Tuesday, December 21, 2010

MONACO UPDATE

I've started doing some drawings for the body. Here's the side view, almost finished...

I've decided that it's going be front wheel drive, so I can eventually include all the lovely engine detail at the back. I've had a couple of goes at constructing a motor/axle setup but unfortunately they haven't been very successful for various reasons. The first one I did used a tiny Jouef motor but it didn't have any guts, the second was using a "Welkut" motor (similar to a K's Mk2 only smaller) but the glue holding the pole pieces on disintegrated after I soaked it in methyl hydrate to clean it...
I'm going to have a go at using sculpy for the bodyshell reinforced on the back with a thin layer of JB Weld. I'll carve a buck for the shell out of wood and make it slightly undersize so that I can have a go at covering it with the sculpy to bake it.
I hope it works!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

A COUPLE MORE PHOTOS

Here's a couple more photos I found on the net...