So following on from the successful conversion of the Fly FW08 body with the prototype Policar Universal Chassis I thought that I'd see if it was also useful for the slightly more adventurous builder who perhaps either doesn't want to get into the complexities of chassis scratch building or indeed wants to produce a car to compete against the rtr Policar releases as they come out.
I decided to have a go at the ill fated Hesketh shell which was the brainchild of Andre Acker, carved by Martin Field and cast by Graham Poulton.
Only a very few ever made it out I believe, one of which I have.
The reason for choosing this were partly because its just a great car and partly because I wanted to see how low I could get that nose given the whole car should sit as close to the road as possible.
I made this in a day, the Friday before the Slot Festival and it sat with the Policar prototypes on the Saturday whilst I was there.
To see the start of how to fit together the chassis parts please see this thread:
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=85553
The chassis build is essentially the same with the appropriate wheelbase being measured, marked up, cut and finally screwed together.
The body had the gearbox cut off and much of the inside of the airbox hollowed out.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
The top of the gearbox and engine detail was measured up and cut back to glue to the body.
Just enough detail is retained so that it looks as though the gearbox comes from under airbox.
The side pods were cut out.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
I then went about dremelling out the area under the nose to ensure sufficient space for the front axle and guide was created.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
This took some time and I soon realised that it would only work if I used the underside of the body itself as the top of the axle containment.
Essentially I cut down the containment designed into the chassis to provide front-back support and bottom stop.
This works well and demonstrates how the chassis can be severely modified without losing integrity or use.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
All this cutting out has of course significantly weakened the body and although some strength will be regained once it is all screwed together I felt some physical tying together would be useful.
I used some piano wire bent into shape to form some lower suspension arms and glued these through holes drilled into the body to give some strength.
Upper arms will be added in due course.
I'll get some photos of this tomorrow....
I decided to have a go at the ill fated Hesketh shell which was the brainchild of Andre Acker, carved by Martin Field and cast by Graham Poulton.
Only a very few ever made it out I believe, one of which I have.
The reason for choosing this were partly because its just a great car and partly because I wanted to see how low I could get that nose given the whole car should sit as close to the road as possible.
I made this in a day, the Friday before the Slot Festival and it sat with the Policar prototypes on the Saturday whilst I was there.
To see the start of how to fit together the chassis parts please see this thread:
http://www.slotforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=85553
The chassis build is essentially the same with the appropriate wheelbase being measured, marked up, cut and finally screwed together.
The body had the gearbox cut off and much of the inside of the airbox hollowed out.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
The top of the gearbox and engine detail was measured up and cut back to glue to the body.
Just enough detail is retained so that it looks as though the gearbox comes from under airbox.
The side pods were cut out.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
I then went about dremelling out the area under the nose to ensure sufficient space for the front axle and guide was created.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
This took some time and I soon realised that it would only work if I used the underside of the body itself as the top of the axle containment.
Essentially I cut down the containment designed into the chassis to provide front-back support and bottom stop.
This works well and demonstrates how the chassis can be severely modified without losing integrity or use.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
All this cutting out has of course significantly weakened the body and although some strength will be regained once it is all screwed together I felt some physical tying together would be useful.
I used some piano wire bent into shape to form some lower suspension arms and glued these through holes drilled into the body to give some strength.
Upper arms will be added in due course.
I'll get some photos of this tomorrow....