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About Project

In the world of industrial design and scale modeling, the challenge has always been balancing intricate detail with production speed. This project showcases a fleet of mini agricultural tractors and machinery, all manufactured using High-Resolution Resin 3D Printing.

The Engineering Challenge

Standard manufacturing for automotive miniatures often requires expensive steel molds for injection molding, which is cost-prohibitive for small batches or custom designs. To achieve the “Legend” series quality, we needed a method that could capture:

• Mechanical Complexity: The intricate three-point rear hitch and hydraulic line connectors.

• Surface Aesthetics: A glass-smooth finish on the hood and cab that reflects light like a real vehicle.

• Material Diversity: The need for crystal-clear cab glass, rubber-like tire textures, and high-strength structural chassis.

The Solution: Multi-Material Resin Integration

By utilizing advanced SLA/DLP resin printing, every component was printed with specialized photopolymers.

• Body & Chassis: Printed in high-toughness resin for durability, then finished with a premium automotive-grade matte blue paint.

• Cab & Lighting: High-transparency clear resin, polished to optical clarity, allows for a full view of the internal dashboard and seating.

• Consistency at Scale: As seen in the production crates, 3D printing allowed for the simultaneous “mass-customization” of these units, ensuring every single tractor met the exact same tolerances.

The result is a collection of models that feel premium in the hand and look indistinguishable from traditionally manufactured collectibles, but with the flexibility of digital design.

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Are you looking to bring your own automotive designs or industrial prototypes to life with this level of precision? FacFox’s professional 3D printing services specialize in high-resolution resin printing (SLA, DLP, and LCD) to help you achieve injection-molding quality without the tooling costs. Whether you need a single “looks-like” prototype or a small-batch production run of highly detailed miniatures, our fleet of industrial-grade printers and expert post-processing team ensures your parts arrive with the smooth finish, clear optics, and mechanical accuracy seen in the project above.

Solution

• Step 1: The digital architecture of the tractor and its attachments was meticulously designed using CAD software to ensure perfect fitment of interlocking parts.
• Step 2: High-resolution resin was selected as the medium, and the components were printed using industrial-grade SLA technology to capture fine mechanical details.
• Step 3: The printed parts were carefully removed from the build plate, and excess liquid resin was washed away in a specialized chemical bath.
• Step 4: Structural supports were manually detached, and any remaining contact marks were smoothed through a precision sanding process.
• Step 5: The components were placed in a UV curing chamber where the material properties were fully stabilized through controlled light exposure.
• Step 6: A professional primer was applied, followed by automotive-grade paints to achieve the distinctive blue, white, and orange color scheme.
• Step 7: Clear-coat resin was polished to achieve high transparency for the cab windows, and the individual pieces were finally assembled into the completed models.