F40 Metal Artwork

Hi Guys,
I managed to get Roy's F40 done and a better picture taken. You can see a higher resolution photo here, along with some of my other artwork:
http://www.myweb.cableone.net/thor276/SCULPT/SCULPT.HTM

I have to make and ship a few more of these to fill your orders before I can get back to doing one with color... I should get to that one next week after Rampage is over when I get back.

Hi Chris,
I've thought about doing something like that, using different metals for each layer: blued steel for black as the back piece, then copper for red, and stainless for silver on top. I can also do it by electroplating onto the steel, but the added depth from layering might be more interesting.
Thor

 

Yup, that's the picture I started from, Roy. I have a tool path file for the entire picture as well, but I haven't cut it out yet. I just got the fine-cut tips in I need to do it with, but I have to machine a spacer for the shield since the tip of the nozzle isn't meant to drag on the metal it's cutting. Next week.

I now know some shipping costs now... The thicker pieces weigh in at 12 lbs (with packaging) so the shipping is about $12 for Ground for halfway across the US, 2nd day is around 4X as much, 3 day is somewhere in between.

On the artwork, I can do the pieces out of 16 gage for $55 as originally estimated, but in my opinion the metal should be thicker. The 16 gage steel is a bit too flexible at the connection points in the pieces since it's flat, and the metal warps a bit more than I'd like when it gets cut. I tried a couple out of 12 gage and it turned out much nicer, but 12 gage will be more expensive. (Roy's pictured in the link above is 12 gage, the one at the beginning of the thread is 16 gage.) There is more than twice as much steel in 12 gage, it takes twice as long to cut, and the consumables last about half as long. Overall I need to double the price to stay even using 12 gage steel.

Those of you who are more discriminating will pick the thicker metal and the much higher quality pieces for $110. Those of you who are more price driven, I will still supply the pieces out of 16 gage steel for the $55 price. Just be advised, there is a big difference.
Thor

 

Hi Roy,
Nope, no need to send me the difference. We had already agreed on a price and my honor means more to me than money. Besides, if it wasn't for your piece I wouldn't have any data on whether the 12-gage steel was going to work. You should have it in a couple of days!
Thor

 

Hey Ross,
Nice special effects! I recognize a few of those tricks, since I tried a few out myself before I settled on a different tactic. I had dreams of generating the line drawing to use to make the tool paths for the torch using techniques like that, but that was a ridiculous pipe dream. I do them by hand now, since it's actually a lot quicker for me just to do it in AutoCad in the first place.
Thor

 

Hey Guys,
I have one painted using mostly solid colors...
I want to do one with a lot more detail also, but this is what I have until I get more time.
Thor
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Hey Guys,
I have a prototype website set if, if you're interested...
It's a bit rough and unfinished, but I think you'll get the idea.
Next week when I get back I'll get a 308 GTS done you can look at.
I've had more requests for a 308 than any other so far.
Thor

http://www.myweb.cableone.net/thor276/javelinart.htm

 

Hi Guys,
I just got back from Vegas last night... Wow, what a rush! There were 4 or 5 F-40's, a black Enzo (that never moved, dang it) 50+ other Ferrari's, over a dozen or two Lamborghini's including the two Murcielago Roadsters, and a mixture of other stuff including Vipers, Cobras, Porshes, etc. We had an entire section of the parking garage just for us with a guard standing by.

To answer a few questions and comments,
Thanks for the compliments, Roy! I'm glad you like it. My pleasure. And yes, I would LOVE access to your photos... VERY NICE.

Vanny, yes I will be doing a 360 and a 430 soon, after I get a 308 done. I want to do one of my Mondial too here real soon, now that I've got the body work done and the new wheels and tires on it.

You guys are right, it's Benny Caiola's car not Roland Linder's. I wish I'd known that before I talked to Roland on Friday night. He really liked the sculpture and signed the photo I had with me of it, which was really cool. With the stickers removed, there isn't any difference between the appearance of the cars. Roland's is tweaked out to 720 hp, though... It really screams down the freeway when he cuts loose with the throttle. The F40's and the Lambo guys got a bit rowdy on the freeway back from the golf course friday afternoon.

Ross, pick out a few of your best photos of each car and email them to me, if you would. We toured the Shelby Cobra plant north of Las Vegas on the way to the race track! Got to see a few REALLY nice cars in the showroom in the front before touring the back assembly and work areas where they had a row of prototypes all lined up. Cobras, GT-40's, and maybe and older mustang or two like the GT-500 in the lobby will make it on my list to sculpt. I just started, so it may take a while to get to everything I'd like to do. Blair at work has 6-1/2 mustangs, a basement full of parts, and is building a Shelby GT-500, so I have to at least do one of those for him.

I forgot to mention before, the painted F-40 is painted with Ferrari Rosso Corsa paint then clear-coated, not imitation red Krylon just in case you guys wondered.

Thor