Detailed Komatsu Dump Truck

[willygoat]

Great job! I really like the effect of the colored paper. Can't wait to see how it looks all finished.

[buranda]

great work.
what is a Cameo cutting plotter please

[Vermin_King]

Originally Posted by buranda

great work.
what is a Cameo cutting plotter please

It is a type of machine that will cut and score your template pages.

[Chris Knowlton]

Nice work and great tires!

Chris

[lisatnp]

looking good guys- darn quad axles have way too many tires!
peer, where and what kind of Cameo cutting plotter do you use? i been looking about maybe buying one of those this year- ( well that or new tires for my car- but heck winter will be over in 2 months so won't need good tires again till next winter.lol)

[Don Boose]

Beautiful work on the wheels. The prototype really is a monster of a truck!

Don

[peereboom2]

Thanks everyone! @lisatnp: I use the silhouette cameo Silhouette America. It is one of the cheaper cutters out there I think, It should set you back about $300. Be prepared for the fact that you are going to have to shell out another 15 bucks very once in a while to get new sticky mats. It is a wonderful machine which helps me get to new levels of detail and complexity in my models. I am still learning how to use it properly, I am not a fan of the drawing software that accompanies the machine. I merely use it as an interface with the cutter. I do all my file editing using Inkscape, especially when you have your templates in pdf format it makes for real easy editing to prepare the template for cutting.

[lisatnp]

Thanks peer-
now i decide weather i get new tires or new toys!lol

[fleetsailor1981]

Wheels look great, question about the cutter. can in be used to cut a downloaded kit?

[Chris Knowlton]

I too have a Silhouette cutter and enjoy using it to cut out model parts for me but I cannot get it to accept PDF files. I have been translating the PDF files to a JPG format. How do you get it to use PDF's?

Chris