ZackM
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Hey guys, been a while since I have been on over here. You all are turning out some great looking cars usual. We are racing NASTRUCK as one of the classes in my local club this year. So I finally got to build up one of my new 2NASTE chassis for myself. I built this to run in our classes that allow the scholer, sloting plus and scaleauto chassis. They are getting very hard to get here and I wanted to add some durability since we run mainly S16d power. So I did brass and all stainless steel bracketry. This is my Chevy built on that platform, I have done a small number of these and have been selling them through my FB and on Ebay. Fun cars, fast, and can be built up in a night or less! I am going to try and get a Can Am car going on this chassis next... Zack
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After I posted some pictures of my completed Corvette c8r here in the states I got a few questions about the cars. So I through together a little video here of another kit I have new in the box, as well as my finished product. Hopefully some of you find this helpful. '
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I am trying to get a couple cars together for the GT3 proxy coming up again this year. Both cars have simple liveries for proxy racing. I bought 3 of these Area71 printed cars to try out. Took a good bit of work to get it looking good, but I am happy with the results. I also put together a new Sideways M6, looking forward to seeing how they go here soon! Zack
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You mean like this ??.....................Sloting plus axle tubes/bushings....been around for 10yr +....they come in three widths, don't leave home without em !! This is definitely the way to go. The only reason my car didn't have one is I couldn't get it in time to ship my car. I got a good stockpile of them now! That said, I didn't notice a big improvement with the wire modifications. Zack
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One of my recent lockdown completions. The car had the windows super glued in poorly when I got it. So I broke them when removing them to clean up the car. Knowing I wanted to build this to be a racer I ended up making some new windows out of .005" clear styrene. They aren't perfect, but do the job just fine. I also installed a lexan interior, Piranha motor, sloting plus axles, CB designs 15x8 front and 15x11 rear wheels, NSR F1 rear supergrips, blocked up the front axle, and added some lead. The wheel inserts are Slot.it porsche 956. As I thought they were the closest I could easily get to the stock wheels. Its a great runner now and looks nice flying around the track!
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Here is what I have done to my NSR Merc. It is currently right up near the front of the US GT3 proxy, at or near track record pace on most of the tracks. I think it is the top NSR in the field, with some of the Scaleauto vettes leading the way. I understand the surfaces can be quite different down there, so I won't say this is going to help you. But there are some things to try. While I think some flex is a good thing, I did find the front of the Merc to be a little too soft. I glued down some .047" piano wire starting front right behind the front axle blocks leading down to about halfway in the pod. This helped a lot with handling, and some of the 3-wheeling the car was prone to for me. I have oillites glued into the pod. IMO, when you get the tires working really well most pods are too flexible in the back. The Sloting plus bushing/tube combos are great, but I was out of time to get one for this build. I laid some .055" wire across the top of the bushing holders, and then glued them in place using the motor for a brace on the front one. Gluing the motor in is a MUST. Wheels and tires on my car are kit standard, just trued and de-grained with lighter fluid one time. I made sure to keep the left/right balance of the car in tact, and only added enough ballast to really lean on the car. I am using a lightweight interior however, so you may need more with a stock one. The car is 83g. At the end of the day...the Mosler if tuned well will probably still be faster. Its just the right shape and weight balance.
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Well the mold lines were in some difficult spots to get fixed up, and the body had a lot more flashing present than you would get on a normal Tree'd styrene shell. It also has a couple low spots that some may want to spend time to fill, but I didnt' worry about it in this case. The wheels are CB Designs classic steel wheels in 15x10. Custom painted of course. The tires are Paul Gage PGT Part # 22166ff! They come with a Road race style center tread. But I cut them down until that is just gone, to give them more of the dirt track look and to allow the car to be a bit lower! Zack
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I finished up the car this weekend. Pretty happy with the final results. As usually the interior is tricky when the ride height gets this low, but I was able to make something work that looks pretty good. The roll bar was taken from a Pioneer Camaro, The dashboard is the one that came in the kit. The paint finish on the car isn't the best I have done, but considering the work I had to put into it to get it paintable I am happy with the results!
