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by howie » Mon Feb 01, 2016 4:46 pm
Ok, on with the project. After letting the JB weld dry over night I cut the tubes to the length I wanted. I bent the nails and had a hard time bending them just right. So I came up with another solution. The nails slide in real easy into the tube, meaning they would slide out also while racing! I need something to add a resistance to the nail. So I cut a piece of motor wiring and striped the rubber coating off and cut it to the length I wanted and forced it over the tubing and super glued it in place. It works great. Not pretty, I will make it prettier next time if I choose to go this way again. If I do go this way again, I will make the brass tubing shorter.
by howie » Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:31 am
I am working on converting my former GT-1 Scholer chassis to a GT3 chassis ( not much to it ). I am using small nails ( .055" D. X .800" L. ) to mount the body as I am about out of the pins and have PLENTY of these nails. I drilled new holes in the mounting plate with a .092" drill bit and filed the holes out just slightly to make a tight fit. I am using brass tubing ( .095" ID X .062" OD. ). Beings the body mounting bracket is aluminum, I am going to use JB Weld to hold the pieces together, ( hopefully ). I am going to use the Austin Martin GT3 body for this build.
The nails will have to be slightly bent in order to make it a tight fit to hold them in place during racing.
I used a piece of piano wire to go through the tubes to keep them straight and will remove them upon the JB Weld drying. Then I will cut the tubes to the proper length.
by howie » Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:28 am
A new axle bracket for Blake's Can-Am. I used a piece of brass about .035" and bent, drilled and soldered it in place.
Dykem, from my machining days at work. It is great for marking where you want to drill, bend, etc.
The finished bracket.
Soldered through the bolt holes.
A piece of piano wire is soldered from the motor bracket down to the chassis and up the axle bracket. That should do the job.
by wb0s » Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:33 pm
Bob, that Fusion looks great!
Howie, that sounds like how chassis work goes for me. One step forward, three steps back! I'm sure it will come out nearly perfect in the end!
wb0s
by howie » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:53 pm
While in Wyoming at the "farm" I decided I would continue on Blake's Early Modified. I took two old chassis with me to convert to Blake's car. The chassis I chose to modify really did not work out as I completely had a melt down with too much heat and the entire front end came apart. I ended up using the other chassis which I had to shorten by quite a bit and that is when we had to head back to Portland. I have some photos of the build before the "melt down". I will try to get this project done before we start racing the Early Modifieds for points on Feb. 27th. When I finish up with the chassis, Blake will paint and detail it.
This is the "melt down" chassis that will be put in the old chassis drawer for using at a later date, ( maybe ).
At least you get an idea of what the car will look like. This is the second chassis and as it turned out will be a better fit for the car anyway.
by howie » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:40 pm
Bob; that is going to be a cool looking car! Paint job is great!
by racerbob9 » Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:17 pm
Here is a look at the Revell 1/24 Snap kit Ford Fusion Gen6 on a Schoeler Chassis.
by howie » Sun Nov 29, 2015 3:37 pm
Hey Bill; I enjoy sharing my slot car projects. I am happy when others like you report on their projects too. This page is by far the most popular on this site.
by howie » Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:11 am
Ok, I scrambled and got the car done a couple hrs. before yesterday's race. The car is fast down the straight, we had to add some weight to get it to go around the corners. Blake claimed this car as his ( Grand sons can get away with this ). He raced it and really liked it.
I believe I will replace the aluminum mount as it did move after contact with another car, making the rear axle out of line. If you can see in the pictures, the bottom part of the block that bolts to the chassis is not long enough. I think I will make the new mount out of sheet steel. I will add pictures of the new mount when I get time to do the job.
by wb0s » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:10 am
Great Build Up article Howie! Thank you for taking the time to post this!!! This sort of How-To stuff helps me a lot!!! =========Bill
by howie » Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:53 pm
Not getting much done on the project. The wife and I left town for a few days. I did manage to get the chassis mount mounted today. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, getting anything done on the project then is not looking good.
