Mirror Models Recce Car

[moon puppy]

I got a lot of questions about why Paul. The wheels can be posed. I got to make my own tie rod out of wire. Then I got the steering linkage. There's more custom wire work. Oddly no brake line detail, we'll take care of that.

You would have a field day on this Paul. The interior is minimal, a good clean slate to work with. I'm sealing this one up.

 

[moon puppy]

My buddy Larry built this last year and it was a challenge.

Did Larry post his build anywhere? I'd love to see how the engine is mounted.

 

[jknaus]

Did Larry post his build anywhere? I'd love to see how the engine is mounted.

No he didnt.

 

[centaur567]

You can do it!! Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

Thanks guys.
I stuffed up the wheel hubs with some 3mm disk, don't know what thickness the sheet was, thick enough for 2 disk each to do the job.

Here's a link to the instructions. Follow along with the fun!

https://www.mirror-models.com/otter_assembly.pdf

Now to figure out how the engine mounts.

 

[moon puppy]

The rear wheels are a bit bigger than the drums on the axel, I can see misalignment from a build I found on the web. So I found some sprue tub I had in stock and it slipped right over the drum and snugged up the wheel. Now the challenge was to cut two spacers off that tube....
Log story short,

Got to use the Lathe for something worth while. I had the RPM low as it goes but stilll generated too much heat and the sprue warped a but. I did get enough of a spacer off it to make it work. I'll have photos of that later.

 

[moon puppy]

I'm shocked this has taken shape.

Shocked I tell ya!

I'd hate to ride in this thing. Matt's Offroad Recovery just had a video about how they had to correct the drive shaft harmonics on the Worlds Largest Off Road Wrecker. Really is a lot of potential in this kit but i'll not do another.