Tamiya Z-Tune R34

Well I've been doing S-Chassis's for a long time now so I decided to mix it up a little bit and try my hand at an R34. 



I'm not quite sure what made me go red, I just decided as I was standing in Gogo Hobbies that I wanted a red car.  



Little flake makes EVERYTHING better!  



Then it was time to try something I'd never successfully managed... A custom Roll cage...  in Styrene...



By the 2nd or 3rd try I was getting my bends almost perfect.  A tutorial i stumbled across on making plumbing pipes for buildings in styrene gave me a great idea to bend.  I've tried everything over the years, brake line benders, pivot points, bending by hand with gloves.  Nothing worked until this.  No flat spots and a really nice bend! 



Here's the cage from the outside and a little mockup of my wing placement (didnt actually go that route). 



and here's my final test fit on my current FR-D chassis.  

I'll post up some better pictures and more of them when it's all completed.

Looking good so far! Using styrene in the right diameter makes all the difference in getting it to look right.

Yeah I went for a 1.25" look. I think i'd do 1.5" for the next one as that is what most governing bodies have moved to now.

Looks awesome. Link to the bend tutorial? Im wanting to give this a go


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Of course!

http://robhawkinshobby.blogspot.ca/2013/...pipes.html

I took this and adjusted a little. Since they arent all 90 bends I held the angle up off the table and let gravity do the bend.

If that makes sense.

Sweet, thanks man.


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Look good



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Finished it up : http://afrorc.com/2015/feature-gaelens-tamiya-r34/

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lol, I'll have to wait for it to reset.

Here is the link for the full gallery if you just want pictures.

https://gaelen.smugmug.com/RC/Afros-RC/2015/R34-Shoot/