Shadow

[mattb]

This started with a 3D body Paul printed for me. He upsized a file for 1/32 to 1/25. I sanded too much and made too thin in spots. I then started laying body putty on it and sanding it more. When I finally got it so it looked like I wanted, I did a silicone mold and slush cast a body. I did 2 and finally got one pretty fair, I then used the best body in the mold to make a plug. It was just too time consuming to slush cast. After a lot of paint and some Indycals this is what I ended up with. I don't know how the real car was lettered, this was a combination of the DN4 decal sheet and the Shadow F1 decal sheet. It is one a simple LVJ chassis and runs a Cheetah 2 motor. It is a little more potent than what we race, but it is just for me to run by itself. I wanted it to be faster than the usual hot rod like we race.

I did have trouble mounting the spoiler. I made a nice brass mount to solder to the frame for the spoiler to mount on. Trouble is you can't get the body on if you do this!!
I ended up making a plastic mount glued to the back of the body. It works but is not as nice as it should have been.

thanks to Paul for making the original body

[chappyman66]

Matt ....
That's fantastic! It really looks great.
The wing is a PITA, but your solution looks pretty good to me! The gloss black is sharp, and you did a great job rounding it off.