Hi all!
In about 2003-2004 I started collecting parts to build a 1/5 scale Subaru STI WRC, based on a Teknokit WRC body I got for cheap on ebay (50$). It was painted poorly and looking quite sad so I started by peeling it all off and doing a proper paint job for a WRC Subaru. I wanted to build a big mini-me of my 1:1 2003 WRX I had back then, in World Rally Blue, and the proper WRC neon yellow scheme. This first batch of pictures is from quite some time ago, I'll start with that and then once it's out I guess I have to commit to it now, get get back at it!
I spent quite a lot of time in Autocad and SolidWorks back then to design a car around the parts I had, and then had kids and let the project on a back burner for a long time. Now as I said in my introduction post, last weekend I came across a relatively cheap Losi DBXL on marketplace, shortly considered jumping into it, but then after a bit of research and thinking, I got the interest back into continuing my 5th scale Subaru again instead.
Some of the parts I have so far:
- FG Marder all metal diff
- FG Marder plastic case diff
- FG Marder shocks
- Wheels squares and axles
- Front MCD CVD axles
- MCD Raly wheels and tires
- Used FG on-road wheels and tires (too much offset for my body though, with my current diff and axles it would stick out of fenders)
- Rear FG dogbones (not sure from what, maybe Marder again)
- FG brake discs (just the discs)
- FG steering assembly with servo saver
- One 5th scale servo, not sure how good or bad of a brand and type it is?
- Random small gas tank from a gas trimmer
- Pocket bike motor, not sure the size. I think it was advertised as a 47cc but the fact the cylinder is smaller than the fins makes me doubt maybe it is more around 40cc? what do you think based on the pictures?
- Secondary sprocket and a chain (being made for a pocket bike, the motor has a sprocked on the clutch)
Here is a mockup from when I was thinking of a double A arm suspension type with cantilever setup (wooden prototype FTW lol!)
But what I really wanted was to have a macpherson front suspension and rear multi link strut like the actual car, so I did another cardboard and wood mock up to test out the geometry. The idea is to either make it all from scratch on the lathe, or repurpose some gas shocks from a car's rear hatch.
Front and rear suspension test in Autocad, in 2D:
Rear suspension in SolidWorks to test a bit further :
Side view:
Rear view:
And a view with the diff installed. As I said, still unsure how I would go about doing these struts...
(continued below, with the next 20 pics!)
In about 2003-2004 I started collecting parts to build a 1/5 scale Subaru STI WRC, based on a Teknokit WRC body I got for cheap on ebay (50$). It was painted poorly and looking quite sad so I started by peeling it all off and doing a proper paint job for a WRC Subaru. I wanted to build a big mini-me of my 1:1 2003 WRX I had back then, in World Rally Blue, and the proper WRC neon yellow scheme. This first batch of pictures is from quite some time ago, I'll start with that and then once it's out I guess I have to commit to it now, get get back at it!
I spent quite a lot of time in Autocad and SolidWorks back then to design a car around the parts I had, and then had kids and let the project on a back burner for a long time. Now as I said in my introduction post, last weekend I came across a relatively cheap Losi DBXL on marketplace, shortly considered jumping into it, but then after a bit of research and thinking, I got the interest back into continuing my 5th scale Subaru again instead.
Some of the parts I have so far:
- FG Marder all metal diff
- FG Marder plastic case diff
- FG Marder shocks
- Wheels squares and axles
- Front MCD CVD axles
- MCD Raly wheels and tires
- Used FG on-road wheels and tires (too much offset for my body though, with my current diff and axles it would stick out of fenders)
- Rear FG dogbones (not sure from what, maybe Marder again)
- FG brake discs (just the discs)
- FG steering assembly with servo saver
- One 5th scale servo, not sure how good or bad of a brand and type it is?
- Random small gas tank from a gas trimmer
- Pocket bike motor, not sure the size. I think it was advertised as a 47cc but the fact the cylinder is smaller than the fins makes me doubt maybe it is more around 40cc? what do you think based on the pictures?
- Secondary sprocket and a chain (being made for a pocket bike, the motor has a sprocked on the clutch)
Here is a mockup from when I was thinking of a double A arm suspension type with cantilever setup (wooden prototype FTW lol!)
But what I really wanted was to have a macpherson front suspension and rear multi link strut like the actual car, so I did another cardboard and wood mock up to test out the geometry. The idea is to either make it all from scratch on the lathe, or repurpose some gas shocks from a car's rear hatch.
Front and rear suspension test in Autocad, in 2D:
Rear suspension in SolidWorks to test a bit further :
Side view:
Rear view:
And a view with the diff installed. As I said, still unsure how I would go about doing these struts...
(continued below, with the next 20 pics!)
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