Oval Track Racing "sprint cars"...

[TuscoTodd]

W O W !!!
VERY nice work - the jigs will definitely aid in keeping things square and consistent!
It is going to be pretty cool to see all of these take shape!

[KD11]

Thanks for showing us how you use the jigs to make the various parts and assembly of the cage. You are a great craftsman.
If you could use any help building I would like to help and learn at the same time. Let me know, I'm available most anytime.

[woodman]

Thanks Keith,..... I may go to the track today?
Here is an interesting modeling sprint car sight with lots of up-close detail....
http://www.scalesprints.com/forum/viewf ... 8&start=25

[KD11]

Thanks for the link,... Lots of nice sprint cars. Sorry I can't make it to the track today, I'm helping my mother get packed to move into a retirement apartment tomorrow. After tomorrow I'm ready to help. :)

[woodman]

Looks like I hit paydirt...Over on the SCI website, I got guys wanting to buy them about 10 of them....Darn for good luck.....
Now the body situation....Lexan sprint plus bodies are designed to go over the frame, but with all this wire cage they don't look right.....but these do...something to wrap around the outside of the wire frame....Looks like a job for Reality Raceway, the way they do the modified bodies...But the tail section?..............

[woodman]

I played around with this idea....
A paper pattern..
Transfer to aluminum can, of your choice, big can...

Cut it out oversize to fold over the edges...





I found these, anyone familiar with them?
http://www.racesrp.com/store/132-Dirt-6188

[woodman]

This is evolving into pleasing and better lines....
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[woodman]

I guess I'l try to find styrene plastic locally, any idea what thickness would work on wings ?
I found this to be helpful: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8623&hilit=Styrene+plastic

[HomeRacingWorld]

Cheap yard sale signs at Wal-Mart. Light, easy to bend, and about as durable as you can expect.

[TuscoTodd]

This is great! Love the progress / evolution!
:text-bravo:

[woodman]

The sheet metal tail section I first formed out of a block of wood...Very simple design...This can go on the abstract side of scale modeling.....
The templates .....








There is a whole host of sheet metal cans out there to work with....

[woodman]

Plenty of Slot Car sprint photos:
http://scoreslotcar.dirtslotcars.com/gallery-2/

[woodman]

Looking for paper laminated bodies and came across this on the net...Simracingdesign........
http://www.simracingdesign.com/finished ... -requests/

Then I did a serch on sprint car Finished Render Requests
https://www.google.com/search?q=sprint+ ... d=0CB0QsAQ

And came up with several of these....

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[woodman]

Man I found 16 print outs and they all end up to scale .....Now I can finish up the frame and laminate a body.....

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[turbokev]

Great that the stuff you found will provide so many liveries..
(but I gotta say.. I like the beer can car best LOL)