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Rather than flood this page with new topic's, from now on all TDR Innovations products, both new and spy shots, and reviews will be posted in this thread.

Our new Deuce IFS/IRS is very popular. So, we've decided to build an IRS for the 8th scale T.

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The T IRS is similar to the Deuce one, only with a different rear cross member. No chassis modifications are needed. Depending on whether you build with a pick up bed or tub style body, you may need to make some very minor modifications.

We're also working on several new engines, including two new hemi's, small and big block Chev's and an Ardun flathead. All will be offered with automatic or standard transmission and speed equipment options. We'll also have a standard trans bellhousing and fourspeed trans for the Offy.

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Watch for these and other new products to be in production in January 2010.

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>We'll also have a standard trans bellhousing and fourspeed trans for the Offy.

thats first on my list!

let me ask you, this irs, is the center line of the axle at the same or less a distance from the frame crossmember as the stock halibrand axle? in other words will using the irs as you have it pictured raise the rear end of the T vs using the stock axle and transverse spring?

it sure looks wicked!

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Yes, we do have some small scale stuff scanned and we'll be doing some R&D next year. We have done some small scale custom orders so if you have anything in particular in mind, please send us an E at "tdr.innovations@gmail.com".

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We've had several enquiries about the measurements of our new TDR Innovations Pro Street Chassis. We've produced the attached CAD drawing and measurements that should help when considering whether or not to put it under your 8th scale body.

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Remember, this chassis kit is optioned with three different front tread widths and two optional rear clips.

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Rather than flood this page with new topic's, from now on all TDR Innovations products, both new and spy shots, will be posted in one thread, titled "New TDR Products and Spy Shots".

Our new Deuce IFS/IRS is very popular. So, we've decided to build an IRS for the 8th scale T.

IMG_4915.jpg

The T IRS is similar to the Deuce one, only with a different rear cross member. No chassis modifications are needed. Depending on whether you build with a pick up bed or tub style body, you may need to make some very minor modifications.

We're also working on several new engines, including two new hemi's, small and big block Chev's and an Ardun flathead. All will be offered with automatic or standard transmission and speed equipment options. We'll also have a standard trans bellhousing and fourspeed trans for the Offy.

IMG_4919.jpg

Watch for these and other new products to be in production in January 2010.

MAN THIS IS SWEET!! CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL DO IN 1/16TH SCALE!!

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Here's a few more products from TDR Innovations. Like all of our products these are CAD designed and Rapid Prototype produced. Depending on builder preference, some surface smoothing may be required. This is easily accomplished with high build primer, sandpaper, sanding sticks, small files etc. Holes can be cleaned/reamed with a hand drill.

This is a bellhousing, starter and fourspeed trans for the Offy engine. Now this engine can be used in street rod and salt flats applications.

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Next is an 8th scale Rack & Pinion steering.

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As promised, we're now offering an IRS for the Bit T kits. No chassis modifications are required but depending on which body style you are building, some minor work to the floor may be required.

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Due to the overwellming support from the management of this site and its many members, in future all new TDR parts will be splashed here first. With that in mind, today we are introducing our new TDR392 and a transmission for the Allison.

The TDR392 can be ordered as a basic long block or as a complete blower motor.

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This is our transmission for the Allison engine. This image shows the assembled it and as you can see it is very well detailed.

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Next up will be our TDR-SBC and TDR-BBC. Both will have several induction options and will be highly detailed. Watch for them in the next week.

For further information on these and other products, please visit our web site at "www.tdrcatalog.com" or contact us at "tdr.innovations@gmail.com"

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wow, amazing!!

AND 1/24 1/25 stuff!!

now, all i gotta do is get a job so's i can spend some $$..lol

The only thing we can offer in the 1/24 and 1/25 scale range are car bodies. The affordable 3d printing technology that we use leaves a rough sand cast finish on everything, so if we attemped to print out....say a carb in 1/24th scale the tiny details would be washed out by the rough finish.

Some day the cost of the high end 3D printers will come down and we will be able to print just about anything out. Right now those high end printers can easily cost more than $100,000.

So, until that day, we have to stick to larger parts. 1/8 and 1/12th work pretty good but any smaller than that and we can only do the bodies.

Also, all our computer models are manually created. We do not do any scanning. It would be pretty tough to pick up some of the deep details we model in, with a scanner.

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Our TDR392 is 8th scale. In regards to a FED chassis, you're not the first one to ask. I've had a previous discussion with one of our customers and its on our radar but not in the immediate future. But, having said that, if the interest is there we'd certainly take a look at doing a chassis. We base our product development on what we think the market demands and what our customers tell us they want.

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if you're thinking about buying one of these engines, you should. i can tell you, i bought (2) 426 hemi's and i am definately not disappointed. nice detail, "tons of fun" to work with and loads of accessories (or you can do what i do and create some of your own). hope you didn't mind me jumping in and puttin' in my 2 cents worth.

