Toyota 86 replica ride

Rod -
Model of my daily driver, with 3D printed replica wheels and rear wing

Spanjaard
did you design and print it yourself?

Rod -
I did. Drawn in solidworks, and printed on formlabs resin printer.

Spanjaard
thanks
i really need to get into learning that and get a printer 🙂

Rod -
I tell everyone I know to learn Solidworks or fusion360. Very useful skills!

Rod -
3d printed rear wing. Covered with Tamiya carbon decal.

Dominik Weitzer
beautiful in that color. well done!

Karl Briffa
Sweet build there, and nice 1:1 Toyota 86 too. It's great owing a miniature copy of your actual car. Well done

matt
thas cool Rod also why i want an aoshima jzs147 so i can create a pic like this too

Rod -
I have a little honda gorilla to. I built a 1/6 tamiya gorilla but I'm not happy with it. It's the version that's all chrome and it just looks ugly and toy-like. I've since discovered stripping chrome with drain cleaner so I might re-visit it one day.

matt
drain cleaner eh? i was wondering how we could get that finish gone, why do the manufacturers do that?

matt
i did see the gorilla, would love to have a go on the real one, i bet thas just giggles all the way

Rod -
In oz its called draino in super markets. Sodium hydroxide. Dissolves the aluminium plating without damaging plastic.

Rod -
The gorilla has a bored/stroked 122cc twin cam 4 valve engine. 11hp @12000rpm. Its very fun and even more dangerous.

Spanjaard
to remove chrome you can also use bleech that should be available almost everywhere. submerge it in a container full of it and let the chrome be gone, plastic should be ok.

matt
haha i bet with those tiny wheels, dangerous stuff is always fun