Blueprint Diagram of the wedge...

[matt-man]

Hey All,

For those of you who have not been looking at the wedge R/C car thread, i am looking for some drawings of the wedge, ideally blueprint diagrams.

Are there any avaliable of the 400se?

Cheers,

Matt Man

[wooly350i]

have you thought about using real photographs, just so happens that i have got side views on my computer of a 400se, and front and rear views of a seac, also have top view of a 400se.
let me know if this helps and i could attach them to an email and send them to you.

Cheers John

[wooly350i]

Hi Matt,further to my last thread we used the photo's and increased the sizes to 1/10th size then cut em out to use as a guide cos my son is making a wedge project at school for his DNT exam so presumably the guy needs side,front,rear and a plan view to work from,
cheers,John

[Wedg1e]

Nearest thing I have, taken from measurements I made of the car when I was designing a trailer to carry my sea kayaks:

[wooly350i]

Hi Matt,further to my last thread we used the photo's and increased the sizes to 1/10th size then cut em out to use as a guide cos my son is making a wedge project at school for his DNT exam so presumably the guy needs side,front,rear and a plan view to work from,
cheers,John

[grahamw48]

Wedg1e said:

Nearest thing I have, taken from measurements I made of the car when I was designing a trailer to carry my sea kayaks:

So you came back when you found out it had already been done from Hartlepool ?

[grahamw48]

matt-man said:

Hey All,

For those of you who have not been looking at the wedge R/C car thread, i am looking for some drawings of the wedge, ideally blueprint diagrams.

Are there any avaliable of the 400se?

Cheers,

Matt Man

Isn't there a line drawing with measurements in the driver's handbook ?

[UKAuto]

If you get stuck I do have original drafting for a 390; but it is very large, so I don't know how I can get it scanned. It is out in my studio, and is snowed in at present, so it wouldn't be for a few days... let me know.

[leorest]

UKAuto said:

If you get stuck I do have original drafting for a 390; but it is very large, so I don't know how I can get it scanned. It is out in my studio, and is snowed in at present, so it wouldn't be for a few days... let me know.

Do you know any architects. They would know where to get a large drawing scanned. I would love a get a copy if you do get it scanned.

[beacon]

leorest said:

UKAuto said:

If you get stuck I do have original drafting for a 390; but it is very large, so I don't know how I can get it scanned. It is out in my studio, and is snowed in at present, so it wouldn't be for a few days... let me know.

Do you know any architects. They would know where to get a large drawing scanned. I would love a get a copy if you do get it scanned.

Yes me too , I would very much be interested in having a copy.

Edited by beacon on Sunday 1st February 19:50

[Barkychoc]

Print / Copy shops can do a copy (not all have the large scanner though).
Not sure of there is anything like that in Canada?

Alternatively stand on a chair and take a photo - not ideal but I've done it out on site to get a copy of a building drawing.

[eesbad]

Be careful of the copy shops with large drawings (A1+) - you can sometimes get 5 - 10% 'stretch' on the drawing in one axis... Been there, done that!

Best bet is a good set of photos imported into CAD and 'traced' then scaled - I have done this many times with a surprisingly good degree of accuracy.

[leorest]

... or if you know someone in the local planning department. They should have access to large format scanners.

[Barkychoc]

eesbad said:

Be careful of the copy shops with large drawings (A1+) - you can sometimes get 5 - 10% 'stretch' on the drawing in one axis... Been there, done that!

Yes I've been there too - it happens if the feed wheels slip when the original is going through the scanner.
Compare any copies carefully with the originals.

[UKAuto]

I will try taking photos - possibly getting enough height for a full image in one shot, as well as some closer shots of sections to allow for more resolution, and stitching them together.

Probably won't get to it until the weekend.

Cheers,

Rob.

[UKAuto]

...didn't get to it on the weekend, so to be honest it won't be before next weekend at the earliest...

Next update will be when I have something worth saying!

Cheers,

Rob.

[firefox1712]

Autocar or Motor magazines (maybe others too) may have carried out road tests on Wedges - they usually had drawings of the cars next to the tech info - side/front/rear - possibly also overhead; complete with measurements.

Alternatively, scale up from a known size, such as wheels, to create a representation from photographs. Some good quality full size replicas have been produced using this method.

JJ

[Viper]

take a peek here

http://www.the-blueprints.com/index.php?blueprints...

[Wedg1e]

grahamw48 said:

So you came back when you found out it had already been done from Hartlepool ?

Just to make you homesick Graham...





OK so that's a view FROM rather than OF Hartlepool, but you get the gist...

[grahamw48]

Actually I was working in beautiful Redcar yesterday, so only views of Corus Steel and Wilton Chemical Plant.