Alvis Stalwart toy car

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Stally is back! REMIX FROM https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4263349 (all credits to Windham Graves!) More or less by coincident I found the nice model from WindhamGraves of an Alvis Stalwart MK 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvis_Stalwart). At the moment I saw it, I remembered that I had it as a toycar from Matchbox when I was a small boy at the early '70s: https://matchbox.fandom.com/wiki/Alvis_Stalwart As a child, I loved this model, because of its 6x6 drive and the swimming capability of the real car. Now, after seeing the source model, I was fascinated again (and thought of pimping the model a bit as a weekend project). So what did I change? First impression after inspecting the original thing: It needs spinning wheels and a bit more detail!! Here is what I did: redesigned the lower body part to give a bit more detail: Added headlights, water impeller in- and outlet, and the characteristic 4 shocks to the front wheel double wishbone suspension put some rectangular holes in the wheel/axle support, so that the modified axles and wheels can spin and travel up and down (kind of swing axle) to give some more playing fun redesigned the wheels: You can either print the whole wheel in TPU as a one-piece part (file Wheel_TPU_Alvis_Stalwart.stl - easy to insert the axle made from 1.75mm filament), OR print the tires separately in TPU (two kinds provided: files Wheel_TPU_Alvis_Stalwart.stl and Tire_slim_TPU_Alvis_Stalvart.stl ) and the rims as separate PLA parts (file Rim_Alvis_Stalwart.stl) . When doing this, you may have to tinker a bit to get the axles in the center hole tight and straight. -aligned upper and lower body part for better assembly with corresponding holes in front and rear (just cut two 5mm pieces of filament as dowels and glue both halves together) As much as I like the technical aspects of such cars, tanks, machinery, I am not happy with the military use of them... so why not print the Stalwart in gray or white PLA as an exploration vehicle, just like the good old Matchbox one ? :-) Hope you enjoy and a big THANKS to WindhamGraves for sharing!