Le Mans Contest Entry: 2001 Corvette C5-R

mmmmmmmm.....carbon fiber engine

this is looking sooo awesome, kinda makes me want to start mine right now! as for the wire thing, you neednt worry as most wont have a clue, keep up the good work

This is one great project!
I will follow it closely because I will start my soon and I can see and learn many things from yours.

Zeljko, you are far too kind. The last couple of months have been extremely slow. I just did some work on the interior last night, so maybe the progress will pick up again soon.

Unfortunately, I'm in over my head, so at this point I'm just looking to get it done by the contest deadline...

Murray

Dont mean to ressurect, but I have to comment on the work of this caliber.

I just went through the entire thread. Absolutely stunning work. I wish I had seen this thread earlier. The work is amazing, great inspiration. Amazing how a halfway decent kit can turn to magnificent by a talented builder.

:thumbsup:

Some S-L-O-W progress for everyone....

First-up, an overall shot of what it looks like today. Not much different at first glance, other than a few details here and there

http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/IMG_5861v2.jpg

Just an overall shot of the rear end, which was shown above in earlier post. The fuel 'tubes' have some some painted on flex-joints, which I'm not really happy with yet. The black bands are strips of electrical tape. Not really sure why I did that, but I was hoping they would look like 'clamps' of some sort, and have a bit more texture than just paint. I suspect the whole thing will undergo more paint in the future. For now, they are what they are. The black box at the back is where the air hoses will eventually hook up to (haven't got that far yet...). I'm not really sure how it works in real-life, but in ref pics it sorta looks like this 'air-box' might be hooked to the diffuser under the car??
http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/IMG_5863v2.jpg

I added the battery and some electronic boxes into the interior. There are parts for this in the kit, but they're molded into the interior, and I didn't think they lookd all that great. I added some wiring, even though they're not really the right colors. Still have some paint touch-ups here and there, and some sort of straps that I assume would have held the battery in place. The battery cables will be painted later on, and are made out of solder. I'm pretty happy with the way the battery terminals turned out - I just flattened the end of the solder, and then drilled a hole in it. Looks Ok to me. That other little black bottle beside the battery was scratchbuilt too.
http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/IMG_5862v2.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/IMG_5865v2.jpg

I tried to put some heat-foil on the firewall. This is just chocolate-bar wrapper, with some MicroScale foil glue on the back. I intentionally made it wrinkly and patchy, as that's they way it seemed to look in my ref. photos.
http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/IMG_5864v2.jpg

I took a shot at making some exhuast headers from solder. They're not great, but better than the kit piece (sorry, forgot to take a comparison pic of the kit piece). The collector ends are just heat-shrink tubing (got that trick from AF) that will eventually be painted silver/grey. The tubing dimentions might be a little too small for scale correctness, but they won't be that noticeable in the final product anyways... (see other pics below)
http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/IMG_5866v2.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/IMG_5868v2.jpg
http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/IMG_5867v2.jpg

That's all for today. Better pick up the pace if I want to get it done before LeMans!!

Murray

Coming along nicely! I think your slow project makes the build justice, but if I compare with myself I tend to cut some corners in the end of the slow builds. Don't step into that one please :-) I think this can be so great.
best regards
Joel

Looking very good!

I've been waiting for an update for sooooo long! I refused to start on mine until I had enough examples from yours to start. Now that I see how you wired it, I can start wiring mine.... man I'm such a copy-cat.

SchuberT (Matt),
Thanks for the comments, but I guess I'd caution you if you're thinking my 'wiring' is in any way correct. Alot of what I've done is just 'artistic license' and in no way replicates how the real car wires/hoses would be hooked up. It was just too complicated from my ref photos to try to figure out. I just tried to make it look a little 'busy'...

If you're interested in some ref. photos of the real thing, PM me and I'll point some out to you.

Murray

going slowly, but look great.

Can't wait to see it finished.

Murray,
Stellar work!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SchuberT (Matt),
Thanks for the comments, but I guess I'd caution you if you're thinking my 'wiring' is in any way correct. Alot of what I've done is just 'artistic license' and in no way replicates how the real car wires/hoses would be hooked up. It was just too complicated from my ref photos to try to figure out. I just tried to make it look a little 'busy'...

If you're interested in some ref. photos of the real thing, PM me and I'll point some out to you.

Murray

Hehe, well the way you wired it looks pretty good to me. None of the reference I have show the in-car wiring, so I was just waiting to see how you did it.

Some great modeling in this thread !
The airboxes and headers looks great !

the "airbox" provides air to the pneumatic rams, they are used to lift the car up in pit-stops for tyre changes, it faster an easier than using jacks thats what the round things are in the floor of cars like the 2003 skyline GT-R JGTC an CLK-DTM 2000 they are just rams for raising the car

2.2 Straight six (I think it's Chris, but not sure...)

Thanks for the help. Here's the ref. pic I was looking at (the pic doesn't belong to me, and sorry, but I don't have the source handy to give proper credit...) You can see how the vent hoses go from the rear duct directly into the box.

So how does this really work? Is there some sort of compressor somewhere that takes this air from this 'box' and puts it into a tank somewhere? I figured those round things behind the wheels were the jacks, but didn't think they were connected to this somehow?

