Topless Trio: 360 Spyder

[deltableh]

:-o

[agamo]

Glad to see this going!!

Great job on those calipers! and the interior look awesome with that color scheme, I like the green.

Waiting for more...

[auw12]

WOWWWWW~~~~~~~finally it returns!!!!!fantastic works Mr.MPWR!!! where're the other two badass~~~~

[sportracer02]

Great job on this one, your abilities concerning scratchbuilding are amazing

[gionc]

Wow Andy, simply stunning

[ales]

That was so unnecessary! I like it!

[godfather23]

I don´t get it! This is simply stunning! Where is the "drool"-emoticon?

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by auw12

where're the other two badass~~~~

Well, this badass is in hiding - I feel a bit wimpy in comparison

Outstanding job, Andy. Those discs and hubs are jaw breakers

[Enzoenvy1]

Looks like you are going to be machining some lugs for the wheels too then?

Awesome work, it really is!

[quadzero]

Blessed be the power of MPWR's modelling skills. WOW.

[Merkava]

Well I'll be a gentleman's uncle's pet monkey... Those rotors look better than the real thing. I mean it!

[daklunk]

Those brakes are amazing! And I like the green

[Jaymes]

wow...no comment. except to say that you prolly have ocd

[kunta]

Amazing detailing work!! great progress. keep it up!

[MPWR]

Thanks everyone! Yeah I like the green, too (and wait 'til you see it with the body!). I could do some lugs for the wheels, but they'd be completely cosmetic- the new brakes hold poly caps just like the kit parts, so the wheels get put on as normal (besides, I can't actually thread anything that small- yet). And no, I think if I had OCD I would probably get more done.

Meanwhile, here's some work on the suspension. Again, I was lucky enough that Tamiya included excellent dampers with the kit. Their only weakness is of course that it's nearly impossible to create a good looking spring in injection molded plastic. So as I knew I was going to replace the spring section, I may as well do the whole dampers, right?

Here are some machined odds and ends and one of the completed replacement dampers.



These are the new mounting points. They're really really small.



Ready for mounting. Looks just like the kit part- only shinier!



In it's new home. The pivot pins are PE bolt heads. I could have drilled them out and put in actual pivots, but it would hardly make a visual difference. On the other hand if there was a good way to hinge the a-frames, it wouldn't be hard to make the damper functional.



But of course the super large discs do a pretty good job of hiding the suspension.



This kind of work would really make more sense on an Enzo or CGT, where the dampers and bellcranks are readilly visible- but I'm considering this practice for when I build one! Meanwhile if at all possible, I would like to finish this one by the end of the year. I guess we'll see....

Thanks for watching!