by howie » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:02 pm
My new Beau chassis with a Ferrari 712 body. Except for wiring the motor, it is ready to test and perhaps race tomorrow.
3,027 January 8, 2017 9:52 am
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by wb0s » Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:14 pm
Today I finally took some time to work on one of my 1/24 cars for racing at Rapid Raceway. I bought one of Beau's new Can Am chassis, which is one beautiful chassis I must say, but I found out last night the bodies I had purchased from Truescale were 3 1/4" wide whereas my chassis is just 3" wide. Beau has these chassis made with provisions to change the side pans, but because my building skills are pretty limited I did not want to go that route. So after looking around I came up with a possible alternative. I pulled out an old American Line chassis that I had raced with the PASER gang years ago. It used a 36D motor but was already set up for tall true scale type wheels and tires. I cut out the soldered in 36D motor and installed a motor mount for a Falcon type motor. As I said I am not a great builder and am always looking for helpful techniques to aid in building and especially soldering. One tip I picked up from Jarius Watson in an article he did for the new slot car magazine was to use a small plastic bottle to apply liquid soldering flux. The small plastic bottle really helped me control the amount of flux I used and where it went! The second little trick I tried out was using foil tape to hold the chassis and parts in place while I soldered. The aluminum foil tape also worked well as it sticks really well and the heat doesn't affect it. So a little more work and it will be off to Rapid Raceway to see how it runs!!
3,028 January 8, 2017 9:45 am
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by beaufrazier » Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:56 pm
Here is A photo of Ted's new GT3 I built for him. This is going to be a great class!
3,029 January 8, 2017 9:45 am
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by beaufrazier » Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:59 pm
Great job Blake!!! Looking forward to racing with you again this season....Beau
3,030 January 8, 2017 9:45 am
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by wb0s » Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:07 am
Very nice Howie! I like how you left the body a little taller and not trimmed down. It will be interesting to see if that negatively affects the handling.
3,031 January 7, 2017 10:54 pm
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by howie » Fri Sep 04, 2015 8:14 am
Our newest and youngest racer is Blake. He built this Sportsman car and will be racing it this 2016 season, numbers will be added. He also will have an Early Modified and a NASCAR to race.
3,032 January 7, 2017 10:46 pm
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by howie » Sat May 16, 2015 10:52 pm
We voted to do away with the GT-1 because of the cost of the hard bodies and replace them with GT-3 clear bodies from Pattos place. So I set up a GT-3 on a former GT-1 Scholer chassis. Of course it isn't painted yet and is hard to tell what it is, but I threw in this picture any way. The car is a Ferrari 458 GT-3 and yes, we will run the wings. I made the clips that hold it to the chassis, kind of a copy of the clips to hold bodies to the Champion and other chassis for flexis.
3,033 January 7, 2017 10:45 pm
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by beaufrazier » Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:48 pm
This should be an awesome build. Love the new Mustang.
3,034 January 7, 2017 10:44 pm
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by racerbob9 » Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:30 pm
Starting to work on a 2015 Mustang Trans Am racer. I am trying to do this without adding flairs....
3,035 January 7, 2017 10:39 pm
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by howie » Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:35 pm
New cars that showed up at the Apr. 4th. 2015 race.
Beau's Can-Am.
Another Beau Can-AM.
John Fisher's Can-Am.
Bob. Nak's new Can-Am.
3,036 January 7, 2017 10:31 pm
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by howie » Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:46 am
New cars that showed up at the race of March 21, 2015.
John Gill's winning and nice looking Can-Am.
Marty's Can-Am. He had to mix paint to get that color.
Stuart's Can-Am.
Stuart's new Early Modified, a '39 Chev. It is a beauty!
Beau's new Can-Am. BEAUTIFUL! He loaned it to me to race, I thought it was too nice to race! Hope I didn't scratch it!
3,037 January 7, 2017 10:29 pm
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by beaufrazier » Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:05 pm
EXCELLENT JOB!!!! Looks like one bad ass Modified. The decals are cooooooool.....Beau
3,038 January 7, 2017 10:26 pm
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by howie » Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:39 am
Finally completed this Early Modified about 10 minutes ago! It will be raced later today by my over the road truck driving son Dayle.
3,039 January 7, 2017 10:24 pm
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by howie » Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:51 am
SP800001 is primered and ready for paint after light sanding to take out the final little imperfections. I will add a finished picture when completely done. Dayle, my truck driving son laid claim to the car as he does not have a legal True Scale NASCAR. He wants it painted in the livery of Werner Enterprises whom he and his truck are leased out to.
That will be added to my summer slot car projects.
3,040 January 7, 2017 10:24 pm
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by howie » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:15 am
If I build it, I would hope to tangle with Bob and come out on top, but his '49 is fast and handles very well!
3,041 January 7, 2017 7:45 pm
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by wb0s » Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:39 am
Howie, Is that a Bob Beater???
3,042 January 7, 2017 7:43 pm
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by howie » Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:42 am
Future project? I found this '49 Ford in my body drawer, it has been waiting for me to finish it for probably close to 15yrs! I think now it would make a fine Sportsman car.
