offroadcreations Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Hi everyone, I'm showing you my newest MOC, the Skeleton Street Racer, but first, let me explain how it came to be... I was finishing up my 9395 4x4 Mod and thought it would be cool to have a car frame to tow around to show it's capabilities. I stole the wheels and tires from the 8041 on my shelf, and built a chassis. I thought I shouldn't stop there, so I made the rest of the body. I told myself I shouldn't make it really detailed, so it wouldn't distract from the truck, but that thought quickly left my mind as the car got more and more on the chassis, and later because @letsbuild wanted to see more of it. When it was finished, I pushed it around because it was manual then. The steering has Ackermann-like geometery, and the turning radius was small, so I knew it would be great as an R/C car. I added a spoiler last. After taking pictures of it with the truck, I took out the steering system and added a Servo, and rebuilt the rear with 2 L-Motors geared 3:1, and a differential. The gear ratio ended up being 2.143:1. It worked great, so the next day I filmed the truck with it, changed the rim and spoiler colors, and filmed and photographed it. So it went from a mock-up car to a great R/C one. Video: Don't forget that I didn't film indoors, but it goes really fast on wood floors too. Some quick outdoor shots: It is called the Skeleton because it is just the frame of a car.^^ The back, where you can see the SBrick location and spoiler.^^ Another one of the back.^^ Some normal photos: Everyone's favorite, the underside.^^ You can invert the spoiler for a different look.^^ Rebrickable: http://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-6745/offroadcreations/skeleton-street-racer/ LDD: https://www.bricksafe.com/files/Offroadcreations/fast-frame-car/Skeleton.lxf Thank you for viewing and have a great day. Quote
Leonardo da Bricki Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Good speed, but the aesthetics are a bit....lacking. I like how this was built from the one with the tow truck, very nice job. Should have contest sometime with these skeleton cars... Quote
letsbuild Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 That's really cool! I love the lack of details! Quote
offroadcreations Posted February 13, 2017 Author Posted February 13, 2017 Thanks! The main goal was for it to lack in everything but speed. Quote
Rudivdk Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Nice, like the 8865 style on it. Actually refreshing in this era of closed bodyworks and panels... Good performance as well, really sharp steering angle. Looks like great fun to play around with Quote
Victor Imaginator Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Wow, how i missed this? Love the car, love the music choice) Quote
offroadcreations Posted February 16, 2017 Author Posted February 16, 2017 Thank you! @Rudivdk It is pretty fun to drive, and to (accidentally) crash! Quote
offroadcreations Posted March 12, 2017 Author Posted March 12, 2017 Sorry to bump my old topic, but I put a manual version on Rebrickable. LDD What do you think? Quote
Aventador2004 Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) nice car is there a way to use a xl motor also are the tires 56's aventador Edited March 12, 2017 by Aventador2004 Quote
Victor Imaginator Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 Just noticed this version at rebrickable. Wonderful, i like it) Quote
StangMan302 Posted March 12, 2017 Posted March 12, 2017 nice car i wish people made more of these Quote
1gor Posted March 14, 2017 Posted March 14, 2017 On 3/12/2017 at 7:04 PM, Offroadcreat1ons said: Sorry to bump my old topic, but I put a manual version on Rebrickable. LDD What do you think? On the first sight for my it looks like Race Of Champions buggy but without panels and suspension... Quote
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