Here is a bit of video of the Hot Rod’s first run. The wheels I used where absolutely awful and I hadn’t glued the tyres so it was a bit of a fail, the suspension is also WAY too hard, but I have fixes for all of that.
congrats on readers rides http://www.rccaraction.com/blog/2016/07/06/custom-3d-printed-hot-rod-readers-ride/
Thanks Brett, super stoked to follow in your lead!
@Jason_Suter Thanks man, super happy for you. You should post up a link on the main page. $130 for the body? wow, but then again it was SLS—that’s the most expensive form of 3d printing. From your build pictures it looks like you have a pretty good set of fabrication tools. I used to build race cars so I also have bunch of different tools. I just added a desktop CNC to my mix, a great compliment to 3d printing. You should look into it in the future, might be a good addition.
Yeah, that SLS is crazy expensive, I would never have done it if I hadn’t had a bunch of vouchers from Instructables contests. I had to do a ton of careful design to get it that “cheap” too. I have been impressed with how tough it is though.
I actually have very few fab tools. I used a local company to do the lasercutting. I only needed drill and M3 taps to complete it (and a metal file for those measurements that were… suboptimal). A desktop CNC would be amazing!
@Jason_Suter totally understand. Yah I just got an Othermill. I love it! Can chop up aluminum as well as other materials. I’m just getting used to it, but is amazing.
Ooh, nice! keen to see what you do with it. I looked into those quite a bit when I was still convinced that 3D printing wasnt suitable for making final-use parts, I’ve been proved wrong recently though, on this group in particular 
@Jason_Suter well I’m glad you came over. Looks like just from coming over you got a printer from it, or at least an offer. Yah this mill is amazing, but I think 3d printing compliments it. After I prototype parts, I can now send them to the Othermill and machine it in aluminum or something more substantial than PLA or ABS. Pretty excited about it.
@brett_turnage I’m sure you can guess how excited I am to get neck deep in 3D printing. You’ll be seeing more from me in the future, that’s for sure.
I think you are right about the technologies being complementary. I’ll be expecting a composite alloy-plastic build from you soon 
@Jason_Suter hahahaha yah well see. I used to make a carbon fiber body when I was doing epoxy tests. Who knows. I might bring all of that stuff together.
Looking forward to seeing what you create next. 3d printing is going to open an amazing new world of possibilities of what you can create. I’m happy that two people from this board were able to get featured on a major RC magazine. That’s awesome!