Some of you may remember me, I suck at posting on the internet anymore, however I do a bunch of lurking.
Anyhow, if you do remember me you will remember that I have done a lot of photography in the past. I haven't given up on that, but I have definitely decided to try to get my hands a bit dirtier these days to build things and bring the ideas to 3D life rather than simply 2D. I mean, that is 33% more D!
Anyhow last year a crew of friends and myself entered the Red Bull soap box race in Denver. This year we are doing it again!
The Crew: Matt Fisher, Jeremiah Hueske, Sandra Hueske, Josh McGuckin (Me) and James Olson
The car This year we are making the Mach 5 from Speed Racer. This thing is going to be a real car, or as close as we can get to a real car. We have been putting in more hours than you can imagine to make this thing look as good as it can.
Here is the Inspiration:
The Build
We have been putting HOURS into this thing so I am going to give you a quick overview, if you would like to see more details on the build check out our website: www.goteamspeedracer.com
We started off with a plan and a picture from google images. From there we created a chassis design and a CAD drawing of the body.
We then welded up the chassis, fabricated steering arms, steering components and axles.
Body
From here we moved on to making the body. Last year we did a fiberglass ferrari (Ferris Buellers day off) but the body was made with no negative draft so it looked like an RC car or something, it didn't have the contours that made it truely look like a real car. This year, we wanted to have that undercut, something that gave it the real look of a car. So we had to go with a Female mold this year. It is the only way. We spent a lot of time figuring out the plan and decided to waterjet cut foam into 2 inch sections in order to get the basic shape of the vehicle. This was to form the Plug that the mold would be built from.
Once the plug was finished, gel coated and ready to go we made bariers on the car with clay to separate our mold into sections and laid up fiberglass in 4 sections, two sides a nose and a tail.
The female mold is now complete and we will be waxing it tonight so we can lay up the body skin on Friday. It will be great to pull the mold off the skin and finally see the body that we have been putting all this effort into!
I'll keep you guys updated, but again, if you'd like to get more details ask questions or check out www.goteamspeedracer.com
The vehicle we built last year can be found at www.teamsaveferris.com
Anyhow, if you do remember me you will remember that I have done a lot of photography in the past. I haven't given up on that, but I have definitely decided to try to get my hands a bit dirtier these days to build things and bring the ideas to 3D life rather than simply 2D. I mean, that is 33% more D!
Anyhow last year a crew of friends and myself entered the Red Bull soap box race in Denver. This year we are doing it again!
The Crew: Matt Fisher, Jeremiah Hueske, Sandra Hueske, Josh McGuckin (Me) and James Olson
The car This year we are making the Mach 5 from Speed Racer. This thing is going to be a real car, or as close as we can get to a real car. We have been putting in more hours than you can imagine to make this thing look as good as it can.
Here is the Inspiration:
The Build
We have been putting HOURS into this thing so I am going to give you a quick overview, if you would like to see more details on the build check out our website: www.goteamspeedracer.com
We started off with a plan and a picture from google images. From there we created a chassis design and a CAD drawing of the body.
We then welded up the chassis, fabricated steering arms, steering components and axles.
Body
From here we moved on to making the body. Last year we did a fiberglass ferrari (Ferris Buellers day off) but the body was made with no negative draft so it looked like an RC car or something, it didn't have the contours that made it truely look like a real car. This year, we wanted to have that undercut, something that gave it the real look of a car. So we had to go with a Female mold this year. It is the only way. We spent a lot of time figuring out the plan and decided to waterjet cut foam into 2 inch sections in order to get the basic shape of the vehicle. This was to form the Plug that the mold would be built from.
Once the plug was finished, gel coated and ready to go we made bariers on the car with clay to separate our mold into sections and laid up fiberglass in 4 sections, two sides a nose and a tail.
The female mold is now complete and we will be waxing it tonight so we can lay up the body skin on Friday. It will be great to pull the mold off the skin and finally see the body that we have been putting all this effort into!
I'll keep you guys updated, but again, if you'd like to get more details ask questions or check out www.goteamspeedracer.com
The vehicle we built last year can be found at www.teamsaveferris.com