F103 Tyrell P34 strip and hop up

[Juhunio]

5 minutes ago, svenb said:

Had a response to my email, "sorry it got broke "

🙄

Just sent you a PM 👍

[Juhunio]

On 1/5/2023 at 9:21 PM, svenb said:

I sold the couple of F103 carbon chassis plates I found and ordered one of these instead….mine were plain, but this has lettering and stuff! Lettering and stuff is cool 😎 

[Juhunio]

On 1/2/2023 at 1:23 PM, svenb said:

Bit disappointed that the lacquer is coming off it

Isn’t that just a protective layer, like something that was on the original carbon sheet that Tamiya then didn’t remove after they cut it to shape? I’ve found this on a few older Tamiya carbon plates (eg TA03 battery plate, Evo III surikarn damper stays)…they all come with this layer that seems to be coming away, but just peel it off and all is good beneath 👍

[M 800STD]

I believe it to be part of the part rather than a protective film to be removed.

Reason being that new frp, for example TA03 parts, are 100% fixed and to remove would take effort/process.  Not easily peeled off.

The outer layer/film lifting is maybe down to poor storage - moisture/hot/cold?

Looks just as good when removed.

 

[svenb]

Thanks fellas I'll peel the underside off and report back 

[svenb]

Still haven't peeled the lifting section of the carbon yet and forgot to add a pic of how far I'd got, waiting on the gearcase still 🙄

[svenb]

Pulled the thin lacquer off👍🏻 suits the lower deck.

Fitted the aluminium motor mount and f103GT rear motor pod.

Nearly finished 

[svenb]

Hop up blue damper post , low friction discs and carbon damper plate.

[svenb]

I can build the damper tomorrow but need to find one more 1060 bearing🙄 before I can do the axle.

[svenb]

Easy peasy boring damper build but with fancy pants spring

[Juhunio]

Gotta love blue and carbon 😎 

[svenb]

On 1/18/2023 at 10:27 PM, Juhunio said:

Gotta love blue and carbon 😎 

Lush init!

[Superluminal]

Cant recall seeing it mentioned but what motor are you going for in this?

[svenb]

18 minutes ago, Superluminal said:

Cant recall seeing it mentioned but what motor are you going for in this?

Funny you mention that, I took a pic last night 

[Superluminal]

Nice!!

[TwistedxSlayer]

Looking good

[TwistedxSlayer]

Looking good

[svenb]

7 hours ago, TwistedxSlayer said:

Looking good

Thank you 

[svenb]

7 hours ago, TwistedxSlayer said:

Looking good

Thank you 

[svenb]

Rolling chassis done

Electrics next 🙄

[svenb]

These are the bits I'm fitting but starting to doubt whether it'll all fit.

[svenb]

Finished

Not happy with the wiring as it's really tight to get everything under the body. 

 

[svenb]

Not feeling the love for this one 😶 think I'll stick to touring cars . Enjoyed doing the f103GT and a f103LM TRF but this errr

[Superluminal]

Looks great!! Any pics of the brake light? Whats it wired into as struggling to see what would trigger it on an receiver plug.

Wirings never seem pretty on these as theres a lack of crevices to tuck things into on an F1 chassis, especially without the full length top deck like on the GT or F104 which at least hides the servo and rx wires

[Juhunio]

31 minutes ago, svenb said:

Not feeling the love for this one 😶 think I'll stick to touring cars . Enjoyed doing the f103GT and a f103LM TRF but this errr

Boooooooo! Hate it when that happens…chassis-build wise, is there that much difference between the f103 / gt / lm? Or is it the overall package including body shell, livery etc that has left you a bit cold?

Like, the 6 wheeler Tyrell does nothing for me, but a 1980s Williams or Camel Lotus 99 hold special places in my heart, and the Porsche GT1 and Audi R8R are just cool 😎