Supercar: WIP

[legomuppet9]

Hello

I have made pretty decent work on my latest MOC, a 1:9 scale supercar. It's going to be mechanically based on the Ford Capri MkIII 2.8i, but mid-engined, as there isn't space over the front axle and I doubt that it'll look like a Ford Capri either for the two reasons of 1) I won't have the right parts and 2) I'm rubbish at building bodywork

Anyway onto the model so far....

Supercar WIP - Rough Layout by legomuppet9, on Flickr

It will feature:

• A 4 speed Gearbox (a motorised version of MisterFitzGibbon's version of Sariel's 4 speed linear gearbox with the addon of changing gear with one motion)
  
• McPherson front suspension with steering driven by an M Motor (a narrower version of Sheepo's McPherson I suspension in his MPS)
  
• Semi Elliptic Leaf Spring rear suspension with drive (An adapted version of Sheepo's brand new Semi Elliptic Leaf Spring suspension which I suggested for him to build (thanks for that Sheepo ) which I have attached to nicjasno's rigid axle he uses on his small leaf spring suspension, so with the old differential.)
  
• A fake V6 engine (mid-engined as it will not fit above the front axle as it should on the actual Ford Capri)
  
• Full RC (It'll be driven by an XL Motor)
  

More pictures of the Gearbox:

Supercar WIP - Gearbox by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Supercar WIP - Gearbox by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Supercar WIP - Gearbox by legomuppet9, on Flickr

More pictures of the Front Axle:

Supercar WIP - Front McPherson Suspension by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Supercar WIP - Front McPherson Suspension by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Supercar WIP - Front McPherson Suspension by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Supercar WIP - Front McPherson Suspension by legomuppet9, on Flickr

And more pictures of the Rear Axle:

Supercar WIP - Rear Semi-Elliptic Leaf Spring Suspension by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Supercar WIP - Rear Semi-Elliptic Leaf Spring Suspension by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Supercar WIP - Rear Semi-Elliptic Leaf Spring Suspension by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Next step is to actually put it all together... I don't quite have all the necessary RC components, but I hopefully will soon and in the meantime I will start to attach it all together, which I'm not that great at I must admit (hence why it's been left till last... )

Any comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated

legomuppet9

[Alasdair Ryan]

I would change those wheels for something a bit better....

I look forward to the rest of the chassis.

[legomuppet9]

I can change the white rims to black... but they're unfortunatelyvthe only wheels I have that'll fit...

[Someonenamedjon]

I like the leaf-spring suspension!

[legomuppet9]

I would change those wheels for something a bit better....

I look forward to the rest of the chassis.

I can change the white rims to black... but they're unfortunatelyvthe only wheels I have that'll fit...

Supercar WIP - Rough Layout by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Supercar WIP - Wheels with black rims by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Better with the black rims? I personally think so

[Alasdair Ryan]

Yeb it looks a bit better now.

Now for the middle part of the chassis,I would build a 'box' around both the gearbox and battery box.After that you should be able to join all three modules easily.

[legomuppet9]

Yeb it looks a bit better now.

Now for the middle part of the chassis,I would build a 'box' around both the gearbox and battery box.After that you should be able to join all three modules easily.

Yeah that's what I was planning to do... hopefully I should be able to do that

[legomuppet9]

Update on this project, I am scrapping it. The reasons are because I simply do not have the parts or the skill make the complexity and scale of this model work. Instead I am going to build a smaller car without a gearbox but instead with the following functions:

• Rear wheel drive via a XL Motor and differential
  
• Front wheel steering via a M Motor
  
• Full suspension, front independent, rear I have not yet decided, possibly independent I'll have to see
  
• Fake V6 engine
  
• Decent bodywork, as this wouldn't have been achievable on the bigger model with the parts I have
  

I leave you with some photos of the almost complete chassis which is as far as I got on the big model. I will now disassemble this and start building the smaller one.

Supercar WIP - Chassis by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Supercar WIP - Chassis by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Supercar WIP - Chassis by legomuppet9, on Flickr

[Doc_Brown]

Noooo, don't scrap it, I love Ford Capri's!!!

Did it really have leaf springs tho????

[legomuppet9]

Noooo, don't scrap it, I love Ford Capri's!!!

Did it really have leaf springs tho????

Yep it used sheepo's http://www.sheepo.es/2013/04/mps-rear-axle-iv-live-axle-with-leaf.html

And don't worry about the Ford Capri, it was never going to look like one anyway, however that may be achievable with the smaller one

[Someonenamedjon]

It looks a bit heavy in the middle...

[legomuppet9]

It looks a bit heavy in the middle...

Yes i hadn't actually finished the chassis, and if you were to read the topics instead of spamming them with useless comments then you'll see that that project is scrapped..

[Someonenamedjon]

Yes i hadn't actually finished the chassis, and if you were to read the topics instead of spamming them with useless comments then you'll see that that project is scrapped..

Yes, i know, i was just pointing that out...