I built a replica of the wheels on my 1:1 car on the CNC machine at my school.. this post actually gave me the idea to do that in 1:24 or 25 scale so i can make a scale replica of my car.... I don't know if they would be too happy if I used our spray booth for model car painting.
the other interesting thing we have at my school is a 3D printer. I can basically "print" any plastic part i could ever imagine. It works by "growing" the part... imagine printer ink having thickness, and layering it to grow a 3D part. It even prints out a water soluble medium so that you can make a part with a spinning axle or something like that in the medium, run the final product in water, and dissolve out the medium, leaving you with a free spinning part. Hopefully I'll be able to find something interesting to use that for....
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Jeff
In Progess: Corvette C5R (95%), 1995 Corvette ZR-1 (97%), 1968 Shelby GT500 (15%), Porsche 911 Slantnose (99%), Nissan 350Z track (80%)
To Be Started: Ferrari F50, Porsche 911 GT3, Mitsubishi GT0/3000GT
Recently Finished: 1999 Ford SVT Lightning
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