Thanks, agreed on both those points Richard, the screen would probably be cut down for headroom as much as anything. The widest part of the cockpit is just over 18 inches at the elbows so a taller person might have problems fitting.

Thanks. It has been mind bending to come with the slow alteration of parts to refine them and create sub assemblies. Slow progress but at least, it is progress.

Starting to develop the chassis components now.

Getting details added now and geometry is falling over left right and centre. The intersect tool SHOULD work more accurately and the additional facets etc that sketchup adds should be a thing of the past, but are not.

Interesting but no, those things are terribly unstable and I have yet to see one get past the second obstacle. If you are going to do anything with three wheels, the single wheel should be at the rear of the vehicle for stability purposes.

Thanks Daniel, I am thinking of having slots on the side of the nose to allow that air out. I may just omit the whole thing though. For the challenge the subject must be interesting first and efficient last.

Did not like the rear of the chassis, changed with a rotated frame rather than curviloft.

Thanks, I noticed the average kart disintegrate on the way down the hill and being strong enough to take the obstacles would be the main problem. Based between the mig 21 and lightning mostly.

Suspension and steering have me a little lost for direction atm but must be simple.

I got a little bored with the car, what with things not going to plan at the moment so wondered what my idea of a kart to enter the Red Bull challenge would look like.

A pastiche of a 1960's fighter aircraft got the vote with a Challenger tank a close second. Not sure if I will finish this but it got my mind off other things.

Variation 1 on the windscreen fairing/housing.

A beta of the windscreen wiper fairing. It starts with the same profile as the power bulge ends with.

Like everyone else, I have heard a whole lot of conflicting comments and advice about windows 10, it is going subscription, it is not going subscription and a lot of other 'stuff'. I have just spoken to a windows technician and he stated categorically that windows 10 will be free to windows 7 and 8 users for one year starting 29th of july 2015 and after that it has to be bought for 119 US $. NO subscription is planned or being considered. Whether our programs will be compatible or hardware but it is nice to have some solid info after the conjecture.

A quick diversion with a subtle ( I hope ) power bulge in bonnet.

A few changes, this render with the 'roof' on.

Interior beta 1.1. The handbrake has been replaced with an electronic version but the button will be made smaller. There is a multi function tool on the tunnel for selecting diff settings etc via a small flat screen. The airvents do not show well at the angle in this view but I will try to improve this as I move along.

Thanks. I was thinking more of a brunette, more to my style. Not that I have anything against a blonde at all. Not at the moment anyway, sadly.

Interior beta 0.75.

Thanks Steve, the engine is an upgrade from goldfish 1.5 although a gas and air assisted unit called girlfriend 1.7 and wife 4.0 were both considered the repercussion's of broken jaw 0.9 and sore behind 1.2 not to mention earache 7.5 made this a non starter.

Thanks, I render the model pretty regularly to spot any flaws in the groups as I go, it makes it easier to spot problems like the way extrusion tools and curviloft can produce, for want of a better description 'but cheeks' when lofting/extruding certain arcs. Still not entirely certain about the black chrome feature but I can see how that goes as I do more. This car is exactly eleven feet long and five feet wide, including the wheelarch 'spats'.

I worked out door handles and cutouts.