SRB Free Styling

[Dadio]

Yup frustrating .
The front frame can just be a rudimentary thing as its mostly covered by the body but the rear is more visible .

[Dadio]

Just did a minor redesign on the engine side covers , it looked wrong at the back and after looking long and hard I've added 10mm at the bottom of the engine side covers so they line up along the side pod top line its fairly minor but I think its altered the balance and stops it looking so jacked up at the back , pictures to follow .

[Dadio]

I've still got to wait a few hours before i can put the gold paint on but i think the shape of the rear engine panels is better .
old version

new version

looks better balanced in my opinion .

[cooltoys]

Cage and buggy looks great.. looking forward to more pics.

[cooltoys]

Double post...

[Dadio]

Experimental rear cage printing , will be ready in the morning along with dry paint on the new rear cage engine cover panels .

[Dadio]

New rear panels look much nicer in full paint and the 3d printed rear cage looks promising , needs some tweaks here and there but I could get it to fit now with some heating and bending , the print itself is awful quality , I had it too hot , a bit of old filament came out of the nozzle and left black bits in a white plastic part and the whole thing needed tons of support as I just printed in one piece.

[XLR8]

I agree, the new rear panels look great but why is the printed cage even necessary?
Sorry Dadio, I've probably missed something.

[Dadio]

I've been asked if I could make the files for the bodywork available for free and I will but they are not so useful without something to hang them on , the front parts only need something simple under them as the frame is mostly unseen but the rear frame is much more visible . I have no plans to make frames right now so this is a way that people could make a complete set of body parts .

[Dadio]

This is the driver figure fitted featuring my own head 3d scanned and merged with a figure designed by miniguy71 on Thingiverse .

[TRX-1-3]

Doesn't look very safe with no helmet.

Totally rad that you scaled down your head and now you are in your SRB. What do you think about the likeness? Does it look like you?

[Dadio]

I'm sad to say I really am a 50 year old bald fat guy , the skin tones are wrong and although I did add my horse shoe of hair its very faint and you can't see it otherwise its recognisably me my painting of small things lacks a lot of skill , a lifetime at the spanners and workshop power tools has left me with rather shaky hands for tiny detailed work .
It was quite cool driving it around the front garden with me at the wheel , my wife must have felt so proud

[XLR8]

haha... Dadio has a Mini-Me.

[Dadio]

I've finally managed to create a good CAD drawing of the front frame , its taken me days , good thing i had no hair to begin with

now i just have to somehow make it printable

[XLR8]

Looks awesome Dadio.
Your work has inspired me to design a roll cage to fit the interior pan in the rally car.
Unfortunately, since I don't have a printer, I'll make it from some 3/16" diameter ABS rod material.
Anyway, great work on the SRB.