Quote from: Wardukw on December 01, 2024, 10:10:03 PMI've always loved those machines 😀
I'd have to sell half of my models and my car to afford a 3D printer so I won't get one..need my car 🙃 😊

Your car must be a real wreck!     Nowadays you can get a 3D printer for 200 or 300 euros. 

Quote from: loupgarou on December 02, 2024, 12:08:18 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on December 01, 2024, 10:10:03 PMI've always loved those machines 😀
I'd have to sell half of my models and my car to afford a 3D printer so I won't get one..need my car 🙃 😊

Your car must be a real wreck!     Nowadays you can get a 3D printer for 200 or 300 euros. 

Not in NZ matey ..if it's 300 euros there it's $1200 plus here ..a half-decent one is 3k .
My car is a top of the line series two Mitsubishi diamante XI with nearly 300hp at the wheels   
Nope it's not stock 

Quote from: Wardukw on December 02, 2024, 12:13:50 AM

Quote from: loupgarou on December 02, 2024, 12:08:18 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on December 01, 2024, 10:10:03 PMI've always loved those machines 😀
I'd have to sell half of my models and my car to afford a 3D printer so I won't get one..need my car 🙃 😊

Your car must be a real wreck!     Nowadays you can get a 3D printer for 200 or 300 euros. 

Not in NZ matey ..if it's 300 euros there it's $1200 plus here ..a half-decent one is 3k .
My car is a top of the line series two Mitsubishi diamante XI with nearly 300hp at the wheels   
Nope it's not stock 

So, you'd need to sell only a small portion of your car...
Seriously, I am seeing more and more very good jobs done with affordable printers. The progress in that field is astounding. The biggest hurdle, for me, would be  learning to tame the software. 

Quote from: loupgarou on December 02, 2024, 12:20:59 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on December 02, 2024, 12:13:50 AM

Quote from: loupgarou on December 02, 2024, 12:08:18 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on December 01, 2024, 10:10:03 PMI've always loved those machines 😀
I'd have to sell half of my models and my car to afford a 3D printer so I won't get one..need my car 🙃 😊

Your car must be a real wreck!     Nowadays you can get a 3D printer for 200 or 300 euros. 

Not in NZ matey ..if it's 300 euros there it's $1200 plus here ..a half-decent one is 3k .
My car is a top of the line series two Mitsubishi diamante XI with nearly 300hp at the wheels   
Nope it's not stock 

So, you'd need to sell only a small portion of your car...
Seriously, I am seeing more and more very good jobs done with affordable printers. The progress in that field is astounding. The biggest hurdle, for me, would be  learning to tame the software. 

Oh mate..the soft ware would do my head in ...if it's metal or mechanical im good ...but this software and CAD designs stuff ..nope ..not a clue 
To give ya a simple price idea of things here ..a cell phone which costs $2500 here is $300 in the US .
I know Anycubic is a very good brand and the lowest spec version is nearly a grand here so you can imagine what a high spec model would cost ...but hell I live on a invalids benefit so nope..none for me .

Here's some inspiration from Takom.



https://www.bnamodelworld.com/military-vehicles-tanks-takom-tak2193-1-35-m29-weasel-arctic-antarctic-expedition-vehicle

The french did use the Weasel in their antarctic explorations, and for a long time.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exp%C3%A9ditions_polaires_fran%C3%A7aises#/media/Fichier:One_of_the_last_weasels_in_use_at_DdU,_1993.jpg

As did the Australians, should you want something a little (ok, a Lot!) more colourful:

https://australianalpinoversnow.blogspot.com/2014/10/anare-aad-australian-antarctic-division.html

https://www.antarcticanimation.com/content/thesaurus/w/weasels01.php

https://australianalpinoversnow.blogspot.com/2011/09/m29-weasel.html

https://www.anareclub.org/vehicles/

A MINI-Trac? 

I've never seen that one before!

