Lotus C-01

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/58675/14224223.60/0_c160a_25638262_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/792074?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/170265/14224223.60/0_c1609_66a4f357_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/792073?page=0)

The kit was bought on eBay in Summer, 2016, for 190 Euro.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/56941/14224223.60/0_c1488_9eaa5f4e_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/791688?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/46400/14224223.60/0_c1489_feaba82_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/791689?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/46114/14224223.60/0_c148a_d970b6e7_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/791690?page=0)

Soon after receiving I started to work with the body. Unfortunately, I have found that it has many imperfections compare to the original.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/148218/14224223.60/0_c14e2_1f92c90f_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/791778?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/61411/14224223.60/0_c15d9_bc542bfa_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/792025?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/38765/14224223.60/0_c1d35_94fd871c_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/793909?page=0)

At first, I thought to improve it manually.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/120031/14224223.60/0_c15dc_e40114f7_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/792028?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/151273/14224223.60/0_c1d09_7e4b5e62_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/793865?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/35989/14224223.60/0_c1d83_ddaeb2e_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/793987?page=0)

But lately my brother offered me the 3D model, which was created by himself.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/37849/14224223.61/0_c29f7_e99d294b_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/797175?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/46114/14224223.61/0_c29f8_90ff1865_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/797176?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/45082/14224223.61/0_c29f9_a5f0a948_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/797177?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/41340/14224223.61/0_c29fa_28a2c492_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/797178?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/94372/14224223.61/0_c2b8f_3bf671ff_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/797583?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/112776/14224223.61/0_c2b90_6f1dd5ee_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/797584?page=0)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/118528/14224223.61/0_c2df2_86c1072_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/798194?page=0)

It was the great and unexpected present for me!
Thus I decided to make a new body from scratch. First of all I have created separate parts in 3D with flanges and pins to match together during assembly.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/202427/14224223.6d/0_d4b82_15749df3_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/871298?page=1)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/225650/14224223.6d/0_d4b83_7d40c086_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/871299?page=1)

At the moment all 17 parts are complete and ready for printing on my own 3D printer Formlabs Form2.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/233577/14224223.6e/0_d5509_4f970380_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/873737?page=1)

Wow awesome. This will be great to watch.

This is going to be epic! Looking forward to see this beauty of a bike.

Rick

The parts were printed.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/756497/14224223.6e/0_d55f1_faeb05a5_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/873969)

The post curing.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/371503/14224223.6e/0_d55f2_992c5ac3_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/873970)

It's amazing how technology is changing our hobby, adding that to your mad skills will result in a wonderful looking bike! Superb job.

Rick

Thank you Rick!
The printed parts were cleared from support.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/206909/14224223.6e/0_d55fe_5f7a5b1d_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/873982)

Testing fit.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/467315/14224223.6e/0_d55ff_45fcb195_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/873983)

Wow! Can't wait to see more.

Hi Bernard,

You can see more intermediate steps in my local forum: http://forum.autoinscale.com/viewtopic.php?id=10238

I do follow that forum as well, but only for the pictures since I can't read Russian :)

Sure you can use online translator for rough translation.

I forgot to print the side covers.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/508505/14224223.6e/0_d585b_6664bdab_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/874587?page=1)

Printed.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/476474/14224223.6e/0_d5859_a0c2e6ee_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/874585?page=1)

Started to adapt the rear swingarm from kit.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/476474/14224223.6e/0_d585a_514d5c5e_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/874586?page=1)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/769132/14224223.6e/0_d585c_3ce2297e_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/874588?page=1)

More deep modelling of the wheel and brake discs.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/369167/14224223.6e/0_d5c70_64d1498c_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/875632?page=1)

The jig for assembly.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/517809/14224223.6f/0_d5ddf_5c3d27eb_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/875999?page=1)

The printed parts. The side covers were a bit modified and reprinted.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/370378/14224223.6f/0_d5def_d7e35a80_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/876015?page=1)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/480022/14224223.6f/0_d5df0_6428f58e_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/876016?page=1)

The quick test fitting.
https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/517808/14224223.6f/0_d5df1_2e6ae14a_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/876017?page=1)

https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/369087/14224223.6f/0_d7afc_2b2df5bc_XL.jpg (https://fotki.yandex.ru/next/users/mikhailpetrenko/album/165098/view/883452)

Amazing work - really impressed! Really looking forward to seeing this finished.
Do you know how well this is matched to the actual bike that ha s been given to the motorcycle press as the pics you show at the beginning are CAD renders released before the bike was built. I have had the 3 bike pic as part of my screensaver at work for a few years now.
ATB
Rick

The transparent body was broken due to fall down. So I had forced to print the new one.https://scalecustoms.ru/uploads/monthly_2023_05/IMG_7433.JPG.e39ba2a75c03b80736be52243425c2c0.JPG

https://scalecustoms.ru/uploads/monthly_2023_05/IMG_7432.JPG.1b6a6af4b001bdeadb75a3b89d2744db.JPG

https://scalecustoms.ru/uploads/monthly_2023_05/IMG_7437.JPG.43febb743a3db4eb71737bddc05bf27c.JPG

I created an addition to the jig to fix the body strictly vertically.
https://scalecustoms.ru/uploads/monthly_2023_06/1541807209_Stand02.JPG.587b4c8f042c6a2615399e72966 42789.JPG

https://scalecustoms.ru/uploads/monthly_2023_06/IMG_6138.jpeg.f961afee60157f7ddb342bb313a1b638.jpe g

https://scalecustoms.ru/uploads/monthly_2023_06/IMG_6139.jpeg.86573da29fa861c764304bdbb76f6ecc.jpe g

https://scalecustoms.ru/uploads/monthly_2023_06/IMG_6141.jpeg.e698cffdf50ed23a5cded1bf79c43a64.jpe g

Also some new parts were printed.https://scalecustoms.ru/uploads/monthly_2023_06/IMG_6142.jpeg.e828a867ec66f2f9c5f2cf5b958a6066.jpe g

Quick assembling with Blu Tack.
https://scalecustoms.ru/uploads/monthly_2023_06/IMG_6147.jpeg.4f6e639a31b7bb27671be8d799a83aa9.jpe g