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Mudgy, I must say, you are amazing at what you do!
I have to say, this is the most impressive build I have seen in awhile now, good luck and keep up the good work, don't forget to get some finished pictures and maybe a video up too!

Enjoy it!
Pete

Mudgy

Thanks for the kind comments, fellas. Enjoy your weekend

dar123

that looks simply amazing. I am soo jealous. i wish i could make something like that!

Mudgy

Thanks.

I have a finished product windscreen noe, (after 4 x mock up versions)
Got my first coat of gloss white on the body

just waiting for it to go off until I have a go at masking for red and silver
so close, I can smell it
Messed around with a filter unit/extra tank for my measly compressor tinight....got a package running now to run the airbrush with 'clean" air and extra volume in a second vessel...just as good a s a 16CFM set up using a "cheapie" compressor now!!!!Believe it or not, the extra vessel is an air brake tank from a Bedford truck! ...............................whatever gets you by!!!

cheers

sam123

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Wow. The amount of detail you have put into this car is incredible![X(] If you made a scale drag strip and took a photo of the car on it you could easily fool alot of people into thinking its full scale

When your done, you have to make a vid. I can't wait to see this thing tearing up the tarmac.

kenazzo2000

mudgy how wide is the back for the engine to fit on ? thanks mate

d.k.v

where will you run this?

Mudgy

Kenazzo:

220mm from outside to outside of frame rails i.e. checker plate "floor" is 220mm W

d.k.v.:

anywhere I can find as long as it's flat, smooth, and no traffic

kenazzo2000

thanks mate your helpfull thanks

mazdaprotege4

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You will have to post some videos of this awesome project!

kenazzo2000

mudgy can you give me the measurments of the wheelie bar please were going to build 2 dragsters me and my friend so that we can race each other . when do you think youll have a video of your dragster running ? thanks

Mudgy

400 x 130 x 80mm

kenazzo2000

thanks mudgy do you have any other rc cars ?

Mudgy

Yeah, a few 1/10 nitro's, a 1/10 electric, a 1/8 Hyper 7 PBS, and a custom made Boat single hull plywood job. The motor in the boat is a OS 0.61 VR-M .. apparently these are discontinued, but I still have a new piston/sleeve/conrod for her. That's about all I own, but been working on all sorts over the years for other fellas.

kenazzo2000

i hope we see a video of your dragster soon . my friend is going to put the turbine together today or tommorrow hope all goes well and we do some runs

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Hey Mudgy.
Was watching some dragracing vids last night and thought of your car.

Please excuse my ignorance here.....
....but if you're just running a normal centrifugal clutch in this beautiful beast of yours, it'll be off to a rather slow start won't it?
I mean - looking at how a full scale dragster (or any car for that matter) works, you rev the guts out of it and then drop the clutch and it takes off at full revs.

Would it be possible to create something like this for an RC car?
Something hooked up to something hooked up to some pressureplate of some sort that would allow you to have the motor (and chains I suppose) to go at full pelt and then WHAMMO just kick the transmission in.
Would require some rather phat chains though, or probably a driveshaft perhaps.....

Mudgy

Possible...but that's just too much stuffing around for my liking...I guess it may be slow on the take-up, maybe not. Smaller scales have no trouble hooking up.
Possibly I can muck with differing tensions on the clutch springs, like nitros do.
(I know this is largescale forum, but I get the feeling some can't tune a nitro, that's what makes them get frustrated/walk away from them & go to petrol)

Dirty_Vinylpusher

After having watched your videos and pictures I don't think anything would be too much stuffing around for you....
Can't wait to see a vid of it tearing up some tarmac.
Any ideas when that might be happening?



I just watched a couple of 1/4 scale dragster vids on YouTube and they were surprisingly fast off the mark actually.[X(]

kenazzo2000

if you watched the video s i watched they have a 90 cc engine plus nitros cause i spoke to the guy .
















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Dirty_Vinylpusher

Yeah one of them was [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV3I65FiYWY]this[/link] one.
I saw your name in the comments section there.
So is that the nitro one?
The red one.

Mudgy

Yeh mate, I know I like stuffing around...that's what the Man Shed is for, after all....
but the boys come 'round, we drink, and, you know, not much gets done.
But a lot of ideas get thrown at me (I know that's the p_$$ talking)

oops


I am super busy at work these days, too.....
makes time for the car very precious.
I know, one day, it will be on the black top. When, I really can't say.

All in all, your cars are great, fellas, and they inspire me to finish this one, and who knows?
I think my next creation could be a 4 stroke Bar Stool
or maybe 2 x scooters from the wreckage of the rail - if it all goes bad.[X(]

kenazzo2000

yeah its that one it moves [X(]

kenazzo2000

work comes first play comes after youll get it ready

Dirty_Vinylpusher

Yeah unfortunately that's true.
No work = no money = no play

kenazzo2000

mudgy you know how to weld . why didnt you make your wheelie bar out of round bars ? just asking