74 T-Bird

[David Carter]

this is the car that I am working on at the moment

it will be racing in my clubs classic nascar/stockers the rules for this class state that it has

to have max 18k motor and max 9mm width tyres

given that this is a big car and still near perfect to scale I decided to try setting it up as a long can side winder

motor - 17k nsr baby king

8mm witdth rims fitted with F22's

nsr gears

ninco pro race guide

custom chassis

 

just some of the parts I used

 

 

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I used a slot-it motor pod trimmed up and sections of a scaly lmp chassis for bushing holders

 

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once it was all glued up and the finish trimming done

I cut the rear chassis section out of a slot-it display case { I find these very good for this }

and then trimmed the front part from a ninco Lambo lighting chassis

glued together and then braced it all with 1.5mm brass rod

 

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once that was all dry I then set up the front axle by fitting slot-it's replacement brass bushes

then fitted it all together

so now have a running chassis

 

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but still need to sort out the rear section for some body mounts and lift it up so you couldn't so it so much due to the height of the body behind the rear wheel arches

 

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body fitted

 

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now that the body is fitted and it has had a few test laps

and all is good and running smooth

it is onto the interior

will update once that is done

cheers

Edited April 5, 2015 by David Carter

[munter]

Wow, I like that.....and you know what they say?....."Big is good"

[Old johnny]

I agree..its,coming along very well.

[Wobble]

Aptly named Thunderbird. That will move so much air out the way when it's rolling a blind man could drive it. Good going so far Dave

[slotmadmac]

Ingenius bit of work mate. Lots of 'firsts' there for me.

[shadow_rusty]

 

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now that the body is fitted and it has had a few test laps

and all is good and running smooth

it is onto the interior

will update once that is done

cheers

it needs torn leather bench seats to match that great paint job.

[David Carter]

yeah would look the part

but I have gone down the race car route

the interior is made and painted I just need to fit a roll cage

I was thinking of doing it in the Wood Brothers #21 livery

and when munter has vac formed new windows as the original one have gone cloudy beyond repair

I will be able to fit it all in

[David Carter]

ok I have got the interior made and painted

I made the cockpit from clear blister packaging

the roll cage is a thin wire with a pvc coating and painted

I used the original dash and the driver is from a scaly camaro

now onto getting the body painted

 

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Edited April 6, 2015 by David Carter

[shadow_rusty]

Very nicely done. Can't wait to see it finished now.

[David Carter]

Ok the t-bird is finished

will just need some fine tuning and she is all ready for racing

 

 

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now onto the next project

1956 corvette convertible using a Munter resin that he has kindly donated to me

thanks for following my build

[Wobble]

Wow. Ready for racing and breaking.

Now that's gonna break a few cars (and a few hearts) when it hangs its tail out on a curve. Probably take the outside 2 lanes out at the same time.

Good job Mate. Actually better than good. Excellent!

Edited April 18, 2015 by Wobble

[pieguy]

hi,dave.you have been hangin out with viv and munter tooo much.nice work.very clever use of materails there, the wood bros wood be happy

[munter]

Dave, you certainly have an eye for creative use of materials....and cars. This is a great build.

 

you have been hangin out with viv and munter tooo much

....yeah, see the results though.

[Capri-corn7]

Wow Dave, looks fantastic. Love the attention to detail, that exhaust exit looks awesome.

[kash15394]

Great looking car.Well done.

[Wobble]

Hey Dave, I've got some Nascar type wheel inserts if you want them. They're about 12.8mm diameter although they might be a bit small by the looks of your wheels

Edited April 21, 2015 by Wobble

[David Carter]

the rears are 16.5 x 8 slot-it and the fronts are the standard plastic slot-it rims

[SlotsNZ]

Can't wait to tail-end it at one of my squeezes

 

 

Sorry

[David Carter]

that works both ways Mark

would be fun to push the tail end of your car out and into the tyres on your hairpin

[slotmadmac]

Nice work bud. Love it.

[munter]

Send those inserts up Wobble, we can make any insert fit any rim.....nearly.

[Wobble]

Of course, why did I need reminding of that? They're already in the post.

Edited April 22, 2015 by Wobble

[David Carter]

some of you may remember this car I built a few years back

 

after racing it in club for a while it got put aside

this car was very quick and unbeatable in my clubs Nascar class much to the disgust of the other guy's

I set this car up as a long can sidewinder just as a experiment.

it got robbed for parts but I have always wanted to get this car back on the track

so I have spent the past few day's playing around with it

 

it now has a different set up so it will hopefully be more inline with the other club cars in terms of performance and speed

it now has

18k scaly motor in S/W

standard scaly axle and gears in the rear

slot it front axle and bushes

ninco prorace guide

slot it rims fitted with PG tyres

 

the new wheels/tyres have a better scale appearance and look so much better than the earlier ones

 

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she is untested at this stage but should run fine

Edited April 23, 2019 by David Carter

[GAS41T]

Nice DC

[slotmadmac]

That beast was unbeatable. Wouldn't surprise me if it still is.

 

Looking good Crockett.