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Re: 1/24-1/25 ("small scale") products, thanks for the comment about limitations of current affordable printer technology. Obviously, for many of us larger scale models are unattractive due to the dual issues of expense and space consumption. So we'll just have to wait for higher resolution printing technology to trickle down to a lower cost factor.

Having said that, I can only encourage you all to bring the sense of detail and accuracy of proportion with relatively rapid turnaround that this technology affords to the small scale world by producing more bodies as soon as is practicable. It will help establish the brand in the small scale space while high resolution output comes down to small market levels.

Also, besides printing output, what are any other limitations with the CAD work you have already done on mechanical bits with regard to scaling down to small scale? One workaround might be to produce rough small scale parts and then have them hand finished to produce the final master.

Just some thoughts. The products you are producing are so exciting that I'm quite sure it's already drawn more than a few modelers into the larger scale world.

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Thanks for the positive comments Bernard. The reaction to our two new bodies has been very positive worldwide. If the interest continues, we may look at developing more small scale bodies.

With the technology we are currently using, we cannot print small scale "small" parts with the accuracy and detail that we can with our large scale parts. Having said that, we have considered putting some of our parts into resin and if that materializes, we may master some small scale parts that can be reproduced in resin. Right now we're looking for a resin caster that has the same committment and goals that we do.

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Some of you have enquired privatly about why TDR hasn't made any product announcements recently. One writer even asked if we'd left town.

Truth is guys that we're heavily involved in R&D. Many of our current products are selling very well so we felt that the time has come to work on creating some new products. In coming months we'll be introducing some new stuff that we think you'll like. The majority of what we do is in 8th scale but due to the success of the 1/24-5 Jag and Mustang bodies we may introduce one or two new small scale bodies later this year.

We've also engaged a member of this site who will be evaluating some of our products on site. In addition, he'll be doing some body prep and build tutorials that should be very helpfull to those that are interested in purchasing our products.

Finally, to those enquiring minds who are wondering about a particular large scale body.................there will be an announcement, but sorry guys, ya gotta sit tight for a while yet.

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Hello everyone!

First, I`ll give a quick introduction. I have been posting on the MCM message board for a while now, and most of my subjects are large scale, which you may have seen posted in this sub-forum. I mostly build 1/12 Corvettes and Camaros, but I have hundreds of other models of all scales from 1/32 to 1/4 (Revell`s visible V8 engine), and from all years from the 20`s to current production cars. But since I am partial to the large scale models, I was excited when I was asked to provide independent reviews of TDR Innovation`s products. I`ll try to do my best to give a builder`s perspective on their products to give everyone a clear impression of what to expect, and along the way maybe even incorporate some of their items into some of my projects.

I will be taking a look at the following products:

1/25 Scale Miss "E" Car Body (`67 Mustang "Eleanor")

http://www.tdrcatalog.com/servlet/the-85/mustang-eleanor-1968-Ford/Detail

1/8 Scale GM 350 Basic Crate Engine

http://www.tdrcatalog.com/servlet/the-110/1-fdsh-8-scale-350-SBC/Detail

I will be prepping and building both of these, and taking pictures and giving my honest impressions along the way. Please look for my posts and follow the progress in the coming days. I have already unpacked both these kits, and will be giving my impressions on both shortly. Please feel free to ask questions.

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I am going to start off with my impressions of the Mustang body. The kit contains the body, a seperate hood, trunk lid, doors, and bumper. The body is similar to "Eleanor" from Gone in 60 Seconds. Here is what the bare body and hood will look like before any prep:

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Packaging

I deliberately left the doors, trunk lid, and bumper in the original packaging so you get an idea of how it will be packed when it arrives at your door. Each piece, including the body and doors, are individually wrapped, tightly wrapped in fact, in bubble wrap. Then the entire lot of parts are wrapped in bubble wrap and surrounded by peanuts before placed in the box. My pieces arrived in absolutely perfect condition. Judging from the amount of packing material surrounding the parts, I don`t see much chance of the parts being damaged in shipping, aside from a forklift driving over it. :rolleyes: I was very delicate with the parts while removing the bubble wrap to be careful not to damage the parts. I`m not sure how much care needs to be taken with these, but they seem more resilient than I initially thought.

Impression

The body appears to be accurate, more so than the AMT body, but they are close, IMO. The texture is, well, unusual. As you can see from the photo, there are lines in the mold indicating the resolution of the "printer." The best way I can describe it is if you could imagine what dropping your display properties in Windows down to 256 colors would look like in tangible, able to handle material. I took some 400 grit sandpaper to it, and it seems to "level off" pretty quickly and easily, sort of like a high build primer. I will be posting more about that as I post in progress pictures. The windshield and rear window are molded into the body. I am going to attempt to remove these and replace with clear stock styrene, which should be interesting. :o Overall, it looks like this should be a pretty nice `67 body once it is sanded smooth. I kinda wish I would`ve had something like this when I built my "Eleanor" a few years back.

Next, I will be taking a quick look at the SBC kit. I will be posting more pictures shortly.

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