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    Aug 31, 2022 4 minutes

    The Area 71 Project

    You may recall a column I did on 3D printing a while back where I made my own Galaxie chassis. Well, some fine Ragazzi in Milan have taken that technology and are producing commercially printed slot kits. AMC spoke to Marco Rizzi about The Area 71 Project (TA71).

    AMC: Marco, how would you describe TA71 to a slot car audience?

    The best definition that comes to my mind is something someone said to me when I told him about the TA71 project: “that’s the most irresponsible, and crazy idea I have ever heard about”. When I announced that we were going to make full 3D printed models back in 2014 everybody

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