A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin
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A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin

26.05.2022 /
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin New Zealand 3D fan thinks big....
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin …a big car the size of a car and a 1961 year old Aston Martin DB4 Series II to boot. Oakland-based programmer Ivan Sentch spins a copy of the DB4 piece by piece on a 3D printer that costs about $500.
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin Sench says he has completed about 72 percent of the body printing, which will then be used to create the fiberglass mold and assemble the final body on a custom-made space frame powered by the innards of the Nissan Skyline GTS currently used in his Ferrari 250. .
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin His decision to make an Aston Martin was driven by family needs. “Part of that was because I need four seats, and the 250 GTO set I have is barely used because it's a two-seater and I can't carry kids in it,” he says.
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin Printing has gone smoothly for him so far, but the project has not been without obstacles, the biggest of which has been glass. “Finding the glass was difficult,” he says. “There are many ways to make a case, and making a space frame chassis is not that hard, but if you can't get the glass, it will collapse.
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin Sench says Aston Martin won't be his only project. “I have a lot of things I want to do... if I make another one of these (from scratch) builds, I would think of a 300SLR, a Ferrari 250 GTO SWB, or one of the DB4 recreations of Zagato Sanction 3. Sanction 1 and 2 Zagatos were what Aston Martin rebuilt a few years ago with a stock DB4 chassis they had lying around, then someone made the Sanction 3. It's not officially an Aston Martin, but it looks real."
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin Do we see the beginning of the opportunity to make our own cars at home? The Aston Martin DB4 is an ambitious project, but Sentch shows it's achievable. Which makes Carsguide.com.au wonder how hard it would be to make a 1955SL 300 Mercedes SL Gullwing.
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  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin New Zealand 3D fan thinks big....
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin …a big car the size of a car and a 1961 year old Aston Martin DB4 Series II to boot. Oakland-based programmer Ivan Sentch spins a copy of the DB4 piece by piece on a 3D printer that costs about $500.
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin Sench says he has completed about 72 percent of the body printing, which will then be used to create the fiberglass mold and assemble the final body on a custom-made space frame powered by the innards of the Nissan Skyline GTS currently used in his Ferrari 250. .
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin His decision to make an Aston Martin was driven by family needs. “Part of that was because I need four seats, and the 250 GTO set I have is barely used because it's a two-seater and I can't carry kids in it,” he says.
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin Printing has gone smoothly for him so far, but the project has not been without obstacles, the biggest of which has been glass. “Finding the glass was difficult,” he says. “There are many ways to make a case, and making a space frame chassis is not that hard, but if you can't get the glass, it will collapse.
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin Sench says Aston Martin won't be his only project. “I have a lot of things I want to do... if I make another one of these (from scratch) builds, I would think of a 300SLR, a Ferrari 250 GTO SWB, or one of the DB4 recreations of Zagato Sanction 3. Sanction 1 and 2 Zagatos were what Aston Martin rebuilt a few years ago with a stock DB4 chassis they had lying around, then someone made the Sanction 3. It's not officially an Aston Martin, but it looks real."
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin Do we see the beginning of the opportunity to make our own cars at home? The Aston Martin DB4 is an ambitious project, but Sentch shows it's achievable. Which makes Carsguide.com.au wonder how hard it would be to make a 1955SL 300 Mercedes SL Gullwing.
  • A man 3D prints a full-sized Aston Martin Someone Call Stationery Suppliers Urgent Need to Update Office Printer...

We've seen a few smart 3D printed things, but so far they've all been small items, and some are smaller than small, such as a microscopic 3D printed racing car.

But the New Zealand 3D fan thinks big. Big car the size of a car and a 1961 year old Aston Martin DB4 Series II to boot. Oakland-based programmer Ivan Sentch spins a copy of the DB4 piece by piece on a 3D printer that costs about $500. His Replica DB4 Project blog covers the process and the issues and pitfalls he's encountered since starting the build in late 2012.

Sench says he has completed about 72 percent of the body printing, which will then be used to create the fiberglass mold and assemble the final body on a custom-made space frame powered by the innards of the Nissan Skyline GTS currently used in his Ferrari 250. . By the way, as a consolation, Ferrari will receive a BMW V12 engine.

Sench says his decision to buy Aston Martin was driven by family needs. “Partly because I need four seats, and the 250 GTO kit I have is hardly used because it's a two-seater and I can't carry kids in it,” he says. “But also because the old Aston Martin is very, very cool, and the DB4 is better than the DB5 or the DB4 Zagato, because I just like the look of the DB4 more – I still prefer the light GT look without the bumper.

He says the Skyline's wheel track made it the perfect donor car for the Aston Martin DB4 project. “It had the right wheel track to match the bodywork - wheelbase doesn't matter as you can get a custom driveshaft - it's a six-cylinder engine like the DB4 and Skylines are very cheap.

Printing has gone smoothly for him so far, but the project has not been without obstacles, the biggest of which has been glass. “Finding the glass was difficult,” he says. “There are many ways to make a case, and making a space frame chassis is not that hard, but if you can't get the glass, it will collapse.

“Finally I found a place online to buy it relatively cheap and I have yet to contact Pilkington's classic car division in the UK which has molds for the DB4 and probably supplies other places selling glass ".

Sench says Aston Martin won't be his only project. “I have a lot of things I want to do... if I make another one of these (from scratch) builds, I would think of a 300SLR, a Ferrari 250 GTO SWB, or one of the DB4 recreations of Zagato Sanction 3. Sanction 1 and 2 Zagatos were what Aston Martin did a few years ago with a stock DB4 chassis they had lying around, then someone made a Sanction 3. It's not officially an Aston Martin, but it looks really good."

Do we see the beginning of the opportunity to make our own cars at home? The Aston Martin DB4 is an ambitious project, but Sentch shows it's achievable. Which makes Carsguide.com.au wonder how hard it would be to make a 1955SL 300 Mercedes SL Gullwing.

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