Thread: Next Secret project?

G'Day Ray,
You certainly have been very busy with the detail to this top scratch build car......your talent & imagination is really shining through....
Thank you for all the extra photos & video clips [love the engine sounds]....very well done..Cheers crowie

Originally Posted by crowie

G'Day Ray,
You certainly have been very busy with the detail to this top scratch build car......your talent & imagination is really shining through....
Thank you for all the extra photos & video clips [love the engine sounds]....very well done..Cheers crowie

cheers crowie, thanks for support, appreciate your comments all the way

So far my notes shows that I've done 60% of whole planned build, model total weight is 2.8kg and hours spent in making are 195.
It took a while to dismantle it, now back together
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Wanted to share these cool pictures with everyone on here from last weekend. Visited my friends studio in Kerry and took my half finished Quattro with me. As usual he does great pictures. So here it is, Quattro build before coating on interior and exterior. Have to say that at this moment as I type interior and exterior of car looks completely different, as it's already coated and more work is done.
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Stupendous Ray - Had to think of a new word to give exclamation to how good this build is looking......Cheers, crowie

It's looking really nice Ray Well Done

Keith

Originally Posted by Keith_1

It's looking really nice Ray Well Done

Keith

Cheers Keith

Originally Posted by crowie

Stupendous Ray - Had to think of a new word to give exclamation to how good this build is looking......Cheers, crowie

That is one extraordinary name to record in my vocabulary crowie cheers

stupendous
stjuːˈpɛndəs/
adjective
adjective: stupendous

• extremely impressive.
  "the most stupendous views"
  

  synonyms:

  amazing, astounding, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, wonderful, prodigious, phenomenal, staggering, breathtaking; informalfantastic, mind-boggling, mind-blowing, great, terrific, awesome, unreal, amazeballs; literarywondrous "truly stupendous achievements"

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Never made lights with shape like on this Audi model, so figured out this method. Carved shape of desired lights. Robbed off plastic from flowers packaging. Used heat source from 40W halogen light to heat and wrap carefully plastic around carved wooden shape. Once that was done used solderer to melt further edges. Then created inner frame from individually cut wooden pieces then glued together on inside, then painted frame black. Frame was made in order to have plastic stay firm. For side vent used system as seen in picture. Used disc to cut straight lines on wooden piece to replicate vents. Move wooden piece forward and back while disc spinning, created perfect cuts, as seen in pictures.

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WOW, Ray..........your ingenuity is amazing.............I'm sure you must work in R&D somewhere as you are always thinking outside the box and coming up with some simply amazing ways to make something work.....thank you for the time & effort to share your talent and craftsmanship with the rest of us....Cheers crowie

Originally Posted by crowie

WOW, Ray..........your ingenuity is amazing.............I'm sure you must work in R&D somewhere as you are always thinking outside the box and coming up with some simply amazing ways to make something work.....thank you for the time & effort to share your talent and craftsmanship with the rest of us....Cheers crowie

Wow,thank you crowie for kind comment. What's R&D?

Originally Posted by silverlux

Wow,thank you crowie for kind comment. What's R&D?

Research and Development - Clever innovators!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_development

I came to post about my latest humble project (dolls cradle) and was blown away by this thread. Magnificent work. I will post anyway. We have to cater to all levels of skill.
John