southpier Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 ..... Finishing anything in a reasonable time is a departure for me, as I usually get bogged down in esoteric details that take forever .....
DrKerry Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 Ya know what sucks Bill??? When ya live in a three story townhouse and ya open a page like this and get blown out the window!!!! This is so freakin' awesome words can't explain!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW, I'll be watchin' this one!!
blazefox Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Check out Andy's video. It's pure inspiration. I think dieselpunk is going to capture lots of builders' imaginations. ahhh yes last exile very good anime. only 26 episodes but verry good
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 23, 2013 Author Posted January 23, 2013 So I said I was gonna do a curbside to hurry and get 'er done. I lied. Frame from the gluebomb Pyro '37 Auburn getting gutted. Narrowed at the front, it just snuggles into the Flintstone shell (with some hacking on the shell, of course). A Revell Corvette showcar gluebomb has kindly offered its front suspension, crossmember and floors to the project. Floors in. Frame rails angle-cut to raise the arch to where it will clear the IRS axles. Jigged to keep it square. And a little styling change...veed windshield.
blunc Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Are ya gonna V the roof at the top of the wind screen?
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 24, 2013 Author Posted January 24, 2013 You typed "snuggles". Must be all the warm fuzzies I'm getting from the "Dixie" thread. Are ya gonna V the roof at the top of the wind screen? Yup. Going to lay the A-pillars back to make it happen. This is WAY cool!! Thank you sir.
Draggon Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 I got distracted at the old spindletop bottle. Mmmmm
Dr. Cranky Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Unbelievable, the way you cleaned up that frame and the whole model has that GOTCHA flavor to it. Man, take your vitamins and keep it going, this thing is going to be a great model.
gtx6970 Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Interesting. I've always liked the art deco type stuff. so you have my attention. And Yes, I liked The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. But, if I may, something looks out of place in the ft. maybe the headlights should be molded into the fenders Or maybe if they were only lowered closer to the body . The V'd roof /windshield will definitly add to the look. Back end is really cool as is
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 24, 2013 Author Posted January 24, 2013 Interesting. I've always liked the art deco type stuff. so you have my attention. And Yes, I liked The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. But, if I may, something looks out of place in the ft. maybe the headlights should be molded into the fenders Or maybe if they were only lowered closer to the body . The V'd roof /windshield will definitly add to the look. Back end is really cool as is I appreciate your input, and the headlights ARE going to be faired into a long, tapering bucket behind them, rather like '37 Caddy buckets, but smaller and longer and sleeker to accommodate the 5" lenses (which will be rounded in front for a more streamlined effect, will be in fact LEDs, and will light up if I can find the room for the wiring).
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 24, 2013 Author Posted January 24, 2013 looking cool.. cant wait to see it in color. Thanks. Right now I'm thinking '30-'32 Chevy Nile Green, a medium bluish-green that looks great with chrome, and has the period feel I'm after.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 24, 2013 Author Posted January 24, 2013 Unbelievable, the way you cleaned up that frame and the whole model has that GOTCHA flavor to it. Man, take your vitamins and keep it going, this thing is going to be a great model. Thanks Dr.C. Mocking up the turbines, battery packs and electric power units right now.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) STILL IN MOCKUP PHASE, so parts and fitment are rough. Frame tidied up the rest of the way, with new tubular crossmembers. Grotty members in previous pix were fixtures. Bits for guts. Individual wheel motors will be cut down from gluebomb wheels in the AMT '32 Ford / '40 Willys double kit. Front suspension (purple) and crossmember cut down from Revell StingRay3 kit. Rear suspension (black) reworked from Monogram 1/24 Cord front suspension. Banana arms are similar to Porsche 911 in function and layout. Battery packs from parts bin, represent Lithium-ion packs. Banana arms on a new torsion bar tube. Brass tube to keep everything square while setting up. Front and rear suspension, wheel-motors and batteries in place. There will be driveshafts running from the motors to each adjacent wheel, and inboard disc brakes. Though this thing would have re-generative electric brakes that convert the kinetic energy of the vehicle to electricity and recharge the batteries while braking, the lightweight hydraulic brakes are necessary to bring the car to a full stop and for emergency use should the electrical system fail. Micro-turbines reworked from the AMT Amtronic, big alternator made up from stacked air filters, Corvair engine fan, etc. Power unit assembled. Installed in chassis at necessary angle to fit within bodywork. Edited January 25, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 whaaaa awsome Thank you very much sir ! How it works: When the turbines (one or both) are running, they turn a huge alternator that pumps electricity through a large rectifier which converts it from AC to DC, and then on to the vehicle's wheel-motors and into the storage batteries. Under normal operation, power coming from the alternator drives the vehicle down the road, and at cruising speeds (which require relatively little energy to maintain) one turbine can be shut down. When maximum acceleration is called for, power from the battery storage pack augments the power available from the alternator to give a burst of speed, for a few seconds. Massive acceleration is only available as long as the charge in the batteries lasts, but once high speed is achieved it takes less energy to sustain it, and the turbine / alternator power unit can maintain speed while recharging the battery packs (rapid-recharge, deep-cycle lithium-ion). The vehicle has a limited range on battery power alone and can be recharged from household current (plug-in-hybrid). Under braking, the wheel-motors are electrically switched to become generators, and electricity generated is pumped back into the battery packs. Excess power (more than the batteries can absorb) is converted to heat by large resistors (dynamic braking), and normal hydraulic disc brakes are used to bring the vehicle to a stop (regenerative won't stop, only slow), for emergency backup, and for parking brakes.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) Once again gentlemeng, thanks for the kind words. The twin-turbine engine / drivetrain layout is pretty much lifted from the now-defunct Jaguar C-X75 project. It's a real, functioning system, not science-fiction. JAGUAR C-X75: Edited January 26, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
crazyrichard Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 just awsome , especially to combine it the way you are doing !!
David G. Posted January 26, 2013 Posted January 26, 2013 You've been reading-up on Diesel locomotives! Excellent work and sound concepts! David G.
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