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Post by GrandPrecision on Aug 13, 2014 18:47:54 GMT -5
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Post by IndyCarModels on Aug 13, 2014 18:54:24 GMT -5
Nice work. Sure wish I could get those front wings in 1:64 scale! (Hint Calvin)
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Post by Calvin on Aug 13, 2014 18:57:11 GMT -5
Nice work. Sure wish I could get those front wings in 1:64 scale! (Hint Calvin) It would be a huge pain in 1/25 so 1/64 would be well..... If I could figure it out - i'd do them in both scales |
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Post by clm1545 on Aug 13, 2014 19:05:47 GMT -5
Very Nice Work.
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Post by IndyCarModels on Aug 13, 2014 19:07:33 GMT -5
Nice work. Sure wish I could get those front wings in 1:64 scale! (Hint Calvin) It would be a huge pain in 1/25 so 1/64 would be well..... If I could figure it out - i'd do them in both scales I know but a guy can keep trying!!! |
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Post by chromehorn08 on Aug 13, 2014 20:17:23 GMT -5
Oh man that came out great! Can't wait till my wing gets here. Great job on this car for sure. Where'd you get the tire decals?
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Post by jaw12287 on Aug 13, 2014 20:51:08 GMT -5
Great work! You did an excellent job on the white trim. Are those decals or vinyl strips?
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Post by INDY22IAM on Aug 13, 2014 21:30:27 GMT -5
What adjustments did you have to do? They look really good. I would be interested in a couple of those also. I hopefully will have my 3 speedway wings this Friday. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing the parts that you have worked on.
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Post by harveythedog2 on Aug 14, 2014 6:36:45 GMT -5
Super job! Looks fantastic!
Stu
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Post by senn65 on Aug 14, 2014 7:04:24 GMT -5
Absolutely fabulous.
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Post by mrpeters on Aug 14, 2014 8:07:33 GMT -5
spectacular as always
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Post by GrandPrecision on Aug 14, 2014 8:29:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words everyone. You may notice that in the photos, the car is still missing the left side airbox antenna and the "fins" on the right side airbox and cockpit edge. They were added post-photos. Oh man that came out great! Can't wait till my wing gets here. Great job on this car for sure. Where'd you get the tire decals? All decals were designed and printed by me. Due to poor luck with USPS damaging decals, I don't sell them. One complaint about the ALPS is that you can't always get consistent white underlay, so the tires actually look about 10x better in photo than in person. I am debating about trying the "DecalPRO" system that allows one to create dry-rubs... I've heard its a difficult learning curve, but is inexpensive and would lighten the load of the ALPS for certain projects. Great work! You did an excellent job on the white trim. Are those decals or vinyl strips? All graphics are ALPS-printed decals. What adjustments did you have to do? They look really good. I would be interested in a couple of those also. I hopefully will have my 3 speedway wings this Friday. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing the parts that you have worked on. THe car actually started out as a Will Power Verizon... I got lazy and rather than re-painting, just stripped the tampo off the car and painted the few parts that weren't originally black. The original RW endplates were cut-off, and I used my Photo-etch sheet for the RC style endplates. I used the suspension from a 2013 1/18 because of the Carbon Fiber pattern cast into the parts. The front wing was a complete assembly that I designed in Solidworks and printed by Shapeways. The only modification is that this wing was "off" by 5 degrees as designed. The endplates and top flap were a separate print piece from the mainplane and lower flap, so the alignment pegs were removed and the endplates were relocated as necessary. Chromehorn08 is testing the revised print that should correct the 5 degree angle (I got notification that my test piece also shipped today), so all that is required to use the wing is unscrewing the original wing and screwing in this piece. The only difference in this piece to the original wing is that the screw hole does not have the recessed hole due to the fragility of the 3d material. Bonus points for anyone who can catch the 3 inaccuracies on the car  |
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Post by indy on Aug 14, 2014 9:25:13 GMT -5
Bonus points for anyone who can catch the 3 inaccuracies on the car After looking and looking, all I have come up with is the fuel filler side is wrong for Toronto and the RF wing endplate is touching the tire. Masterful work, your 3D stuff is very nicely done. Surprised you didn't put one of your steering wheels in it, too. Really the whole thing should be celebrated and not nit picked, you did an excellent job. No scale model is perfect just as no real car is ever fast enough!! Jordan |
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Post by SteveK51 on Aug 14, 2014 9:42:08 GMT -5
It's a fantastic car!
The other detail I noticed is the lack of the end plate wickers on the rear wing. And that was after quite a bit of searching.
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Post by GrandPrecision on Aug 14, 2014 11:54:19 GMT -5
It's a fantastic car! The other detail I noticed is the lack of the end plate wickers on the rear wing. And that was after quite a bit of searching. Good job guys, between the RWEP wickers and the fuel filler, you got the 2 that are visible. The other one, which would be barely visible in the pics is that I forgot seat belts. I didn't do the steering wheel either because of who it was going to. Not to say that the quality of the build should depend on who receives it, but it really is true. Plus for as "easy" of a build, I really just wanted to get it done and needed to get it done for this weekend. |
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Post by SteveK51 on Aug 14, 2014 15:44:46 GMT -5
Is the 5 degree issue the droopage at the ends of the wings? I quickly noticed the endplates have that variable radius transition from vertical to horizontal, and upon a second review I noticed the curvatures in the wing elements. Very nicely done!
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Post by GrandPrecision on Aug 14, 2014 16:23:26 GMT -5
No, if you (looking from the side like the first pic) compared the back vertical edge to the panel line for the nose cone, IN THEORY, it should be parallel. Mine made a "V" of 5 degrees.
The catch was that the front wing does not sit perfectly horizontal where it mounts to the nose of the car. I thought I fixed it, but when I 3d-modeled it, my photo was off by 5 degrees (4.85 to be exact).
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