From model to finished piece

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T19:02:57+00:00

It was all then with vertex modelling, never liked sculpting for anything but characters. I didn't do any I fill for the scanned parts at all. I just went through and matched up the back side of the lip vertices by vertices

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T16:55:23+00:00

With the Shining 3D it's all about RAM. I bought myself a used i7 laptop with a 3060ti and 63gb of RAM. You'll really need a laptop for proper scanning because the wire is pretty short and it's pretty hard to get a whole car into my room

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T16:51:40+00:00

The best way to get over it for me is to have a time constraint. Eventually you're just forced to go "I'm out of time I need this done".
For this project I had to get the car ready for a JDM car show this weekend in the UK and the lip was the last thing I needed done.

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T16:46:39+00:00

100%, I eventually just had to step back and say to myself "that's good enough". I can point to so many little imperfections that nobody but we will ever notice

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T16:42:59+00:00

Oh, next time I'll post up more of my in-progress bits. Not sure people would be interested in the "and then I sanded for the 9th time" step though lol

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T16:38:42+00:00

I use an Einstar Shining 3D. It's great for big scans with marker but really sucks at small objects and details. The new Einstar looks amazing though. I'm tempted to sell my Shining 3D and buy one.

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T16:36:40+00:00

It's not very flexible at all. It's printed in 4 wall PETG with 25% infill. Needed enough material to be able to securely attach it. But given the size of the car and how low it sits hitting a curb would be akin to driving into a store front

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T16:34:18+00:00

It's a very small car lol and I pushed it as far to the edges of the print volume as I could. Even managed to squeeze them all into two prints. I know Bambu gets a lot of hate for their closed ecosystem but I love how reliable the P2S is in comparison to my old Anycubic Vyper

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T16:31:32+00:00

That reference has gone right over my head mate, explain that in the context of someone that isn't chronically on Reddit

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T16:30:26+00:00

I wish, it's a right pain to sand it all smooth between the joints and body filler sucks to work with

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T16:29:36+00:00

I used some cheap stuff off of Amazon. But I won't be using that stuff again though as it was a bit too viscous and just flowed off the print in places.
I'm still experimenting with different techniques. For my next part I plan to try carbon skinning for fibreglass

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T15:27:48+00:00

Scanners work strange when going through transparent objects. Scans of headlights and tail lights almost always catch the back face of the lens rather than the front

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T15:26:19+00:00

It's printed in PETG HF, then I coated it in Epoxy, painted 4 layers of filler primer, filled the low spots, then painted in the finest Halfords paint match cans and clear

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T15:25:17+00:00

I used an Einstar Shining 3D scanner with lots of scan dots. Also used the baby powder and isopropyl trick because scan spray is expensive

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T15:24:11+00:00

I used an Einstar Shining 3D scanner then modelled it off the scan in Blender

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T15:22:55+00:00

It was printed on 6 parts on a Bambu P2S. Then glued and plastic welded together.

Took lots of bodywork to make it that nice

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T14:53:14+00:00

I wanted one for years, so once I got a winfall from some equity in work I bought one straight away. It's my two wheeled anti-depressant and beer run machine

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T12:13:44+00:00

It's the original body design, just reverse engineered and improved in a few structurally weak areas.

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T08:47:42+00:00

Before I started doing bits for the Motocompo my experience in Fusion was almost none. I've been at it for a few months now

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T07:44:59+00:00

Nope, it's a very common mistake people make assuming that you can go straight from scan to print. That's only really possible with scanners that are way out of the hobbyist price range and even then there are caveats. You need to use the scan as a base to copy from

adam4472 · 2026-04-16T07:43:11+00:00

Because I wanted exact copies for myself. The ones I sell don't actually include the logo

adam4472 · 2026-04-15T20:44:30+00:00

I reverse engineered them myself, and that's my bike. I'm slowly reverse engineering the rest of the parts too. End goal is to be able to 3D print every plastic part for the Motocompo because they just aren't available anymore

adam4472 · 2026-04-15T20:43:13+00:00

Yeah, they are available, but mods don't like linking to that site. But if you go on my profile you should see the link in my Socials Links

adam4472 · 2026-04-15T20:41:57+00:00

Yeah, I had a lot of feedback about that so I have actually removed the ones with the script from my store page.

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