[WIP]Turbine Fox - Entry for custom contest - Racing Theme
Crushader | June 15, 2007Hi guys, just finished my exam yesterday and I was rushing on finishing off what I started, as the rules stated Im not allow to post final product, so I’ll just post a few teaser shot of the custom I made Turbine BoosterFox. And please excuse the quality of the images, the camera I always used got taken away
, so using my phone camera once again.
Heres a little story on the mods I made, thats a turbine jet engine mounted on the back of the Shadow Fox. The white part on top is the main cooler and as well as the stabilizer which keeping the turbine engine cool at all time as well aerodynamic function using the wind blades. You can see there are 3 inter cooler outputs which will collect the air and pass through the main engine, there are also 2 exhaust mounted, the first one is right under the turbine engine itself:
The 2nd one is the replacement for the gun original mounted on the Shadow Fox:
As its a racing machine, all original arms mounted on Shadow fox had been removed and replaced with many component to enhance the fox with more powerful engine, many blades used as wind blades for aerodynamic . Before this turbine jet engine was used, there were quite a few other engines had been tested, but most of them failed to maintain the speed as well as specs during the trial run, therefore the body part under the engine are worn out, many failure engines blew up causing the paint to peel off (this took me a few trial to get the right color and feeling), you can see the paint stripped in the pic (not very clear but you can tell)
The pics above are the position of the engine during the race, the turbine jet engine is raised and the exhaust will automatically change angle to ready to take off. As the engine is powerful, but turning at a tight corner will be a piece of cake for Turbine Booster Fox as the stablelizer will keep the engine running at full speed and the engine mounted can turn/spin in order to make the zoid turn at an incredible speed without slowing down.
As for stopping situation like pitstop or at the end of the race, the engine mounted on the back will lower down and it will act as a shield to stop the wind and reduce the speed, and once again the intercoolers and wind blades will take care of the aerodynamic issue, here are the pics of the engine when attempting to stop:
The claws are made out of the toughest metal on Zi and was painted with high-tech gravity powder mixed paint which enhanced the friction during the race.
More pics will be up soon when the entries started and better quality pics as well.
Lemme know what you think about it ok?




