Painting the Frame

Over Christmas I was able to find Lodge's Sandblasting, who prepped the frame for painting. The old blue paint and original red paint was stripped away.

Hauling it from sandblasting to be painted. Great day to transfer bare ferrous-metals! Just don't drop in the snow!

I was able to use the spray booth at my workplace. Wonderful! I would have loved to hang it to paint, but this worked just fine. Here it is ready to go.

Raw metal. No primer yet.

Notice foam filler protecting the allen holes in the collars.

The sandblaster hit the cracks with a little weld, but I may need to hit it again my self.

There is some primer on the cross member.

AHHH... Color! It is a bit darker than I anticipated. But it is a standard color for enamel in a spray can. Rattlecan is a new term I have found.

Protecting the bushing slots

She's Blue!

I have some metalic aluminum spray enamel that I may use on some details.

Next up is cleaning up all the other parts, rebuilding the frame, and rebuilding the engine.

Fun in the "off" season

Here are some images of my first "mod" for rFactor, the Red Devil kart. rFactor is designed for users to create vehicles and tracks. The kart was created with Blender, a free 3D modeling program. I recreated the Indianapolis Raceway Park road course with Bob's Track Builder.

These images are from an early version. The bad shadows and head movements have been fixed.

pits at IRP, looking east towards the 5/8 mile oval.  Old main tower at far right.

pits at IRP

IRP backstretch. notice old tower at right

on the grid at IRP

scramble at start

driver's eye view, too far left coming out of 1 at IRP

Here is a link to a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAO39V0cOkA
 (bonus points for guessing who the driver/kart is based on)

If interested:
http://rfactor.net/