Very interesting links, thanks! 
Australian use/did use a colourful variety of vehicles on Antarctica, I see. Wondering about the VW Beetle "VW car and Porsche Snow Trac waiting to be loaded onto the Nella Dan for use in the Antarctic".

Quote from: Rick Lowe on December 13, 2024, 01:48:41 AMAs did the Australians, should you want something a little (ok, a Lot!) more colourful:

https://australianalpinoversnow.blogspot.com/2014/10/anare-aad-australian-antarctic-division.html

https://www.antarcticanimation.com/content/thesaurus/w/weasels01.php

https://australianalpinoversnow.blogspot.com/2011/09/m29-weasel.html

https://www.anareclub.org/vehicles/

I love the picture of the building being moved 😆
And the total lack of information compared to all the others ...and as for being oversnow vehicles ..that dude who took the pic doesn't seem to know what he's looking at.
For those who don't know..the left hand vehicle is a four track Case farm tractor ..they have the win as a family of the most powerful tractors there is .
The bulldozers are Catapillar, being either D8s or D9s looking at the height of the cabs and fitted with swampy tracks.
They look to small to be D6s .

Quote from: Wardukw on December 13, 2024, 11:32:31 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on December 13, 2024, 01:48:41 AMAs did the Australians, should you want something a little (ok, a Lot!) more colourful:

https://australianalpinoversnow.blogspot.com/2014/10/anare-aad-australian-antarctic-division.html

https://www.antarcticanimation.com/content/thesaurus/w/weasels01.php

https://australianalpinoversnow.blogspot.com/2011/09/m29-weasel.html

https://www.anareclub.org/vehicles/

I love the picture of the building being moved 😆
And the total lack of information compared to all the others ...and as for being oversnow vehicles ..that dude who took the pic doesn't seem to know what he's looking at.
For those who don't know..the left hand vehicle is a four track Case farm tractor ..they have the win as a family of the most powerful tractors there is .
The bulldozers are Catapillar, being either D8s or D9s looking at the height of the cabs and fitted with swampy tracks.
They look to small to be D6s .

D7s, it's written on the side of one.

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 14, 2024, 01:10:29 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on December 13, 2024, 11:32:31 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on December 13, 2024, 01:48:41 AMAs did the Australians, should you want something a little (ok, a Lot!) more colourful:

https://australianalpinoversnow.blogspot.com/2014/10/anare-aad-australian-antarctic-division.html

https://www.antarcticanimation.com/content/thesaurus/w/weasels01.php

https://australianalpinoversnow.blogspot.com/2011/09/m29-weasel.html

https://www.anareclub.org/vehicles/

I love the picture of the building being moved 😆
And the total lack of information compared to all the others ...and as for being oversnow vehicles ..that dude who took the pic doesn't seem to know what he's looking at.
For those who don't know..the left hand vehicle is a four track Case farm tractor ..they have the win as a family of the most powerful tractors there is .
The bulldozers are Catapillar, being either D8s or D9s looking at the height of the cabs and fitted with swampy tracks.
They look to small to be D6s .

D7s, it's written on the side of one.

OK cool ...abit hard to read that on a phone 

For inspiration - the Bartini M-57 - well beyond my skills, and I hate to think of the cost if it was created by 3D printing!
https://youtu.be/l-6prB9MtFk

Quote from: Glenn Gilbertson on December 17, 2024, 09:05:10 AMFor inspiration - the Bartini M-57 - well beyond my skills, and I hate to think of the cost if it was created by 3D printing!
https://youtu.be/l-6prB9MtFk

I have a Shelf Queen that looks similar to that.

Quote from: Glenn Gilbertson on December 17, 2024, 09:05:10 AMFor inspiration - the Bartini M-57 - well beyond my skills, and I hate to think of the cost if it was created by 3D printing!
https://youtu.be/l-6prB9MtFk

Amd I started to build an upside-down Concorde based What-If loosly inspired by that.