Another Mardave is born.

[sunbeam]

My new V12 VRX CE with some home made carbon bits. My daughter has one exactly the same. Our shells are being painted by 'a man that can'

[alteredoggy]

some nice carbon bits there

[qatmix]

Looks great!

[MrTross]

Looks awsome
What did the bumper come from?

[sunbeam]

Originally Posted by MrTross

Looks awsome
What did the bumper come from?

MODIFIED Associated tC4 touring car.

[colin367]

That looks awesome mate.

[sldmodels]

Now that's a Mardave I can get excited about

[sunbeam]

Thanks guys, I'm glad you like it
Lets hope it works on the track
I thought I might have been attacked for making non Mardave parts, in our club, anything goes

[gainsy]

Im going to make myself quite clear here guys
Abusive pm's will not be tolerated on this site & will result in a ban as has become Paul this evening, he has been given a 1 month ban for this
On another note great job sunbeam

[SLEENAD]

Great looking parts sunbeam!

I guess the topplates are supposed to create some camber?

[jimmy]

Originally Posted by gainsy

Im going to make myself quite clear here guys
Abusive pm's will not be tolerated on this site & will result in a ban as has become Paul this evening, he has been given a 1 month ban for this
On another note great job sunbeam

Ahhh, that will be why Paul emailed me to tell me to 'stick it up my arse' - I wasn't sure what he was on about
What a trouble causer.

[stox217]

I would be a little cautious about the GRP chassis as it is a little on the flexible side so if you find the car to be a little snappy and sometimes hard to drive it could be the flex in the chassis.
Could be worth a investment in the carbon version in the future
Have fun.

[sunbeam]

Hi,

The top plates are to give strength to the king pins and the tie bar to give the camber (allong with the middle bolt as per kit)

Making a carbon chassis is no problem at all, as you say, the glass one is a little soft. I'll bash one out I love cheap Ebay carbon !!

Thanks.

[Gazza]

no

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[kaylon]

Umm..Gazza..the design is similar yes but Sunbeams CF parts are quite obviously different simply by looking at the pics that he's posted compared to the ones you have supplied.

Sunbeam's top arms have far more material to them, are more flowing and attractive to look at and actually as far as I can tell have a far better finish.

Being inspired by a another product is a fundamental element of good design.

This makes me want to dust off my Mardave that has never even had a motor in it and do some CF parts ...Inspired by Sunbeam.

Btw...are these cut by Hand Sunbeam ?... if so with what?

Thanks

J

[Gazza]

Woosh. . . . straight over your head that one hey Kaylon

The design IS nigels . . .sunbeam just altered the top plate is all there is nothing similar about it its a copy

A Ferrari and a Kit car look alike both look the same both look good but the Idea is still Ferrari / Nigels. . .

Sunbeam still bought a kit of Nigel to copy it and classing it as is own is all im saying

Now if he had said

"seen these on e-bay and thought id have a go at making some "

Now thats a differant story

[DCM]

Bloody hell, you Mardave guys can find the smallest thing to argue about.... As for the kingpin support, yes he did buy the kit but, on receiving it and trying to install it, found it to be inferior so chose to make his own version, simple as that

[Cory01]

Don't think he ever mentions designing them him self only that there home made, which they are.

[qatmix]

Agreed, why all the petty sniping?

Unless Nigel invented these in the late 80's in East Anglia he isn't the inventor of this concept.

I had a suspension plate for my Mini stox in the late 80's when we used to race with silicon on the wheels in a hall with 1/12 cars.

Plus as an engineer would testify, the cut, thickness etc of the material would make a difference to the flex.

Can we just get on and enjoy racing our toy cars and stop any underhand comments? It might be fine on other forums, but Oople has always been a lot more informed.

[teamorsum96]

Originally Posted by qatmix

Agreed, why all the petty sniping?

Unless Nigel invented these in the late 80's in East Anglia he isn't the inventor of this concept.

I had a suspension plate for my Mini stox in the late 80's when we used to race with silicon on the wheels in a hall with 1/12 cars.

Plus as an engineer would testify, the cut, thickness etc of the material would make a difference to the flex.

Can we just get on and enjoy racing our toy cars and stop any underhand comments? It might be fine on other forums, but Oople has always been a lot more informed.

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