Some update of the recent progress! Well not so recent, like over a year hahaha
Here I started assembling even if the paint was not 100% hard. I could see the bolts work the paint, but I kept assembling anyways. The front part with the steering and servo mounting is quite a pain for assembly, you need to remember to put this before that, and there are screws and nuts that are very hard to put in place. And also when the cage is in, it is very hard to work in the small space! For instance bolting the frames to floor from the inside.
I put nyloc nuts almost everywhere this time since it is likely one of the last time I assemble it
for now.
Ok now for a bunch of pics
They might be out of sequence but somehow imgur decided to upload them in a random order (I'm guessing depending on their size) :
Suspension, sitting and fully compressed (shocks bottomed out)
Now that it is painted I realize I have not finished the front panel where the lights are etc. I'll do that later, but it'll be bolted anyway (not soldered).
I was thinking it would be cool tho have the body in parts, like opening hood or dismountable front fenders and doors. But that would be pretty complicated to keep all aligned, and I'm not sure I'm want to dive into that kind of stuff. It would make more sense to make an minimalist interior and then paint the body. Just not sure what type of paint these retroracing bodies are good with. I'll have to reasearch again, I think it needs to be waterbase to not make the body brittle.
Left to do:
- white caulking for the various holes and cracks in chassis
- body mounting
- batteries mounting (the separated saddle packs 2s)
- route wires for motor and steering servo through firewall
- front disc brakes (and maybe rear)
- mud guards
- Paint body, bumpers and wing (need to find a way to attach them maybe I'll just glue them on?)
- Fake engine on motor? The motor is pretty big in the engine bay so it will be hard to make it look legit since the engines are often pretty small in these! But there is also often the 4 individual intakes that poke to the side of the engine, so maybe I could do that to hide more of the motor underneath.
Hope you guys like it!
Fred