mardave f1 car (f12)

[ch!3f]

has any1 ever made a mardave f1 car?been tinkering with my v12 and put some f102 wings on it and cut the shell down to fit looks abit tatty but if its any good will forward it to kamtec to see if its something they would consider to produce be good to see these trapping round a track.also made some body posts for it this is a bodge together thing so not amazing.

here are a few pics so far basicly done just need to develope the shell and cut the chassis to th f1 shape.

also to fit the servo had to stand it on its side which ment cutting the tabs off and half the drivers pit out.

like i said about the shell it needs work as i just glued it together for now to try it(not yest tested)hopefully get to use it tomorrow down at tescos car park and post a vid if possible to get 1.

[Gazza]

Was for sale on ebay very nice based on a HPI shell but Mardave parts

[ch!3f]

looks good and some hard work gone in to that would have been even better is if was 1/12th scale though.remember reading up on an f1 race in radio racer car and there were a few home made f1's similar to that using mardave parts and a few others that used pan car parts think thats what made me want to make a 12th scale f1 car using a mardave chassis.

[Conrad]

One of my mates made a married up a F102 t-bar back end to the chassis on a V12 with obviously a V12 front end and he had a truck racing body that was just the right wheelbase and width for the chassis. It went really well, of course lots of additive on the back helped there

[ch!3f]

right an update i have a tarmac car park at the top of my street abit bigger then a track used for mardaves which has just been resurfaced so had a bash with it on there.

it stuck to it like dog poo to a stick very impressed even my tc car doenst get that much grip.will try get a video tomorrow if the misses doesnt mind standing n watching.lol if not i should be at don valley friday so will try it on the track there and upload a vid.

[ch!3f]

emailed kamtec hope they can do a shell for me

[Hog]

Originally Posted by ch!3f

emailed kamtec hope they can do a shell for me

Keith is really busy at the mo but I'm sure he'll be interested in your idea!

[ch!3f]

yeah ive had a response this morning said it would be an iteresting project so will see,hes asked for some pics so going to forward the above 1s aswell as a few of just the shell

[qatmix]

I have also made a F1 with mardave parts in the past. Mardave made their own 1/12 F1 many moons ago you had to move the cells to the side of the chassis in two rows of 3

I will dig up the pics.

[ch!3f]

never new that,ive done it based on the v12 so the only thing you need to alter is the shape of the chassis and the servo stands on it side to cater for the narrow front end of the shell.other then that im using a 4cell pack and a 19turn motor which give it about the same top end as my f103 with a 540 motor.

[Dreadstar]

Ah,you mean this little beauty that I'm doing up just now.

[ch!3f]

cool that looks like it has the mini stock parts on it?

[Dreadstar]

A view of the underside plus some pics of her current look. Yes,she was based on a stetched ministock chassis.

[qatmix]

Yup thats the one

I miss mine, I had one a long time ago but the shell was battered and you couldn't buy them anymore so it got wrapped for spares.

Yours looks great!

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by Dreadstar

A view of the underside plus some pics of her current look. Yes,she was based on a stetched ministock chassis.

Strangely enough, the original Ministock came about as a way for Mardave to use up all the parts that were left over after they had stopped making their F1 chassis.

[mattjuk81]

I'm the guy who made the HPI based one above

[Dreadstar]

Here's a little vid of the Dave's test run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COgzmfGWecA

[ExLimeySpeedfreak]

Many many moons ago my first RC car was a Mardave Ferrari 1/8 scale nitro, with a Veco engine. Did Mardave get out of the nitro scene? think this was back in the late seventies early eighties.

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Mardave have their own F1 coming out soon

[ch!3f]

the only thing that i think will be weak is the mounts for the rear wing on to the shell,if you have a bad smash the wing will move alot which could damage the mounting holes i think they awt to go along similar lines of the mounting i made for the strength + you can alter the height of the wing too.