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[TopCatCustom]

I'm not sure, may be able to find some decent scales and weigh it, 2 people can lift it though as it is, pretty heavy but I'm only 68kg so not He-Man!!!

I'm fabricating the rear beam and tubular radius arms next so I can put it on its own wheels, will be easier to paint the roof then!

[matthew25]

morning pal shell looks great what colour white is that?

matt

[TopCatCustom]

It is pure white- I went to a paint supplier and was going to get Ford Frozen white mixed up, but they said it would be a little cheaper to go with pure un-mixed white, as they receive it in bulk before they tint it, so I did, in theory you can't get whiter!

[kcchan]

Looking sweeter now it's in paint

[TopCatCustom]

Painted the roof earlier, even happier now! (I can't get photobucket to work half the time on either of my 2 internet browsers, so using flickr as well- getting confusing...)




And both parts of the roof scoop:

Edited by C4NN0N, 30 January 2013 - 12:01 PM.

[megamini_jb]

Very nice

[matthew25]

cheers for that cannon shell looks amazing with the white and black can't wait to see some shiny bits on.

[minisi35]

I believe you are catching me up! looks fantastic!!

[TopCatCustom]

I've been doing a bit on my own rear beam set up, have made the beam (4mm steel- a bit overkill but I wanted it strong and rigid, would use 3mm next time though), aligned the holes and drilled for 1/2" UNF male rod ends.


Here is what I'm doing, just a mock up on AutoCAD so I can pull off the dims, didn't see the point in doing a Solidworks model as I'm quicker on AutoCAD at the mo!


The main tubes, with bosses turned to fit to take bolts/studs to fit to the beam. I'm going to bend the next tubes tonight with any luck, then I'm going to build a jig so I can get 0.5° Camber built into the arms accurately.




And finally the bosses I turned to take standard stub axles, laser cut backplates should be with me soon so I can weld them all together!

[minisi35]

very impressive

[hoody99]

Loving this thread mate keep it coming

Also I like how you moved the rear harness mounts back can you make these to order ?

[TopCatCustom]

Thanks, do you mean the lap belt fixings, on the floor? The rear (shoulder) straps are being wrapped round the horizontal bars in the cage cross.

[domdee]

the roof scoop looks mint!
hope the radious arms come out well

[TopCatCustom]

Bit of progress today- made a very substantial jig for my radius arms, I have built 0.5° camber in so it ended up taking a while and had to be handed for each side too, it's square within approx 0.25mm, level to 0.1°, and will make it easier if I make any more in the future!

Here's a couple of pics, going to be 100% TIG welded too, figured it would be neater, a better quality weld and a bit lighter too!





TC

[TopCatCustom]

Update- just finished welding up one of the arms, pretty happy with it too- will have to see how it holds up! Just waiting on laser cut backplate brackets but they are straightforward to weld on as they fit over a shoulder I machined into the hubs.





Not got any scales here to weight them with- but feel a LOT lighter than standard!