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There's clearly two ways to view this , statistical popularity and personal involvement . For me the early days of the 80s were golden , cars were often crude in design and many popular design concepts of the time were later abandoned , trailing arms and mono shocks were king , there was room for ev...

Frosty this morning Strongly in real life it was not upsidown , I just flipped the picture and it still came out upsidown ?

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:41 pm If anyone ever sends you out in the woods snipe hunting, this is what you're looking for. Apparently they can be found in Alaska.
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Do they all stand by a label to help identifying them ?

Very basic 1mm and 0.5mm camber spacers for the Mini Mustang

Have you ever experienced any printing issues with different nozzles? I tried a steel nozzle for wear resistance and I think it affected nozzle heating and layer bonding significantly. Adjusting nozzle temperature had minor improvement. After changing back to brass, my part strength is back to prev...

Reminds me of my first "Remote " control car , one chanel sonic control ,went forwards and backwards in a circle by means of a single front caster wheel that flopped round when in reverse , I was a little disappointed .
This should be more fun .

I was thinking Bigwig as well , Bigwig box art colours would look good . Please take lots of pictures of the strip down and clean up , I love seeing how these old cars were built .

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RC10th wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:32 pm Awesome idea, but will that work well with the axle in front of the kingpin?

Yup

It's like a bicycle, axle in front of pivot.

What are you doing for rear wheels , two out wide on outriggers ?

Don't think it's possible , the belt would have to be routed up over the motor pretty harshly , belt drag would be bad . You might be able to use one of the really early cable drive setups .

Can't wait to see the bodywork

I'd get a bit of practice with blueing one something you don't care about , there's kind of an art to getting it right that might not come first time , small parts are easier though but you need to do each layer in one go or it gets blotchy .

I'd get a bit of practice with blueing one something you don't care about , there's kind of an art to getting it right that might not come first time , small parts are easier though but you need to do each layer in one go or it gets blotchy . I will have (7) old turnbuckles to practice on, (5) of w...

Along side Dadio, which offered me any 3d printing I needed, and will be on the side of this car as "Dadio Designs"...I picked up another local sponsor today...$500 check...and another $1000 if I break the record!..so cool some people actually dig it! Just think it's such a cool idea and ...

GoMachV wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:26 pm New movie idea... Cocaine dog!

"Say hello to my four footed friend "