Time Attack/Circuit Racer Mitsubishi Evo V

[Mech@niC]

Hello Mike,

I really admire your work and skills, but I think you made it yourself
a little to difficult.
At leatst that's my opinion.

Maurits

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by Mech@niC

Hello Mike,

I really admire your work and skills, but I think you made it yourself
a little to difficult.
At leatst that's my opinion.

Maurits

Hi Maurits,

I really enjoy this kind of work, as a mechanical engineer by trade I enjoy the enoneering aspect of modelling more than building using existing parts. Designing my own parts and figuring out how they will work together is extremely fun to me. In fact, designing the engine to make sure the crank shaft will rotate correctly was most enjoyable.

Thanks for the admiration though, it's most humbling.

Regards,
Mike

[dozman]

Mike, seriously impressive work............ I hate you, in a good way

[tak124]

any updates?

[mike@af]

I bet you guys thought this project was buried in the grave. I decided to get back into it after tossing and turning the idea of what to do with the chassis. I've designed a new chassis, that I will soon begin working on. For the mean time, I thought I'd grab one of my spare bodies and start roughing out some body work. I started working on the wide front fender and raised wheel arch.

First thing I did was cut off the stock side skirts and front lip to eventually be replaced (which is why it looks like a monster truck currently). Tell you what though, this thing is a pain to photograph to show the modified wheel arches that lead into the hood area.







While I was out of town on business this week I managed to get some design work done in the hotel room for the front uprights. Hope to start machining these before the Southern NNL in November.



Thanks for looking guys!

[jaykay640]

Nice update, and good it has been resurrected :-)
The upright looks very promising. How are you gonna machine it? Especially that wheel nut!? I'd be interested in that. In 1:24 that's pretty damn small....

[escalajet]

Impresionante, verdadero modelismo a escala hasta el ultimo detalle. Felicitaciones

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

That thing's going to look great when it's finished. Oh...wait...

[endac]

Glad to see this project is back, i often wondered what had become of it

[da_ashman]

Glad to see this one back on track... love the body mods! Going for a SuperGT (JGTC) look?

[mike@af]

Thanks guys!

Joachim - The wheel nut and spindle will be a challenge. I've designed the wheel nut so that instead of using a slitting saw to cut the "teeth", I will use a .25mm drill and drill around the nut, and then turn the nut down to expose the teeth. After which I will follow up with a .25mm end mill and clean it all up. Looking quite forward to the challenge.

Moving on!

Thanks to the long weekend, I've had a chance to get a little bit done. I wish I'd been further along at this point, especially with the front suspension which seems to be the biggest road block. As I left off, I was working on the body work, so I continued on taking inspiration from some of my aerodynamics experience and Super GT and DTM cars. Both front fenders are close to completion, so I began working on the rears which have a long ways to go still. I've also started drawing out the ducts for the hood.

Keep in mind, this is only a master/prototype for the brass work so all of the body work is fairly high level and not very detailed. All the body panels will either be vacuum formed or made out of brass to achieve the appropriate scale thickness.











I also started working on the mockup prototype of the flat bottom, monocoque, rollcage, and chassis. Just as with the body work, this is only a prototype to be made with much more level detail out of brass. It's a lot easier to fix mistakes in styrene than brass, so I'm doing all my test fitting with these prototypes.



Thanks for looking!

[auw12]

That's absolutely mental...

[Scale-Master]

That is looking great Mike.
But may I suggest you ditch the .25mm Drill and just use a .25mm End Mill? If you "Drill" with a ball end End Mill, then follow up with a flat End Mill as you describe, I think you might have an easier time making cleaner parts. Just a thought...

[da_ashman]

Love the bodywork so far!!! Looks awesome without a spoiler! Cant wait to see what happens next

[potatochief]

Great work! ill keep the proto for you anyday!