Ira Posted October 2, 2012 Author Posted October 2, 2012 GO IRA GO! cheers bryan Thanks Bryan! I'm Working on it...
Ira Posted October 2, 2012 Author Posted October 2, 2012 Lookin' good Ira ! One of these days I'll finish mine Thanks Pat! I just picked up another DW Van for a New Project...
Ira Posted October 2, 2012 Author Posted October 2, 2012 PULLIN' IN THE WHEELS!!! I cut off the Front Wheel Wells and removed about 1/8" from each side. Then I glued the Wheels Wells back in place. This will give me enough room to fit the Front Wheels inside the body. I also cut off the Rear Wheel Wells and removed an 1/8" slice from each side. I also raised the engine so it wont drag on the ground with the New Small Rear Tires. Here is the Chassis glued back together...
Ira Posted October 3, 2012 Author Posted October 3, 2012 MAKE IT SMALL... I cut off the front of the Rear Wheel Well to fit the Small Tires. Then I glued a piece of sheet plastic on the end to close it up. I cut what was left of the chassis beteeen the wheel wells and filled in with sheet plastic. Then I glued a strip of sheet plastic accross the rear wheel wells to close it off...
bryan_m Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 nice work on the chassis Ira. keep it goin buddy! cheers bryan
Ira Posted October 3, 2012 Author Posted October 3, 2012 CHASSIS MOCK-UP... The Chassis got a little crooked with all of that cutting & glueing. I added a small brace between the rear wheel wells that keeps things pretty straight... Here are a couple of photos of the position of the chassis in the body.
Ira Posted October 3, 2012 Author Posted October 3, 2012 More eye candy, more progress. KUTGW. Thank You Dr.!
Ira Posted October 3, 2012 Author Posted October 3, 2012 LITTLE WELLS... I made a Template from the front Wheel Well and traced the shape on the rear. Then I did a rough cut with a cutting wheel... I trimmed the Wheel Wells out pretty good with an X-acto Knife. Next I wrapped some Sandpaper around a bottle and Sanded the Wells Nice & Smooth!
Ira Posted October 3, 2012 Author Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) BiG SCOOPS!!! I needed some Intakes for the Rocket Engines. I found an old Custom Corvette Hood with the Perfect Scoops in the parts box! I cut them out and fit them to the sides of the Rocket Van! Here they are after some putty and sanding... Edited October 3, 2012 by Ira
LDO Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 Rockets don't breathe air. They don't need intakes. Cool project, though. I always follow your threads.
fredo84 Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 Oh Man ! You like to cut plastic ! Looking very good ! Good work !! F
Psychographic Posted October 4, 2012 Posted October 4, 2012 Rockets don't breathe air. They don't need intakes. Cool project, though. I always follow your threads. Yes, but you are talking about conventional rockets. These are Ira's SOOPERHITEKCARBONGRAPHITEAMMONIUMPOLYMERGOFAST rockets. I can assure you, they need intakes! Now for my good friend on the opposite coast. have you gone full circle in that you undealing a DW? I thought the idea was to put bigger wheels on a scale car, not smaller wheels on a DW. I'm curious to see where you are taking this. I know it will be crazy! Carry on buddy.
Ira Posted October 4, 2012 Author Posted October 4, 2012 I'm a realist at heart, but these builds are just too much fun to ignore. "...i'm not the van they think I am at home, oh no no no, i'm a rocket vaaaan..." Thanks Jasen!
Ira Posted October 4, 2012 Author Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) FERRARI ROCKET HYBRID!!! I have been playing with Car Engine and Rocket Parts to see what kind of an Engine I could come up with. I found that there are endless combinations of CarToon Hybrid Engines. Here is one... I ended up using parts from a Ferrari Testarossa and an X-Wing Fighter. Here is one of the first Mock-Ups of the final design! Remember this is CarToon Rocket Science, so anything is possible... Edited October 4, 2012 by Ira
Ira Posted October 4, 2012 Author Posted October 4, 2012 nice work on the chassis Ira. keep it goin buddy! cheers bryan Thanks Brian!
Tony-442 Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 Looks awesome Ira... Keep the progress photo's coming... Very cool!
crazyjim Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 Not fair!! I think you're having too much fun, Ira - but keep going.
Ira Posted October 5, 2012 Author Posted October 5, 2012 FERRARI ROCKET ENGINE!!! I started with the Ferrari Engine and began adding Rocket Parts. I added strips of plastic on the BiG Rocket Engines so I could Stack other Rocket Parts on top! I used the Metalic Red Paint to blend the 2 Engines together... Here is the Engine with Reversed Ferrari Parts and more CarToon Rocket Parts in place. I used The Detailer, on most of the silver Rocket Parts...
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