12-07-2015, 11:09 AM
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.
![[Image: IMG_20151108_125842.jpg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_20151108_125842.jpg)
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.
![[Image: IMG_20151108_173110.jpg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_20151108_173110.jpg)
Little flake makes EVERYTHING better!
![[Image: received_10153844435019497.jpeg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/received_10153844435019497.jpeg)
Then it was time to try something I'd never successfully managed... A custom Roll cage... in Styrene...
![[Image: received_10153844443989497.jpeg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/received_10153844443989497.jpeg)
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!
![[Image: IMG_20151203_070255.jpg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_20151203_070255.jpg)
Here's the cage from the outside and a little mockup of my wing placement (didnt actually go that route).
![[Image: LrMobile0512-2015-104967966931622921.jpeg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/LrMobile0512-2015-104967966931622921.jpeg)
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.
![[Image: IMG_20151108_125842.jpg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_20151108_125842.jpg)
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.
![[Image: IMG_20151108_173110.jpg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_20151108_173110.jpg)
Little flake makes EVERYTHING better!
![[Image: received_10153844435019497.jpeg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/received_10153844435019497.jpeg)
Then it was time to try something I'd never successfully managed... A custom Roll cage... in Styrene...
![[Image: received_10153844443989497.jpeg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/received_10153844443989497.jpeg)
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!
![[Image: IMG_20151203_070255.jpg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_20151203_070255.jpg)
Here's the cage from the outside and a little mockup of my wing placement (didnt actually go that route).
![[Image: LrMobile0512-2015-104967966931622921.jpeg]](http://afrorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/LrMobile0512-2015-104967966931622921.jpeg)
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.