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Word on the street is he has some other hard to find bodies in the works.... Zack
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Yea these are the wheels and tires. Yeah the body was $23.50 shipped USD. Not cheap for how much work I had to put in on it, but for a unique body its a pretty good option! I think they were made to fit the pioneer chassis? Anyhow. Got the body mostly assembled after clear last night. Tonight I should be mounting it up and working on some interior details and such. Yellow wouldn't be choice again, but it looks pretty cool! Zack
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Hey guys! I have been plugging away on a few projects at home. I got a guy who wanted a sportsman style car like the Fairlane I just build. He wanted something different, and found this 70' Mercury Cyclone body on ebay. It is a custom made job, and for a home built styrene kit it was pretty well done. That said, it still required a lot of work to get it to the point where it could be painted. It is however pretty lightweight, so should be worth the effort! Yellow paint went down last night per request! Chassis is a simple flexi pan setup. Using a .063" Center pan and .032" side pans. The motor mount is a cut down professor motor lightweight unit. Should have her finished up and running by the weekend I hope! Zack
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Hi Mark, The motor bracket that Zack used (Professor Mtr.) is a copy of the brackets he used to sell that were from BWA. (BWA closed up, Andy had his own made). While they are a well made/ good looking bracket, they are rather heavy, and for the type of racing most folks here do, there are better choices. Both JK and RGEO make a range of brackets in various widths/offsets, that all have hole patterns drilled for 3/16 x 3/32 bushings, and hole patterns drilled for our 130/180 etc. type motors. Both of these manufacturers produce a range of high end commercial grade slot products and are very well respected. (I am sure you are familiar with both) While much lighter than the Prof. Mtr. bracket, both are designed for commercial racing, and are more than strong enough (way more) for any home/club racing. Cheers Chris Walker PS If you have any issues finding them , please let me know. Chris is correct, and I stated it in my other thread as well. This bracket is pretty overbuilt for a 1/32 or even a lighter 1/24 car. I sand a good amount off the top to shave some weight. I have burned through most of my stash of these at this point, so I will be going back to the JK brackets. Zack
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The Fairlane build it all wrapped up. I am happy with how it turned out Zack
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Great looking car! Zack
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This is the part # for the motor bracket.....PMTR5012 I made some progress last night on the car. I painted the wheels, trued and glued the tires, and started getting the body mounts made up. I am not sure I am happy with the mounts themselves, but I like the stance of the car. I also shaved the door handles, and began work on the front end. Including a simple little Styrene spoiler. Zack
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I am working on a Monogram Ford Fairlane body. The intent is to send it in to the HRW Showdown series oval race. Since I couldn't justify spending the money and time for a car I won't get to oval race myself, I decided to compromise. I put together a "rattle" or "slider" chassis for it using the following components. -Professor Motor forged motor bracket, with material removed from up high. -Professor motor Oillie 3/16x3/32 bushings -.063" Brass front pan -1/8" OD front axle tube to accept a 3/32 axle -.055" Piano wire main rails -.055" Piano wire front axle reinforcement -3/32 sqaure tube axle connection on top of guide tongue. -Side pans are .031" brass, I wanted to keep them light so I could ballast them differently for road course and oval. -3/32 square tube slider tubes -.062" Piano wire Slide wires, with another small piece of .062" wire between the wire and pan connection. Weight is 40g. Probably far too heavy to put up a good fight on the oval. But should get around the road course well. The total movement of the center section of the chassis is around .080", the idea being that on the oval the weight will be offset toward the inside of the turn. These types of chassis are surprisingly good in 1/24, all I did was scale it down! Next up I will be hacking up the body to fit the big tires and smoothing some things out for a paint job! Thanks for checking it out! Zack
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I am working on a Monogram Ford Fairlane body. The intent is to send it in to the HRW Showdown series oval race. Since I couldn't justify spending the money and time for a car I won't get to oval race myself, I decided to compromise. I put together a "rattle" or "slider" chassis for it using the following components. -Professor Motor forged motor bracket, with material removed from up high. -Professor motor Oillie 3/16x3/32 bushings -.063" Brass front pan -1/8" OD front axle tube to accept a 3/32 axle -.055" Piano wire main rails -.055" Piano wire front axle reinforcement -3/32 sqaure tube axle connection on top of guide tongue. -Side pans are .031" brass, I wanted to keep them light so I could ballast them differently for road course and oval. -3/32 square tube slider tubes -.062" Piano wire Slide wires, with another small piece of .062" wire between the wire and pan connection. Weight is 40g. Probably far too heavy to put up a good fight on the oval. But should get around the road course well. The total movement of the center section of the chassis is around .080", the idea being that on the oval the weight will be offset toward the inside of the turn. These types of chassis are surprisingly good in 1/24, all I did was scale it down! Next up I will be hacking up the body to fit the big tires and smoothing some things out for a paint job! Thanks for checking it out! Zack
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I realize I made a mistake, this is Lola T290.....but I don't know how to edit the title. Zack
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I finally finished this car last night after working on it on and off for quite a while. I heard great things about the Sloter Lola's, unfortunately mine was pretty poor when I got it. None of the wheels were round, and the bushing carriers were really bad. So I decided to put a proper chassis under it! Used an older 312pb chassis I had as a parts car. Materials used: .032" front and rear pans .063" side pans .055" main chassis rails WRP guide tongue Samson Classics Guide Tube Pod is reamed and I used 2-56 screws and nylocs to hold it in. It sits on top of 3mm thick rubber washers. Since this car isn't the best "scale" appearing car anyhow I was more focused on performance. So I installed a paper interior, with a hand painted driver. It needs a little more motor, but it handles very well! ps. I am away the pinion isn't full meshed, since I intend to change the motor I will fix it then!
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I had pretty good luck with one of these. I too had some problems with the pod movement that was pretty easily sorted. I liked how much room there is around the edges of the chassis and body to get some float going. I put thunderslot rear wheels and tires on mine with usual weight tuning and it was right there with my Slot.it Can Am cars. Just not quite as "smooth". Cool looking livery and wheels on this one! Zack
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No I am not that talented. The Ferrari is a Protoslot from over 10 years ago, and the Alfa romeo is a Fly body. The paint turned out well for being in my cold garage, I just make sure to get the cans nice and warm. I did some wet sanding on the Alfa before decals and clear, and probably going have done more. Eventually I decided it was good enough for a proxy racer! Zack
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I did a little refresh on this car yesterday. It's a pretty fun car, SRC Matra with an Avant chassis. Slot.it motor and gears etc. Runs really well and the body is much more attractive than the Slot.it in my opinion. Zack
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Well I got to "finish" both of these car this weekend with all my free time at home. I ended up having pretty poor interior clearance on the Ferrari, so I went with a FLAT6 motor that actually works well in the car given its weight. I plan on changing out the interior once my new order of figures shows up. The Alfa is a little more rough and tumble, but for a proxy car it looks decent. Zack
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Darn looks like the links dont work on my phone. Will have to post more monday! Zack
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Finally done for now.