Rick's 1-87 Scale 3D Printed Fiat 666 Cargo Truck

[Airborne01]

Nutty as a fruitcake mate!
Steve

[Mini Me]

'At's me for sure! :thumb2:




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[Mickc1440]

Cannot believe people would put pressure on you to blog it Rick :smiling:

[Mini Me]

'Sokay Mick I'm happy to do it just needed a little encouragement along the way.

[Lee Drennen]

I hope to do this kit proud,

No problem there then when it’s completed I’ll see you at your bed side with a chew toy in hand

[Mini Me]

So....this little beast is a handful!! Nothing fits as it should, so far I have had to drill or file every part in order to get any kind of reasonable fit so I can eventually glue this thing together once all the paint work is completed. Until then it's "cut cut here" and a "snip snip" there with a couple of "tra la las"!! :tongue-out3:

[Tim Marlow]

Well, it looks like it’s going well in the merry old land of Oz to me Rick!

[Jim R]

Well Rick, it's lucky you have plenty of patience and skill otherwise I doubt this would be still on the go. You've certainly made good progress.
Sanding resin can be a bit of a health risk. Wet sand or wear a mask. Is this the same?

[wasdale32]

Interesting subject. 3D printing is a serious challenge to some of the short run kits and has the major advantage of easy rescaling ( constrained mainly by the size of the build plate on a resin printer). There are a wide variety of resins that can be used and each has different characteristics - I use a water washable type that gives good resolution but can be rather brittle, ABS like resin is much more resilient and has a very slight "give" on skinny parts but needs to be washed using IPA. There are also flexible resins but they are probably more suitable for toys as they appear to give a less crisp finish.

[Andy the Sheep]

A very interesting truck and a definitely nice kit. I could bet I saw some "666" and "626" still running in my early youth and I took the lorry driving licence on a 639n, definitely the 666 son.

[Mini Me]

Hi Tim....still a long way to go before I get to the "Emerald City"! After I get everything to fit , I still have to cut out windows for this crate. That's going to be exciting, I just hope I don't knock off any more parts.

[Mini Me]

Hi Jim, funny you should mention patience......did not have much when I first started modeling years ago. I think it sort of grew on me after more than a few disasters along the way.

[Mini Me]

Howdy Mark, I suspect the builder of this kit is using the same resin that you use. Overall it is a nice looking model but it's my first experience with this material in a complete model......very different from working with cast resin or styrene.

[Mini Me]

Hi Andrea, That's really cool that you had these vehicles still running around when you were growing up. At some point I will also be trying my hand at a Lancia 3Ro as well, along with perhaps a Viberti trailer.

[Lee Drennen]

Is it Medication time yet Rick? If I know you can pull this off patients grasshopper. Start looks good looks like it will be a nice addition to your collection. Full support ahead from me.