INTRODUCTION
Section 1 - Page 3
STEP 2 – TERMINOLOGY
3D Printing
All the plastic components in this kit are 3D printed using the latest equipment
and high quality, high-cost materials.
Nylon G
Nylon is a very impact resistant plastic. We use MatterHackers NylonG which is
glass fibre impregnated nylon and is used for most of the main chassis,
bulkheads, engine bay, gearbox casing and suspension components.
PC Blend
Is a blended variant of polycarbonate from Prusa and is extremely strong and
impact resistant. It’s used in the wheels, shocks, uprights, steering, gears, axles,
trumpets and mirrors.
TPU
Is an amazing flexible polymer we have used for the body shell and the ‘active’
driver figure! This material is super tough and capable of absorbing any
impacts. The kit comes with
gold
colour body parts; however, we also offer
these parts as customisable/options printed in a range of available colours. The
texture and finish perfectly captures the essence of the grand prix cars of the
1960’s era. You can also paint them with any flexible paint, such as
polycarbonate paint to achieve your favourite driver/livery!
PETG/Carbon
Is a strong and hard polymer we have used for many of the cosmetic parts.
Brim
For some of the printed parts a thin extra material layer is used during printing
to ensure the part does not prematurely detach from the print bed, this is called
a ‘brim’. Similar to injection moulded parts removed from the sprue, you will
need to remove the brim material and clean up the edges with a scalpel and/or
sand paper.
Hairs/blobs
During the printing process sometimes very fine ‘hairs’ or small ‘blobs’ of plastic
remain on the part. We remove most of these during post processing the
components, but you can also clean up also using a scalpel and/or sand paper.
M1.6, M2, M2.5, M3
These four sizes of bolts/washers/nuts are used in this kit. Bolts all have Allen
socket heads.
M#
cs
The ‘cs’ part refers to counter sunk head.
M#
button
The ‘button’ part refers to button head.
M#
x10mm
Measurement in millimetres indicates the length of the screw thread. For
socket/button head this excludes the head, for counter sunk includes the head.
M#
nylock
nut
The nylock nuts have the nylon insert part of the thread to resist coming loose.