Day 2/84: My second 1:64-scale car was a variation on my first, which I had designed with this kind of adaptability in mind. Using the same bodyshell, interior, and steering wheel, a new dashboard, wheels, and base piece (with integrated bumpers and front fascia) transformed my 760 Turbo into a pre-facelift 740 Turbo. The scaled-down wheel size I used here became my standard size going forward. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 4/84: First successful opening part—the hatch on this AMC Eagle is simply held in by friction, but it works perfectly, has never fallen off, and even stays open. I'm also still very pleased with my woodgrain painting job. Matchbox has since come out with an ’80 Eagle wagon, but mine was first. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 5/84: A successful opening hood—a very successful one, I think—on my Series III Jaguar XJ6. Forward-hinged hoods are easier to design at this scale, because you have a more solid structure at the front of the car for whatever the hinge mechanism is; the cowl area around the windshield can get delicate. But I think I'll have one or two that open the other way later on. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 6/84: This was *the* status symbol car of my Orange County childhood, and a mainstream sedan with pop-up headlights is admittedly pretty cool. So, of course, my 1:64-scale Accord has pop-up headlights, too. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 7/84: Another modular design—common parts that make it easy to build multiple variations. In the case of the Accord, both sedan and coupe use all of the same parts except for the bodies. The bumpers are integrated into the base piece as well, so I could theoretically also make a pre-facelift (1986-87) sedan with just one new piece, but I never have. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 8/84: Second Saab—a new base (which includes the bumpers, rockers, and headlights and grille) and new wheels give me an ’87-91 SPG. Still hadn't perfected the hinge for the hood. This is the last car I made for which I cut tires from rubber tubing. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 9/84: This Alfa GTV6 is my first car with printed tires, and the first to have any identification marks on the base. At the time I was still cutting brass rod for axles, and using tiny screws to attach bases to bodies, both extra steps and materials I've since eliminated from my assembly processes. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 10/84: A replica of the first car I ever rode in, my mom's ’84 Chevy Cavalier. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 11/84: Love a hardtop. This Benz was one of my more clever modular designs, but we'll see more about that tomorrow. For now, I'll just point out a couple of my favorite details: the fine job I did painting the headlamp wipers, and the rear headrests folded down into the parcel shelf. It's tough to see through the grain of the print, but on the trunklid you can also see that this is the first car I made with a badge—that star is so satisfying to make. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 12/84: Yesterday a 300CE, today an E320. One of my trickier modular designs; the base piece includes the bumpers, center portion of the front fascia, and the hood, allowing me to do both pre- and post-facelift versions. Essentially, the body and base are two interlocking C-shaped pieces. Also, note that the headlamp wipers pointed in opposite directions before and after the 1994 refresh. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 14/84: Here's my third and, to date, final RWD Volvo wagon, using many of the same parts as my first two cars to make a ’94 940 Turbo: the body and steering wheel are shared with both the 760 and 740; the base is shared with the 760; and the dashboard is the same as the 740's. Only the interior and the fun Hydra alloy wheels are new. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 15/84: J-body, part deux—where there's a Cavalier, there must also be a Cimarron! My two J-bodies share a main body piece and a dashboard. Both were designed with opening hoods, though both of mine are glued shut due to a hinge design that needed refinement. @slirt, do you have the blue Cimarron? If so, you have the only one with a hood that actually opens as intended. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 16/84: My focus is almost always on cars as they appeared in the US market, since those are what I'm most connected to. But for a longtime personal favorite from the "forbidden fruit" category, exceptions must be made, so I went Euro-spec for this E23 745i. Again, one of my favorite details is headrest-related: check out the stanchions for the rear headrests where they meet the parcel shelf! #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 17/84: Of course a Euro-spec BMW E23 had to be accompanied by a Federalized version; this one is a pre-facelift 733i in Chestnut Red, a factory BMW color from 1979-81 or so. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 18/84: Here's a landmark car in my collection. Not only is this V60 T8 the newest car I've modeled (still!), it was the first car I laid out to print as a one-piece kit, significantly reducing my printing costs—by about 60-70%—and paving the way for my old Shapeways store. Turned out pretty good, too. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 19/84: I designed this Lancia Flaminia quite a bit earlier than I printed it, back before the Alfa GTV6 on day 9. I know this because this was the first car I designed tires for, and the tread pattern on these and every other tire I've printed since was the pattern developed by Pirelli in 1956 for the Flaminia's Cinturato tires. Another fun detail that's hard to capture in photos: this was the first car I made with a horn ring! #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 20/84: Yes, I know, at this point we are solidly at 25% of my cars being Volvo wagons; I promise this is the last one for a while! And there are far worse places to leave it than with a Flash Green over Atacama V70 R. I have only one regret with this model: later on, I made another one (for someone else) with open spokes on the wheels and it looked so much better it's not even funny. I guess I could do a swap... #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 21/84: This is alphabetically the last car in my entire collection, and one of the smallest: the Zündapp Janus! Though, while most of the cars I make are truly 1:64 scale, this one is a burly 1:63. There was an unsuccessful attempt at opening doors on this one—the hinges were just too tiny, so they're glued shut—but figuring out how to make the pieces go together was a fun puzzle. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 22/84: The elusive Jaguar XF Sportbrake! This one shows off my limitations as a painter, but I still love the color combo I chose—much better than the greyscale these all seemed to be in the real world. This is also the only time to date I've used structural tailpipes; they hook through the baseplate to hold it to the body at the rear! #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 23/84: I believe this is the only one of my cars that I've modified from its original state—this E39 wagon no longer has its original wheels or interior. Those pieces will show up later, but this one got 2003 525iT wheels and front Comfort seats with articulated backrests—one of very few of my models where the front seats are not mirror images of each other. I also added some details later, rings on the headlights and reverse lights at the rear. #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 24/84: Yesterday's BMW got retrofitted with them, but this Lexus IS300 SportCross was the first car I printed with open-spoke wheels, and the effect makes a huge difference. The yellow paint pops, too, of course! #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting

Day 25/84: Fair warning: the next few days will be a little Saab-heavy. My 900 convertible *still* didn't have a perfected hinge for the hood—that is coming soon, I swear—but it does have a removable top! #WeirdCarMastodon #164scale #3dPrinting