginding away the fender skirt. insert new plate and deform it with a hair dryer. the sketched contour will be cutted out and a greetings Tobias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Hi Gary, hope you you are in quite good condition after these days... To measure a origin antenna is good idea. Meanwhile I started the wheelhouse modification. remove the trim and ginding away the fender skirt. insert new plate and deform it with a hair dryer. the sketched contour will be cutted out and a greetings Tobias We are doing well, Tobias. Hope you are also. I forgot to measure the antenna, but will do so in a bit. And the wheelhouse mods will make a big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 We are doing well, Tobias. Hope you are also. I forgot to measure the antenna, but will do so in a bit. And the wheelhouse mods will make a big difference. Tobias - The antenna is 33" long, but is sitting on a 1/4" thick base. And it tapers from .150" to .100" with a .250" ball on the end. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muminvater Posted December 28, 2022 Author Share Posted December 28, 2022 Tobias - The antenna is 33" long, but is sitting on a 1/4" thick base. And it tapers from .150" to .100" with a .250" ball on the end. Hope that helps. fine, thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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