Thanks for your help.

Murray

http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/DSC00039_800x600.jpg

The aluminum tank is the oil tank for the engine. The airbox is for the rear end cooler. Air comes from the back deck, through the hoses, through the radiator, and then out the back of the car in the square opening. As for the airjacks, there are inlets on the sides of the car just in front of the doors for them that are hooked up during pit stops.
Nic

2.2 Straight six (I think it's Chris, but not sure...)

Thanks for the help. Here's the ref. pic I was looking at (the pic doesn't belong to me, and sorry, but I don't have the source handy to give proper credit...) You can see how the vent hoses go from the rear duct directly into the box.

So how does this really work? Is there some sort of compressor somewhere that takes this air from this 'box' and puts it into a tank somewhere? I figured those round things behind the wheels were the jacks, but didn't think they were connected to this somehow?

Thanks for your help.

Murray

http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/DSC00039_800x600.jpg

More progress.... (believe it or not)

Sat down last night and decided to try building a shock. Never done it before and it wasn't as easy as I thought. Cutting the tubing into thin slices wasn't easy...

Well, what do ya think? Should I build 3 more, or head back to the drawing board?

Murray

http://members.shaw.ca/m.k.kish/c5r_build/Picture%20005v2.jpg

Wow!! That's one hellava 1st attempt. Only problem with building that stunner is everyone is going to say "build 3 more!!!!"

A tut with your techniques on the other shocks would be great if you can find the time.

what i meant was in the diffuser you have a thing where its like a hole in the flat bottom (you also have the behind the front wheels) there's a hole in the flat underside of the car, in it there's what appears to be a "stud" a circle thingy if you will. these are air Jack/rams (like a hydraulic/pneumatic ram). when the car goes in for a pit stop, to make it quicker the crew don't use "conventional" jacks, the car has these "rams" built in which lifts it up off the ground. i cant really remeber what i meant before, but there are things like "tubes" that are the jack themselves.

oh and yea....i'm Chris

that shock is awesome. i say clean it up detail it and make 3 more!!! im in awe

look real good to me...

lets make 3 more :D

More progress.... (believe it or not)

Sat down last night and decided to try building a shock. Never done it before and it wasn't as easy as I thought. Cutting the tubing into thin slices wasn't easy...

Well, what do ya think? Should I build 3 more, or head back to the drawing board?

Murray




Hi, great shocks, did you bend the spring yourself?

Thanks everyone for the vote of confidence. 3 more coming up....

Micha, yes, the spring is just wire that was wrapped around a brass rod.

Thanks

Murray

Thanks everyone for the vote of confidence. 3 more coming up....

Micha, yes, the spring is just wire that was wrapped around a brass rod.

Thanks

Murray
Woah! Incredible effort! Tutorial on 3 more please.
Cheers
Tony

those shocks looks awesome! make 7 more... 4 for me too ;)

damn impressive work

i am doing this same kit and now feel very ashamed of my car :( i look at yours and go "damn"then look down at my not nearly as detailed car so so nice car

This is really top work!
I also have this kit, but did not started yet. Could you please let me know the source of your ref. pictures.

Hey man, I figured I'd show you these pictures I took at the inagural New England Grand Prix. I dunno if they'll help or not, but the last one shows the requisite position lights on the side of the car.

http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/4835/pict13527ml.th.jpg (http://img320.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict13527ml.jpg)http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/484/pict13531bs.th.jpg (http://img77.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict13531bs.jpg)http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6238/pict13849vc.th.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict13849vc.jpg)

Well, I've been sorta trying to forget about this build for a while. Let's just say it 'beat me'..... for now. I haven't given up, just needed to set it aside and re-build the motivatation a bit. It'll come back, but not likely for a while yet....


deltableh - every pic counts. Thanks for the help.

geronimo77 - If you take a look in the link below (third post down), it should have pretty much all of the various websites where I snagged pics/info from.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=260312


Murray

Shame to say this is my 1st visit to this thread, and I'm very impressed with the level of detail and work you have put into this :) Don't quit !

I have a GMP 1:12 C5R, incredible detail. Lemme know if you need any pics

http://www.ihostphotos.com/imgt/195009.jpg (http://www.ihostphotos.com/show.php?id=195009)

Wow! it looks superb!

Well, I've been sorta trying to forget about this build for a while. Let's just say it 'beat me'..... for now. I haven't given up, just needed to set it aside and re-build the motivatation a bit. It'll come back, but not likely for a while yet...

I've seen your work at the shows Murray, I see no reason why you are not able to finish this build. Dont let a Revell beat you (an MPC maybe, but not a Revell) :)

Thanks for your kind words and confidence. I must admit, that all of the recent C5-Rs on AF have inspired me to jump back into this build. I was just overwhelmed with it, and needed a break.

I'm currently working on an airplane (Mig-21) that I want to finish before I jump back into this, but I will get there....

Thanks again for your kind words. It'll be back, eventually..... In the mean time, I'm building inspiration from the builds of Mickbench, Rickard_Olsson, Stijnbamps1 and builder77 !!

Murray