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[gionc]

Hi there.
Let me back with a new job and tell a a story.

But, mostly, let me start spoiling the (almost) final.... the happy end... or you will guess this would be one of my never-ending WIPs

So far the first casted body shell still in primer, the second cast in resin, aside the master prototype over the mold. Its an quite happy end Despite the build starts now the "kit" it is almost ready

IMG_8277 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

Now I wouldn't tell you the story of the Cisitalia 202, called also "the most beautiful worldwide car" and showed at MoMa since 1949 as a traveling sculpture... But what excited me much more are how the story of the owner , Piero Dusio, met the Porsche guys story. probably we wouldn't have any Porsche now without Dusio: I'll let you search and discover what happened

My story is focused just on how a dream become solid-real trough the design, the print and the cast of copies.

So, after years of second thoughts... taking advantage of the 2 months recovering from a injury, I finally started to 3D draw, from stylized shapes to any useful detail for a curbside kit

fr by giovanni castello, su Flickr

cisiborrani1 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

And eventually I started to add details and details

CISITALIA1a by giovanni castello, su Flickr

cisitalia1b by giovanni castello, su Flickr

cisitalia1c by giovanni castello, su Flickr

[gionc]

Was at this point time to design the interiors and to complete the exterior details

c202int01 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

c202int02 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

c202int03 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

[gionc]

Exteriors:

cisitalia202def3 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

cisitalia202blu by giovanni castello, su Flickr

CISITALIA202D1 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

cisitalia202 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

cicitalia202def2 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

[gionc]

Presentation rendering and then let me to show how I "solidified" my dream. This is exactly my idea: two build one in racing specs and one street legal

2CISITALIAB by giovanni castello, su Flickr

2CISITALIAA by giovanni castello, su Flickr

2CISITALIAC by giovanni castello, su Flickr

2CISITALIAD by giovanni castello, su Flickr

[gionc]

Time to switch to the "analog" mode

IMG_8074 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

It was printed with a cheap home 3dSLA printer, at 50 micron/layer

IMG_8073 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

It is the first time I'll do all the job at home, like you will see there's something to do for a good finish, but I was surprised and happy

[gionc]

and with a few elbow grease...

IMG_8145 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8144 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

Look how tiny this car was compared with a F275, not those huge car....

IMG_8146 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

[gionc]

IMG_8266 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8265 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8264 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8261 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

[lemansnut]

Looking incredible Gio! Can't wait to see more.

MIke

[iliasbass]

amazing!!!

[lovegt40]

not my cup (again), but this is an awesome job mate.

[malscar]

wow, and this is with a cheap 3d printer. Can't wait til you use an expensive one. I am always impressed with any of your builds. And the car looks tough to boot.

[360spider]

Looking good Gio. Panel gaps seem large?

[gionc]

Originally Posted by 360spider

Looking good Gio. Panel gaps seem large?

Thanks guys!

Yes Alex a bit: it is a balance between several issue: tolerance of the 3dprinter, resin cast troubles. I'll do a little narrowed but cast would be worst and mold get junk quick....

Anyway with the color thickness I think would be nice

[gionc]

So, after several attempt...

IMG_8351 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8350 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

I also worked on some"mask tools" to help to drill the body shell in case you want to build it with bumpers..

IMG_8352 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8353 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8354 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8355 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8356 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8357 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

IMG_8358 by giovanni castello, su Flickr


And as well we have some 3d printed wire spoked rims, I meant a correct latched set....

IMG_8361 by giovanni castello, su Flickr

[lezdep]

Really impressive work ! Great to see 3D printed parts incorporated into model build.