been playing with vacuum forming

[glenn201]

im still working on it but i think i got the shape i want

 

[glenn201]

 

[ChuenouXiao]

Oh wow... you made that yourself? Nice... good job

 

[Guest]

Did you make your vacuum table? What polycarbonate did you use? It would be fun to make custom bodies.

 

[glenn201]

i made my own vacuum former its made out of .118 bayer polycarbonate

 

[glenn201]

still working on the mold i need to mold in the windows not sure about the side scoops

 

[Guest]

Too cool!

I've seen many videos of doing your own bodies. Looks like fun, but I'm sure like most things, it's harder than it looks.

 

[Guest]

still working on the mold i need to mold in the windows not sure about the side scoops

I imagine the mold can be time consuming.

 

[glenn201]

yes the molds take a while here a MCD body i made for my rrv4

 

[glenn201]

 

[glenn201]

they are very strong here is 190 pound man standing on my mcd body

 

[Guest]

Very nice! Looks mean.

 

[Guest]

they are very strong here is 190 pound man standing on my mcd body

Tough too. Way cool.

 

[glenn201]

what changes do you think i should make on the redcat mold im not sure i like the side scoops

 

[Deluge1]

Looks pretty good! I'd slope the front window a bit.

 

[BoukeG]

Very cool! Would love to do those things myself. Yours look like a futuristic stealth plane, but then in a car shape... think Batman...

 

[Ol' fart]

Damn, no time for this but.....

It would be easy for me to make molds for body's. If anyone could draw something in CAD form I could strech it , grow it, make it wider, make it fit the Redcat wheelbase. I guess the molds are made from wood or renshaw board right?

 

[callbob]

I would love to get my hands on a 41 willies body that would fit my xt. I want to do a grave digger real bad.

 

[Guest]

Grave Digger MTs & XTs would be way cool!

 

[callbob]

The only one I can find is a 1/10 scale that's too small..this is the measurments on it.. This bodyhas a 10.5" WheelBase andMeasures 17.5"from front to rear, it is 9" wide at front and rear wheel wells, the bodyafterfront fenderis 6.5" wide andis 7.5"wide before the rearfenders. I don't think I can make it work