Logan Schuchart #1s Drydene sprint car

[18degrees]

got s'more done over the last few days

[18degrees]

cut some carbon fiber decals for the inside of on of the body panels, will see how that works out...

and i am thinking that i will glue those fabbed body panels in place so i can get the front suspension attached.  everything but the nerf bars are painted and either waiting to be decaled or glued in place.  the nerfs are going to be a different story, i have made these before but for this one it looks that the headers are going to cover the area where the part i have to add would attach to the chassis.

again, as i said previously, i will figure it out, i always seem to be able to.  just that a lot of other things need to be decaled and in place before i can work on them.

[Volzfan59]

Can't wait to see it Dave.

[18degrees]

little bit more done, a bit of a mock up.  front and rear suspensions are done.  in the office photo you can see some of the carbon fiber decals.  decal work on the hood and main body panels is delayed due to the carbon fiber factor.

[18degrees]

Carbon fiber decals are done on the hood and one of the body panels. This is a real PitA, not able to cover everything due to angles and nooks and crannies and such but the outcome should be fine for a shelf build. Not gonna enter this into any contests. Didn't do all of the hood, just the visible parts, and the second body panel is coming out a little better i think. Applying the carbon fiber decals in smaller sections, the good thing is the decals blend together when they overlap. Lots of shape tracing, cutting and then more trimming, plus lots of decal set and massaging with a brush. Keeping my fingers crossed that when i apply decals to the outside of the body panels i don't damage the carbon fiber ones by handling them too much.

Pics will be taken and posted once the last section is done.

[18degrees]

almost got the body panels carbon fibered, the decal sheet is from Slixx.  they don't contour to the shapes and curves very well so there is a lot of decal set.  they tend to chip a lil bit when handled so i am going to have to be pretty careful when i apply the decals to the outside of the panels.  hopefully the gaps aren't too noticeable when they are in place on the chassis.  thought about using a sharpie to fill the gaps.  also got one side of the hood done.  had to add some tube to the axle ends to space them out, the SWS wheels sit too far in for my taste, they are very close to rubbing the rear torsion bars. i anticipate that the right side headers are gonna be a tough fit with that extra lower panel in place.

[racecar dave]

Really coming along nice.Can not wait to see it done.