1/4 scale funnycar project

[K]

There's a lot of talent on this site, it's a privilege to be here

I might have to leave

Kevin

[bentley marshall]

looks good mate you have had more progress on yours than ive had on mine

[mad62]

thanks guy for the comments,cant wait myself to get the first body out of the mold,since its been so long since ive worked on this project,when you wax up a mold this size you really start to realise how big these 1/4 scale bodies are,lol,should have some pics of a body in a couple of days,and the engine im looking at running in it,
cheers mike

[M.R. Ogle]

Great job, very clean... you're certainly a pro!

Glad to see this one coming to completion. So many Q-scalers start body projects, a very very few ever actually get them done.

Looking forward to seeing the first bodies!

[mad62]

hi guys,
heres a few pics of the first body out of the mold,did a bit more work on the carbon bug catcher for the funny car and a couple of pics of the engine im looking at using,its 50cc and approx 10 1/2 - 11 hp stock,just need to sort a clutch thats going to handle the torque this setup puts out,
cheers mike

[bentley marshall]

body came out great!!!!! is that a rcmk engine ???

i think you can bolt zenoah air cooled heads on them a pair of 29cc big bore heads would be the go 58cc ...yeah baby!!!

like these http://rcinnovations.co.nz/shop/catalog ... cts_id=793

[M.R. Ogle]

Wow... This guy's pretty gooood!!!

[Mike Casey]

looking really good there. Very nice work. LOVE the bug catcher!!!

[mad62]

hi guys,
thanks for the comments,im looking foward to this project spinning the wheels also,laid up the carbon for the rear wing today,and mixed the colours for the paintwork on the body,castrol green and red,cant wait to paint the bodyup and get some graphics on it,

cheers mike

[mad62]

did some more work on the body today,heres some pics of the carbonfiber rear wing,still have more wing braces to make ,cut the body to fit the bug catcher ,
cheers mike

[bentley marshall]

that looks great mate

[Mike Casey]

WOW!!! man thats schweeeeeet! did i say WOW yet?

[NYCdragRacer]

I will take 2 of those bodies pal!

Great work, I need to follow this build for sure!

Good luck with it.

[mad62]

here's a few more pics as i started to put some of the paint on the body tonight,still have the black for the windows and the grill and headlights to do,the rest will be graphics ive put a fine metallic into the green and red so when it cleared it should look good in the sun,not sure if i should paint the carbon rear wing red ?..
if guys are interested in a body ,just pm me and i can get back to you,
cheers mike

[mad62]

I would leave the rear wing natural. Is that silver paint for the pin stripe or tape? can you show step by step of your masking technique? I always loved the Castrol paint scheme, that and the Skoal Bandit. Beautiful work.

hi funky,
the silver is painted,its very simple to do the pin strip,you mask the shape to be painted to the outside edge of the silver,you spray the silver basecoat (i used my airbrush) once its dry you then mask over the silver with a thin pinstrip masking film,this protects the silver from the next colour,then you spray the red or what ever colour you choose,then when you unmask the tape off areas it reveals the silver ,then the rest of the masking is removed and its ready for clearcoating,
im going to make a second alloy wing for this body aswell so i can paint it red and have two i can inter change on this car,
next time i do some painting i will get some pics,

cheers mike