This is a 1/24 scale model of a Zimmer Quicksilver. You may know that the Pontiac Fiero, with its mid-engine layout, plastic body panels, and dirt-cheap used price, is a great starting point for a kit car playing dress-up as something more expensive. What you may not know is people started taking advantage of this while the car was still new, first with some not-quite-legal dealer-built Ferrari replicas, and then with this.
Zimmer is a company that builds "neo-classical" cars, which usually involves adding 1930s-style front and rear bodywork to a modern car, while retaining the shape of the passenger compartment. The Quicksilver is a more cohesive design than any other Zimmer, because it was styled by Don Johnson, who was working for GM at the time. They stretched the Fiero chassis by 16 inches, which is still 2/3 of an inch at 1/24 scale, so this is kind of a big print.
Printer Brand:
MakerBot
Printer:
MakerBot Replicator 1
Rafts:
No
Supports:
Yes
Resolution:
.2
Infill:
5%
Notes:
You can print the car body as one big piece, or the Xtra Detail version, which splits the bumpers and sills into separate parts. You can flip those parts to print in different orientations if you want, but I'm not sure if they'll look much better and the pins that attach them to the body already aren't oriented in the strongest position.
You can also choose to print the wheels as one piece or separated into "tires" and "hubcaps" (not exactly the right terms for the parts as represented, but it does give all the files different names). You may want to print the hubcaps at .1 resolution. The tire sizes are staggered, so you need to print 2 prints and 2 rears either way.
Print 4 pins to attach the wheels.
I printed everything but the wheels/tires and hubcaps with support, and used helper discs on the ends of the sills and bumpers.
Everything is snap-fit. The hubcaps are a tight fit, you will probably have to sand around the edge.
