What started out as a project to 3D print a car based on a Lamborghini Aventador between a father and son turned into a Christmas surprise of a lifetime from Italian supercar maker Lamborghini for ...

In October we shared the story of Sterling Backus, the physicist in Erie, Colo., who was building a Lamborghini Aventador replica with his 11-year-old son ...

Lamborghini charges about $400,000 for an Aventador S, so Colorado physicist Sterling Backus decided to make one in his garage for $20,000. Working with his son, he is painstakingly 3D-printing ...

And it didn’t take a car-sized 3D printer in order to build the car. In fact, Backus used a $650 QIDI Xpro system (along with two cheaper printers) in order to print the majority of his parts.

In the dead of night, Lamborghini’s team made their way to the home of physicist and adjunct college professor Sterling Backus to swap out his 3D printed project car for a real Aventador.

Family making 3D-printed Lamborghini replica surprised with the real thing when carmaker heard about project by: CNN Wire Posted: Dec 27, 2019 / 07:21 PM EST Updated: Dec 27, 2019 / 07:21 PM EST ...

Backus isn’t buying his Lamborghini. He’s not trading for it or stealing it either. He and his son are actually building it, one 3D-printed piece at a time.

The Lamborghini has scissor doors which adds to the "wow" factor of the vehicle. It also has a show mode where it sits down low to the ground when it is on display, such as at the Denver Auto Show.

Armed with a $650 QIDI Xpro 3D printer and two cheaper printers, he started to print the exterior parts for the Aventador in small sections. With the parts in hand, he then glued them together ...