[car] mcrae enduro 1:24 scratchbuilt

[marcor86]

hi guy, this is my first post!!

sorry for my english...i'm italian and at school i have only 3 and 4 in english...

i try to built, to scratch built the project of colin mcrae for race in dakar race, the mcrae enduro...before i draw a 3d plans of the frame, after i built the frame with plasticard, this is the result, i must ednding the frame, and create all the other things...










at this time it's at all...i hope u can help me in this adventure, and also in my english, why not....

[luchoteam]

Dont worry about your english, im from Argentina and i dont have the most excelent english level and i undestand you...so i guess everybody does

About the proyect....is looking great, that frame is coming along very nice

Good luck and keep posting the news

[Drift F.C]

Great work and your english is not too bad. What program did you use to design it?

[marcor86]

thank you....for draw this frame i used sketch-up, a freeware program of google!!
today i will progress with work....

[ScratchBuilt]

Excellent - more scratchbuilt chassis-work! Welcome to the forum - in at the deep end, I think!

Any thoughts about how you'll be making the bodywork? I assume there isn't a kit of this car for sale anywhere? It should keep you busy for some time! Looking forward to seeing this one develop.

Best of luck, and I'll be following with interest.

SB

[endac]

Looks good so far. Nice work with the framework

[rollin80s]

welcome to the first post! lols

that is some fantastic work you have going on. looking forward to the rest of the build.

[marcor86]

hello guy....i've finished the frame of my car!!!now i must put on engine trnsmission suspension, and crete from wood the body...easy no?






in this formu i see more big scratchbuilder and i'd love to have a opinion of my work...thk, marco...

[ScratchBuilt]

Hi Marco,

That's looking really good! Considering the size, there's a lot of tubes in there and they all look straight and true: nothing appears to be twisted, it looks like it's sitting level...good stuff! I always find building the chassis one of the most enjoyable parts of the project - you can really see when you're making progress.

Are the flat panels glued permanently in place? I tend to leave my panels off until the last moment, just to make it easier to assemble the model and get at everything - even at 1/8 scale there are times when you can't quite get your fingers (or a drill) where they need to be!

I see you've added some filler to some of the joints - are you just gluing everything together, or are you reinforcing the tubes with internal pins? At 1/24 the weight probably isn't going to be a problem, but I know that my chassis get a lot of handling during the build, and when you start adding the engine, gearbox etc, they start to get heavy! I've always tried to build strength into the chassis structure and nothing has broken....yet.

All the best,

SB