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Very cool!!!
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Amazing stuff. Don’t own this particular kit but this sure has me thinking I should start searching.

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I was going to build those exact parts- Now I don't have to!!! Keep em coming

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willster127 wrote:Just got the first test prints of the McLaren axles to check fit and function. A couple of small tweaks and these will be available in the store, I love them!!!
Please consider scaling then for the 1/12th McLaren as well. Also, can you do the rear brake ducts for the 1/12th M23. Hiro, kit does not have them.

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SBEST wrote:
willster127 wrote:Just got the first test prints of the McLaren axles to check fit and function. A couple of small tweaks and these will be available in the store, I love them!!!
Please consider scaling then for the 1/12th McLaren as well. Also, can you do the rear brake ducts for the 1/12th M23. Hiro, kit does not have them.
I can look at doing almost anything, please send me some images or add them to this thread and I'll take a look. Everything I am doing for the 1:8 I plan to scale down to 1:12 after it's completed!!
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Great work ! Looking forward to 1/12 scale parts.
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How does Shapeways work? I'd like a night stage light pod for a Subaru Legacy, but I have no knowledge of how to design one?
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SteveNoble wrote:How does Shapeways work? I'd like a night stage light pod for a Subaru Legacy, but I have no knowledge of how to design one?
You need a 3D design package, I use Solidworks, but fusion360 is web based and free to use if you don't own your own package of another software. Then you 3D model up what you want and upload an stl file to shapeways, simple as that. There are design guidelines for the different materials on the shapeways website and they check your model for printability when you upload it.

Once it's tweaked and printable you add it to the cart and it turns up at your door about 7-10 days later.

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1:8 scale Mclaren parts finally available!! the axle set has been tweaked and uploaded!!

https://www.shapeways.com/shops/willrace-scale-models

I'll finish up the intakes soon, sorry for any delays, but the DFV intakes will be worth the wait and I will scale them down to 1:12!!!!

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So, I've gone through 3 iterations of these things now. They always looked good but they never looked right to me, a few months back I realized that Cosworth used the same castings for both sides and just machined them differently. The small blocks that hold the throttle control rod were what gave it away but It really took a few weeks to see how all the bolt holes lined up as well as the way either end looks different. Either way, I figured it out and deleted all I had before, modelled a casting that satisfied both sides, then "machined" each side individually in CAD The upper plates are now finished, Working on the lower pieces that bolt to the head and this one will be ready soon, this will be the first 1:12 part too and will be coming soon!!

Sorry again for the delay but this was all born out of necessity with the missing sprue in my kit!!
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