dNano Subaru w/ Shapeways printed chassis

[mgs75thmeu]

I just went back through my old posts looking for this to link to another thread and couldn't find it! I put it in SCI and never put it here SO, 4 months later here it is!

dNano body, Peter's Shapeways "Subaru" chassis, DSlot43 stock motor with "Speed" gear set, decals from Harold Hackens in Austria(auction site). I tested the car on my Ninco track and it worked very well. Fast and smooth. It took me a while to get the "wire" pick up braids to work right. I've never done them like that before. I'll be doing a page of the project with thumbs leading to 20 build pages with any explainations that may be needed.

I use Plastruct 1/4" angle pieces to mount the Shapeways chassis to the body. Peter's chassis comes with 4 small pieces that you could mount the chassis to but I'd rather have a lot of room for error.

[dreinecke]

Good looking car! I do like the design of the chassis. I've been fooling with Shapeways but not had the time to really work on stuff. My learning curve is steep.

[MrAdept]

While I was on Slotforum I found this for Shapeways:-

http://www.shapeways.com/shops/fovea3d?s=0

he has mini Z and Dnano sized cars. Thought it interesting.

Mark

[racer6583]

Subbie is lookin good Bill like the idea of using "L" brackets to mount body to chassie.

Decals look awesome sorry can't find the words to describe how much I like this build of yours.

Thanks for sharing.

Rex

[mgs75thmeu]

[pfuetze]

The Subaru looks really great, Bill!
The holes in the guide need to be drilled out with a 1.5mm drill bit. For my wood track, i start with the inner hole from the top down, than the middle one upwards again and the outer hole down again, directly with the motor wire. But wiring for Ninco track may work better the way you have done it. High flexible silicone motor wires highly recommended.

Great car!

[Cjent]

Way to go, Bill! :clap: :dance: :banana-rock:

[Datto]

Nice set-up!

[mgs75thmeu]

[Tigeracer]

Great work, Bill!

[mgs75thmeu]

Thanks Greg!!

[sirslotsalot]

It would be nice to see Shapeways incorporate braid for brushes. Peter, do you think that's going to happen?

[mgs75thmeu]

[pfuetze]

i could change the guide to accept braid, no problem.
i also can change the chassis to accept the original DSlot guide, not much trouble either.

What do you prefer?

[mgs75thmeu]