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My coupe turned out well, so I'm giving a Spyder version a go.



Cut the roof off one of my resin casts and covered the gap with an undersheet of thin .015" styrene sheet to conform to the subtle body curves.



Glued in another .015" sheet this time shaped and fitted to closely fill the opening.

Working out so far.

Dan

Opened up the cockpit in the filler plate. Mocked the body on my Coupe's chassis.







That helps to visualize the outcome.

Works for me.

Dan

That is going to be very cool! Like the progress pics!

That's looking pretty sweet. What glue do you use to glue the styrene to resin ?
Randy

Applied Lepage Super Glue Ultra Gel after sanding both glued surfaces.



Reinforced the underplate with JB Weld fast setting epoxy for some extra strength.

Dan

Nice work....I enjoy your builds.

Fabricated the snorkel intake from Sintra plastic and resin. The small rollbar was bent from aluminum tubing.



Puttying the seams is next and while it's drying the chassis fabrication begins. Going to build one of my inline FF050-motored hybrid adjust-o-wheelbase chassis. Want to see how it performs in comparison to a S can hybrid sidewinder chassis that's under my Coupe.

Dan

Nice work!

The first rollbar wasn't sitting well with me so a new hoop out of piano wire was bent and re-positioned.



That's better.

Dan

While the body putty's drying, I got the basic adjust-o-wheelbase chassis assembled. The FF050 motor pod's a 3D printed one, custom drawn for me that accepts Parma oilites.



I've been favoring the Sloting Plus Universal rounded keel guide lately instead of the red Scale Auto one. The lap counter in-slot sensors on some of the tracks at GVSCC do not recognize the red color for some reason.

Dan

I see another beauty on its way...always enjoy your builds V!!! :auto-layrubber: :auto-layrubber: :auto-layrubber:

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Chassis's rolling and body's mounted with single posts at the front and back.







Stance is good.

Dan

Chassis's fully constructed now.





Will be running under power soon.

Dan

Chassis's rolling and running.



Body's mounted and looking good to me. Pretty low slung in the cockpit area so the driver figure will likely be on top of the slimline motor.







Dan