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Gloria, what a bitchin' name.....
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:40 am
by ph2t
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:34 am
by VooDooMafia
Nice
Now you need to set the leds up so then you turn the car that will blink on the coresponding sides
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:38 am
by CaboWabo
that's dope dude, guess blinkers are next? lol
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 2:32 am
by barto_85
damn nice work ph2t.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 3:05 am
by ph2t
I've actually done blinkers a while ago, gotta whip out the old circuit diagrams and see what I can come up with. I was thinking of putting a yellow led on the inside of the roof to give it that glow that comes from an internal light in one's car. I'll see what I can whip up.
Here's some shots of how I did all the (very messy) wiring.
As you can see I'm using one of my little 5V light PCB's to run the leds, in this photo I have it hooked up to a 3V lithium for testing. The 3V doesn't really matter since I get the same output from a 1.2V source anyways.
Here you can see how the front white and blue leds are mounted. I made sure to keep the light fixtures clear so I had masked them before painting. I'm a big fan of using surface mount leds and not drilling holes through the shell, that's just me. I put a drop of superglue on the area and then hold the led to it to ensure its flush and I get a good contact so the light from the led gets a much brightness through the plastic as possible.
The same goes for the rear lights. Dang there's a lot of wires there!
The Rims
The rims were made from normal Bit-CharG rims with some putty(bluetak) and some masking/painting.
First I bogged up every other spoke. I then used a cut up eraser to flatten the surface of the bluetak. Bluetak is used to hang posters n stuff so it's pretty soft and prone to warping.
Once that was done I then masked the outer edge of the rim to keep the silver edge. I also masked the inside surface of the centre hub to keep it silver as well. Lookin' a bit freaky at the moment, lol.
I then spraypainted it white. Approx 3 coats giving about 10 minutes drying in between. Once it had dried fully I then removed all the blutak and I got this. Pretty cool!
The front rims were done using the same method. They might be pretty small but it's still achievable.
Once all the rims were done I threw them on the chassis and we are cool to go.
Yeah baby!
ph2t.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:11 am
by brendan123
nice work ph2t
you would have to be carefull with them wheels not to poke the the blue tak out, great idea thou
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 11:28 am
by hue35
I really dig what you did with the wheels... they're badass.
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 1:58 pm
by payaso
At this stage in the hobby, it's harder to get things done that have not been seen before, but ph2t seems to have a handle on that aspect...
Very cool man... You had me at the word Gloria...lol
silla
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 2:24 pm
by crazydave
Excellent idea on those rims, they look great!
I just may have to try that myself.
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 5:47 pm
by ph2t
Thanks fellas,
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Now where would a flossin' post of mine be without some video:
http://www.prahranpianos.com/bit_g/day_final.avi
Divx format of course. This one's got a very lounge lizard style soundtrack care of uncle Lenny.
ph2t.
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:53 pm
by cyco
thats a sweet car dood is it running a 1.0?
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:56 pm
by VooDooMafia
Nice vid
Like me all hardwood...OOOOO the fun one can have
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:09 pm
by HirotoR34
that's pretty badass. I like the custom rims, and the led's are sweet!
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 6:18 am
by noxorc
Love the rims....great job.
the lights came out very nice too.
