caterhamnut Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 Model engine update before exhaust and fitting: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 (edited) Fantastic -! Great to have you back. You will soon be the Elon Musk of resin........ Edited March 18, 2020 by Codger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterhamnut Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 After quite a bit of effort.... ...and figuring out how to support the model... The manifold will attach to the block with bolts, as everything lines up - thanks to the solidworks model! But I have not modeled the chassis or panels, so getting all those hard points to line up is a challenge! It did take a few attempts... Once I selected the parts, I added some detail - in this case the lamda sensor... Once I had the fit ok, I painted the exhaust. The main exhaust can will be covered by a heat shield. In these photos nothing is fixed into place yet....just test fitting. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I had to remove that small chassis diagonal brace to swing the header through the hole and I see you did too. But your header is much more defined than Tammy's. Superlatives are inadequate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterhamnut Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 Other bits and bobs: Steering wheel has a central pad, unlike the one on the R500's ....and the interior tunnel top requires sculpting. Handbrake has to be added (not in the kit) I had to make some rubber interior mats... 3 minutes ago, Codger said: I had to remove that small chassis diagonal brace to swing the header through the hole and I see you did too. But your header is much more defined than Tammy's. Superlatives are inadequate. Thanks mate 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterhamnut Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 Dash - although the dash in the kit is the same layout as this model, the Superlight has a carbon dash - the texture on the dash would have to be removed to cover the dash in a carbon decal - but this would be very difficult to do around all the instruments and switches - so of course it requires drawing up and printing.... I covered the dash in the carbon decal, and then set about the switches and dials, which I elected to make all separately. I coloured and cut tiny pieces of foil to represent the lights within the rocker switches. I drew up the instrument gauges... Still work to do on this - and these parts are just placed, not fixed yet... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterhamnut Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 This car has an FIA roll bar fitted - the kit comes with an old style roll bar you often see on Japanese cars for some reason - and of course the R500's had full cages. I printed this using a slightly different support method for the printed parts - usually you place many small supports, but these can lead to a lot of marks that need to be removed, or worse, 'sagging' of the resin around the parts. So for these thin 'rods' I instead drew a thing 'fin' in the solidworks model - this would provide support all along the length of the bar, and be easy to sand off once printed - it worked well. Test fitting... So that is where I am as of now...the photos below show most of the parts so far started 'assembled' loosely - nothing is fixed into position here, so it all looks a bit wonky! Next stage is probably to aim to fix the engine into place, once I am sure everything else has been done that will be much harder to access once the engine is in. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoly Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 forgive me for asking what is probably a dumb question, but if you glued the switches onto the dashboard, why did you print the dashboard with the cutouts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterhamnut Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 11 hours ago, spoly said: forgive me for asking what is probably a dumb question, but if you glued the switches onto the dashboard, why did you print the dashboard with the cutouts? It may not be visible in the photos, but the back of the printed switches have a square pin, which locate in the dashboard holes - so all about the correct location/spacing etc. The holes on the dash are a lot smaller than the switches or dials - which also have a small locating step on the rear. No such thing as a dumb question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouln Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Fantastic work. Amazing how much you do with your CAD/3D printing facility. Have to think about this to see what it can do for me. Anyway, great stuff, keep it coming and thank you for sharing all this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Wowzer! This is incredible stuff, you say you are a novice with CAD and 3d printing? But there is no sign of that here, this is one of the most interesting and well made projects I have ever seen on a forum, your like a scifi gerald wingrove! And the possibilities of that K series... MG F/TF various rovers and metros etc. After seeing this I am tempted to give it a go myself, partially for work/car related items, but I have a 1/16th XJS that I want to replicate my real car with, but I have a 6 cylinder but the kit is 12... the mind ponders Keep the updates coming, incredible stuff! Andy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 I wonder what happened to this project 😢 Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 That’s some excellent work there. I feel your pain with the exhaust runs, I’ve just been playing ‘snake herding’ myself and had to make friends with 3D sketching too. Be nice to see the finished article. regards, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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