1/4 scale Lotus 49 Jim Clark version

[Kaye]

Emilio: Thanks for sharing this info!

[Emilio]

No problem Kaye. I wont be using this stuff on the body as planed, I've decided to modify my existing aluminum panels as skins. I rough cut the right side into place but still need to do some more tweaking to get it just right and then move on to the left side. The panels will be riveted in all the places as the real car. After the panels are done I'll start welding the semi chassis and brackets to hold all the torsion bars. Hope you enjoy

[Emilio]

will post update soon

[Emilio]

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[Emilio]

Hey folks, made some prototype brackets for the lotus 49, these are for the rear torsion bars that will support the rear axle. These brackets will be remade into metal and attached to the rear of the body which consist of 4. Hope you enjoy.

[Mike Casey]

I think using the print for a buck is better. An aluminum body will look really nice.

[Emilio]

Yes Mike the printed part makes for a great buck very precise. I tested the XTC-3D on a small printed part and the results are very good so I'm going to stick to the original plan and use the printed body with the semi chassis. I could always make bucks and add skins to them in the future.

[Emilio]

I'm waiting on a new printer to make a new 49 body, this time the body will be much more dense and a higher resolution. The new body will have premade holes for the threaded rods and a cut out for the engine bolts. In the mean time here is the semi chassis which will sandwich the new body. Hope you enjoy

[Kaye]

Great stuff!

[Emilio]

Thanks Kaye;

Did some test rivets and body work with primer. Want to get a lot of practice to get the next body I make absolute perfect. The rivets are very challenging when doing them by eye. Still a lot of rivets to add. Hope you enjoy

[Emilio]

Hey folks, I have decided to make a 1/4 scale model instead of a running option. I have 2 cosworth engines in STL file that I need to dissect, one engine has a little more detail than the other but both can interchange with one another. Once dissected there are literally over 200 hundred pieces that make up the engine. when all parts are printed and put together this cars length from nose to the end of the exhaust pipe measures 42.5". This will be the only 1/4 scale static model of the Lotus 49 that I know of

[Kaye]

Fantastic!

[Emilio]

Thanks Kaye, things have changed once again. My new printer is on back order till mid April (sucks) so I will work on my aluminum L-49 body and metal chassis, no plastic on this one. This will be a runing racer as it was meant to be from the beginning. I'll show updates soon, working on the new chassis.

[Emilio]

Hey folks, I took a break from doing the chassis which is the easy part, the hard part and also very challenging was to shape the front wing-lets (lack of better words) I did one side so far and it took about 3 + hours. I'm also fabricating a bell housing or rear end support to hard tail the QC rear to the engine. Tomorrow I'll make the other wing-let and get started on the engine and rear setup. When all pieces are complete, everything will be riveted together. Hope you enjoy.

[Lovedr]

Emilio,

This looks great!!!