Nice pics again man. The first two being my favorites.

Got to love the acceleration of electric.

Yep... they get up to speed so quickly even when the tyres are still losing grip... I did notice a big difference with down-force with the LTCR body...
it pushed the car down hard... had quite a few sparks on the straights... Can't wait to get it up an d running again...

Alien

Well... it's been a while since my last update... so here goes...

The car is proving to be a lot more fun than I originally thought as improvements are made to it... I've been reading a whole bunch of forums and articles to get a better understanding
of these little cars and with the findings there are noticeable changes in the car's performance... The most fun tip I found recently was the use of WD40 to clean and treat the tyre...
The tyre absorbs the fluid and makes it a little softer and tackier... this greatly increase the car's mechanical grip therefore significantly reducing my lap times... I am still having a few
challenges where alignment is concerned, but I will eventually acquire a setup station to help with this problem....

See update photos below...


https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_4...0/DSC_1829.JPG

I made a little modification to the battery hold downs to reduce forward movement of the pack during 'sudden' stops on the walls

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_4...0/DSC_1827.JPG



https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_4...0/DSC_1840.jpg

Got some advice regarding the tweak of the car when the wires are tied to the upper deck... so i removed them.. to keep some aesthetic value, I wrapped them with wire sleeves

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_4...0/DSC_2442.jpg



https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_4...0/DSC_2429.jpg

Since the lap times were improving, i started pushing the car a little harder... therefore this made the motor a little warmer... so I installed a little fan to keep things cool

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_4...0/DSC_2424.jpg



https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_4...0/DSC_2432.jpg

I recently got some new Shock towers which allowed for improved Shock geometry and tuning

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_4...0/DSC_2435.jpg


Alien

Nice to see that you are back Angry - nice looking var that is!!

Thanks man :yes:... I'll be making updates a little more often...

Love that pic with body and bare chassis superimposed over eachother.

Thanks!!! :yipi:...

My Photoshop skills are probably a 3/10, any chance I could pull that off? I guess I'd need to get some good lighting and decent pics first. Do you just make 2 layers then blend/fade the edges, or is it more complex than that?

Actually it was quite simple to do... set vehicle down on a plain surface... set the camera on a tripod... take a few shot of the car with the body on... then remove the body carefully and
not disturb the cars position in the frame of the shot... take a few of the chassis... review the images to see if the exposures satisfactory... then take the images to photoshop... have the shot
with the chassis on the lower layer... then start creating the transparencies with the body by removing some of it with the erase tool... you'll need to turn down the pressure on the tool to
60%.... and slowly remove the areas you wish to reveal the chassis...

Alien

Thanks for the explanation. Definitely within my realm of ability, nice!

Now it's just a matter of getting some decent lighting setup and taking some better pics. Gonna try that with my Jammin once it's finished.

No worries man... lighting can be kept simple by shooting close to a window or on a porch...

Alien

What do you use for a background? Or you use a tent?

Sorry to clog up your build thread with photography questions!

All questions are welcomed man... i used a large sheet of white paper for my background... if you have access to a light tent (or you can make one),
that would be even better... For lighting, I use a flash mounted on the camera which bounced off the ceiling...

Alien

Thanks for the tips. I'll see what I can come up with.

What about camera settings? I just have a simple point-and-shoot (Panasonic Lumix, DMC-FS3). I have a digital photography book, so I should probably dig it out and do some reading, then try out some more pics.

hmmmm... if you're going to shoot in a shaded area... here's a start... Scene Preset: Portrait... Shooting Mode: Normal picture... White Balance: Shade... no flash...
use the timer so your hand won't shake the camera if the exposure is long...

Alien

Great Pic! Even if I work with Photoshop frequent in one of my jobs I didn't ever cross my mind to make that kind of image... Thanks for the idea, If I ever copy the concept I'll give you the cred..

Good to know you like it man... it should look great with your Savage project...