I paused my restore projects for awhile and worked on my Optima Mid runner project. I have chosen to build my runner based on the SWB platform. I want a shorter car because of the layout of our local track.
So far I have been working on making carbon fiber parts with my dremel. It took relatively long time to craft them that way but I have no other tools. I bought the fiber plates from Hongkong and China and the car is made of 1.5/2.0/2.5mm thick material.
Let me show you some pictures of my progress so far. Chassis have been assembled for testing to see if I have missed something (which I have)
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
I personally think it look cool, like a stealth plane sort of. It certainly needs some bling colors later on
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
![Image](http://joppis.dyndns.org/optima_mid_runner/optima_mid_runner_001.jpg)
![Image](http://joppis.dyndns.org/optima_mid_runner/optima_mid_runner_002.jpg)
![Image](http://joppis.dyndns.org/optima_mid_runner/optima_mid_runner_003.jpg)
![Image](http://joppis.dyndns.org/optima_mid_runner/optima_mid_runner_004.jpg)
![Image](http://joppis.dyndns.org/optima_mid_runner/optima_mid_runner_005.jpg)
![Image](http://joppis.dyndns.org/optima_mid_runner/optima_mid_runner_006.jpg)