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Nice work as usual Mark . Every time I read the thread title my mind goes to "Lets twist again " Lets cad again , like we did last summer Lets cad again like we did last year. Do you remember when you could buy these parts Lets cad again , cadding time is here . Great one! I have the musi...

The Mercury 4Xi came with a key for the wheel nuts. They are bigger than what we found usually on 1/10 EP cars. And it's damaged. I solved this with a very simple but effective print... https://i.imgur.com/GjFeM1Z.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/uYIwLok.jpeg Next part is the paintjob. Something simple is o...

Spent this morning to deal with the paintjob... Fluorescent red, white stripe, black and smoke for the window. Quick reminder : this is not an original bodyshell, it is based on an approximative CAD model, mold was printed and the bodyshell was vacformed by a friend (I may have to work out a better ...

The work continues... The front end is super easy... https://i.imgur.com/9eSYiR9.jpeg Next will be the arms... https://i.imgur.com/UbUfJYB.jpeg I decided to start by the rear arm. It's a bit complex. Initially I started by defining the surface and started to work this out in solid mode... https://i....

Front arms are actually easy parts to put in CAD... https://i.imgur.com/wvizVzo.jpeg Once that was done, I played with joints in Fusion360, and that helps to debug the few elements where it was required... (Front top arms were half millimeter shorter than what they should be, and the shock lever fix...

Shocks are in. I analysed in detail the front shock, and derived the rear without opening them.... https://i.imgur.com/BciRK8k.jpeg Next was to get them on the chassis... https://i.imgur.com/AdyZFaV.jpeg For those who opened a NIB of Playtron Doberman, beside the few parts still missing (bumper, mot...

The Bumper is quite easy using some boolean... It consists of a profile extruded and cut from the top projection, and another profile also cut from the top projection... https://i.imgur.com/vpuyKVF.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/zoiL7tB.jpeg I quickly added it to the chassis... https://i.imgur.com/sOJSk3P...

Since I started to digg in the Lynx, it was now time to get into it, for real. I disassembled the front gearbox to see what was inside... https://i.imgur.com/kMNEJlS.jpeg I started to reproduce the gear set. Gears are module .8 (11T/30T), and bevel gears are 12T module 1 (the same are used at the re...

Now the chassis are almost done, looking at the bodyshell, it's quite simple : mostly flat panels... I started to put the data in for the profile line... https://i.imgur.com/VlEKCo2.jpeg Then, I assembled some surfaces together... https://i.imgur.com/Q2OEaRu.jpeg And soon, I had a bodyshell... (NB: ...

I'm not sure you are open to 3D printed parts, but the driver (scan) and the steering wheel may be available soon on cults3D...

This is a small project... But the car is big. Any 1/8 car is too big :-) I took the car to parts. The front train is moved 10 mm at the front, to be in line with the arches, and I also changed the orientation of the front structure to make the front up. That will be better this way. I also trimmed ...

I did model the Steering wheel and the small support... https://i.imgur.com/Lk5lhUq.jpeg I have no certainty on the support itself at this stage : I have 3 Big Bear here, and on all of them, the Support is glued to the dashboard, and I have no way to check it properly without breaking a dashboard......

Some of the elements of this project materialised today with an package directly coming from my friend Johann from down under... https://i.imgur.com/zfBqsEQ.jpeg I checked, and the size is no good :-) https://i.imgur.com/QAQr6KL.jpeg Well, that was expected anyway :-). At the end, the small hunter i...

3D printed part worked perfectly https://i.imgur.com/lUZkIml.jpeg And it is even similar to the OEM mounts for the ultra sonic sensor on the side of the same bumper, which is even better... I don't mind buying tools when I have the use for them... The thing is here, it would have taken 4-20 days dep...

Printed the rims... it looks nice... https://i.imgur.com/GiGjqmc.jpeg Worked a bit to make a dashboard... https://i.imgur.com/kqepbsi.jpeg And used the AMS to print it... https://i.imgur.com/ahI0elj.jpeg Next is about the front lights... I want them to seat properly on the body... There is various w...