Ambitious Creation Projects

Lately I have been working on the go-karts brakes and bodywork. The brakes that I've used are actually for a model motorbike but they are a good scale match for the kart. As you can see in the picture, I had to make some modifications to the brake caliper to make it fit.

To mount the caliper I simply made a small aluminium bracket which bolts onto the left side bearing. It took a long time to make because it has to be in a very specific position. 

The servo which operates the cable operated brakes is mounted on the chassis, exactly where the brake master cylinder is located on the chassis of a real kart.     

The front nose cone, ready for painting. 

This is what the model and the original one look like together. Hopefully the model will end up looking a little less battered and bruised than the real one.