[WIP] [MOC] Mazda 3 (BK)

[HorcikDesigns]

Well, we all feel the urge to at leat once in a lifetime build the model of our real life ride of choice. Now my time has come to join this club (or send a very polite application request :D) 

Well, here it is, full in its slowly rusting glory. But still work

It is being built for the next LTRC event (racing with midscale cars), where optional theme is "ordinary car". Hence the number 8 on the side. 

It use two L motors, RWD (I still investigate ways to change for FWD), geekservo (I also plan to swap it, at least for release version), very hollow interior ehich will be packed with seats and dashboard. 

Which version of the front light do you like more? Left or right? And what about rear lights? Are they OK, or should they be modeled like the front ones? 

Keep in mind itis still a WIP and it is being built as racecar for now, so model team style was not a way to go in order to save some weight. 

 

 

I am xurious to hear your suggestions how to improve the design. (it is built from memory, no blueprint was used so far - I know, it would greatly improve the overal dimensions.)

 

[MangaNOID]

Looks like a Datsun cherry! …Nice 

[2GodBDGlory]

I really like it! LBG always makes me happy, of course, and Mazda3s are quite nice little hatchbacks, with a bit of tuner culture around them! I'd say I prefer the left(?) headlight, with both Bohrok eyes upturned.

I love how the mismatched rims (for now at least), number, and maybe just unfinished look make it look like a low-budget, grassroots racecar!
I do wonder about the gearing, though. Why not do a 1:3 upgearing before the differential and then skip the gearing after the differential? Wouldn't that give you equivalent speed and more efficiency? It seems that you'd have room to move the motors and O-frame forwards to make that happen

Edited Tuesday at 11:15 PM by 2GodBDGlory