3,043 January 7, 2017 7:36 pm
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by howie » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:56 am
New cars showed up at the Feb. 24th. race.
Beau's new Can-Am.
John Fisher's new Sportsman.
John Fisher's new TA-2 Mustang.
3,044 January 7, 2017 7:34 pm
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by marty » Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:55 am
https://www.duplicolor.com/images/big/b ... filler.jpg
Howie,
I use Dupli-Color Filler Primer for the small imperfections. It also makes a barrier to prevent automotive paint from attacking the plastic.
Marty
3,045 January 7, 2017 7:30 pm
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by howie » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:54 pm
SP800001 continues. After sanding and filling in the small imperfections and sanding again it was time to put a primer coat on. It is not to my liking yet as I put the magnifying glasses on and can see little glitches. I will continue to fix them 'till I am satisfied.
I start with 320 grit sand paper and for the final grit I use 600. The 600 will fill up with putty in a very short time.
3,046 January 7, 2017 7:24 pm
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by howie » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:24 pm
SP800001 continues. Now the fun part! After making sure the tracking is right on I rough cut the flairs after I mark them with a Sharpie on the inside. I cut the flairs with a disc on a Dremel. Then I add the "Green Stuff", ( putty that is ). Back in the day there actually was a 1 to 1 body putty known as Green Stuff! I want the flairs to blend in well with the body, so I use plenty, there is more at the hobby shop! It smells too, but the wife is gone for the day so I can do it in the hobby room and let it dry in the shop for the day. The putty is real easy to sand. This green putty is supposed to be stronger than other hobby putty. I have it on my TA-2 Mustang and so far no cracks, although I didn't put it on as thick as this car. I also noticed just recently that the 1-1 NASCAR has flairs, you have to look close,
( Google NASCAR and check out the pictures ).
Are those not flairs?
Marking the flairs.
This is what is left after rough cutting.
Don't be shy in using the putty!
After centering the chassis ( the chassis does move side to side somewhat ) this is how much of the tire will show.
3,047 January 7, 2017 7:18 pm
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by howie » Wed Feb 18, 2015 1:07 pm
SP800001 continues. I use .030" sheet plastic to make the flairs. Using scissors I cut about 1/4" wide and long enough to fill the wheel wells. I hold them in place while I run a bead of Super Glue on the inside of the flair, I use Super Glue because it sets up fast. Then when I get all the flairs glued, back out to the shop I go to put the Goop on over the Super Glue. I leave a little bit of a lip on the inside to have something for the glue to hold to. I do not put any glue on the outside, except what accidentally got on my fingers which stuck to the body!! I will have to do more sanding of the body than originally planned!!
I set the body on the chassis and used a marking pen to mark where I need to make more room. The front wheel wells did not need any material taken away.
I make the flairs as close to the tires as possible knowing the body is going to move up and down while on the track.
Now it is back out to the shop to add the Goop!
3,048 January 7, 2017 7:12 pm
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by howie » Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:24 pm
SP800001 continues. Mounting the body.
I taped the rattle pan down, screwed the chassis to the board, I do not want any thing to move!
This is my body height contraption. Oops! As you can see, I took too much from the body. I will add to the height by mounting the body on top of some double sponge tape.
I put double stick tape over the holes in the mounting plate to hold the pins in place. I am using a double stick sponge tape to add the proper height to the body, making the body a little higher than the bottom of the chassis.
Body mounted. I add automotive goop to the pins and set the body and let dry for a day at least. I have to do this in the shop as my wife will get an immediate head ache from the fumes if I do it in the house.
3,049 January 7, 2017 7:05 pm
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by howie » Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:49 am
SP800001 continues. Mounting of the side pans to the chassis.
This is the mounting kit I will use. This kit is $4.25 from Professor Motor.
Mounting plate and plastic pins are all I will use, the bolts were not counter sunk.
I have to cut this much off so the mounting plate will fit. This chassis is as narrow as it goes to fit this Chevy body.
Holes have been counter sunk. The chassis mounting plate is slotted so the plate can be moved forward or backward, I set it in the middle.
All set to mount body.
3,050 January 7, 2017 6:59 pm
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by howie » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:53 am
SP800001. Trimming of the body, front tires and rear wheel wells. This body was warped toward the back. I grabbed a hold of it and twisted in the opposite direction, I wasn't shy in doing it as it was quite a twist!
After cutting the body down to the rules, 1.875" for 1/24th. bodies. This is how it stands over the chassis. The chassis has been set at .055" clearance. Next cutting down the front tires and grinding out the wheel wells.
This is how I cone tires, with a fingernail sandpaper file. I also cut down the front tires from 1.085" to .982". Rules say you can cut the tires to .938"/15/16".
After coning tires to .250" as the rules allow. I will coat them later with clear coat paint.
This is how the body now sits over the chassis after grinding out the rear wheel wells. All wheel wells will have to be ground further to install flairs. I want to mount the body first.
