Austin 8 Tourer open toped small vehicle SET includes 3 variant of the model at 1/56

Brief product description.

The Austin 8 was a small car which was produced between 1939 and 1948.

Launched on 24 February 1939 production continued into the war until 1943. Approximately 9,000 - 9,500 of the wartime Austin models were two-seater military 8AP tourers produced for the armed services and government.

Having created the basic open topped vehicle and added some internal detail to make the vehicle more a visual treat the client sneakily asked for a covered version and one where the rear window structure has been removed.

The results turned out better than I had expected. The models printed first time in plastic though cleaning the support material from inside needs a slow and steady hand not to knock the gear stick off. Encouraged by this I moved onto print the models in resin. After not too many tests I managed to find the correct placement of supports to enable me to print reasonably reliably each of the variants.

This listing will provide you with the following STL files:

1. Road Wheel – you need four.


2. Steering Wheel. This is a very small item and fiddly to insert, use tweezers. It is a separate item so that you can try to fit a driver in.


3. Variant A – Austin 8 Tourer with canopy down and folded.


4. Variant B - Austin 8 Tourer canopy down but with the rear window frames removed.


5.  Variant C - Austin tours with canopy up over the rear windows and front seats.


6. - 10. Supported copies of the above so you may print the model in resin.

Whilst the images of the test model print plastic were done at a 0.15mm layer height I would recommend that you set the layer to 0.1mm for a better smoothing of the curves.

For more images of the models including versions of the vehicle in resin still with the support structure on check out the three other listings which offer the variants on their own at 4$ each.