Post by Patrick on Mar 15, 2010 15:07:31 GMT -5
Well, here's another old project from yesteryear. This Cooper started out as a Russkit slot car body...not too bad, but the windscreen and nose had to be modified. This isn't going to be open engine bay, but some shows in the lower portions of the body.
The Coventry-Climax V8 was bashed from the old reliable 90* 4-cam Ford with new intake manifold and solder "bundle of snakes" exhaust.
It helps to have a good resource, so Doug Nye's Cooper book is a must. especially for the details.
The space frame chassis was glued together in about 1 hour using a simple method of gluing 1/16" rod onto flat sheets of plastic. Use Tenax-7R for this as it works very quickly and makes a great bond.
The front suspension is the usual Cooper type that I get from an MPC Hardcastle & McCormoric Coyote. The dampers (shocks!) used are sometimes hand made, sometimes spares box with springs from cheap, student supplied, mechanical pencils( there are different sizes in different pencils).
Next will be the rear chassis/suspension and fitting the tire/wheel units.
The Coventry-Climax V8 was bashed from the old reliable 90* 4-cam Ford with new intake manifold and solder "bundle of snakes" exhaust.
It helps to have a good resource, so Doug Nye's Cooper book is a must. especially for the details.
The space frame chassis was glued together in about 1 hour using a simple method of gluing 1/16" rod onto flat sheets of plastic. Use Tenax-7R for this as it works very quickly and makes a great bond.
The front suspension is the usual Cooper type that I get from an MPC Hardcastle & McCormoric Coyote. The dampers (shocks!) used are sometimes hand made, sometimes spares box with springs from cheap, student supplied, mechanical pencils( there are different sizes in different pencils).
Next will be the rear chassis/suspension and fitting the tire/wheel units.