Be sure to counter sink the bolts on the bottom of the chassis.
by howie » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:59 pm
Ok, this is what I came up with for an adjustable ride height bracket: find an inline motor bracket, ( in my spare parts drawer ) cut the axle housings off. Find a piece of flat brass about .062" thick. Cut the brass to the length you want. Solder the three together. For lightness I found a piece of aluminum .062" and cut to the size I need and put a 90deg. bend in it. I will put two notches at the bottom where it meets the chassis so I can move it back and forth and drill two holes in the chassis to bolt it where I need it. Then I will put two notches in the brass piece that is attached to the axle holders for up and down movement and drill two holes in the aluminum for bolts to hold it where I need it. The up and down movement is for tire wear. The aluminum piece will be cut down, as it is now it is too high, Also I will cut the brass piece to match the axle brackets. Of course you want to make sure the "stars" are all aligned and the axle turns freely and easily.
I cut off the original axle housings.
I will replace the bushings with bearings before it hits the track!
by howie » Fri Nov 20, 2015 9:46 am
I took the easy way out on the front axle by just soldering a tube onto the stock uprights. Body mounted. I cut the body at what I thought was the place to cut, as it turned out the True Scale tires up front would not fit under the body. I have some clear plastic and I cut a piece and super glued it to the sides. Consequently I will have to paint that part on the outside, no big deal. The rear tire at this point is just a prop. I will have to take more material off the chassis on the inside of each front wheel as they are rubbing, not good!! Now the hard part: making an adjustable rear axle mount.
by howie » Thu Nov 19, 2015 4:11 pm
First thing did was I checked the motor mount. I didn't have to remove the motor mount after all, I just cut the bottom bar out of the mount and the top screw hole lines up and a Hawk motor will hold with one screw and double sticky tape on the bottom! The motor sits flat against the chassis.
by howie » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:07 pm
As if I don't have enough to do I am going to build a True Scale Can-Am chassis out of this Champion chassis that I found in my old chassis drawer. I would LIKE to have it done before next race ( Nov. 28th. ) with a new body and all! We will see how that goes!
The Champion chassis.
#1 is to cut the front pan off so the tires will fit. 2. move the guide flag back a tad. 3. cut off the motor bracket and install one that will take a Hawk 7 motor. 4. Cut off and make an adjustable ride height axle bracket. 5. Make new front axle brackets, yea, I know it says 6, but it is 5 ok?
by wb0s » Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:31 am
Nice job Blake!
by howie » Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:06 am
Chevy NASCAR and a Mustang TA2 painted by our youngest racer Blake. We are taking these projects to the farm in Wyoming ( Blake and his twin sister Aubry are joining us ) on our semi annual trip. They will be sitting on a Sloting Plus SP800001 chassis.
by howie » Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:20 pm
Googled Red Bull Indy cars and this is what I came up with so it is what I am going to copy. There are various Red Bull Indy cars, I liked the blue color.
by howie » Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:40 pm
Got this Indy body form Beau who ordered it from PCH #10948. Beau has more of these bodies. Took this old 4.5" JK chassis from my old chassis drawer. I am going to combine these two items to make my first Indy car. The body is like it is made to fit this chassis! I can't pass this up! First thing I did was cut off the front axle mount ( may not have been necessary ) so I can make a new mount. Then I cut the top off of the rear axle mounts so I can raise the axle bushings and lower the car for 1.0" + tires. This is going to be a simple Indy car so I won't make the rear adjustable for ride height. Stay tuned.
Decals for this project.
Just a mock up of a perfect fit!
Raised the rear axle bushings. Yes, I will clean up the rust etc. when I get done with this project.
I will have to cut off the chassis where the marks are so the body will fit flush with the bottom.
by racerbob9 » Mon Nov 02, 2015 9:39 pm
This is a Patto's Place 2015 McLaren 650S GT3. It is a difficult body to mount. Hope it works well...............
Bob N.
by howie » Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:35 pm
Bob; that is a very nice Can-Am. Looks like we are going to have some Beau built chassis competing this 2016 season.
Yes a little weight up front helped my Beau chassis quite a lot. I also added a little in front of the rear tires, I was not too thrilled with that move but left them on while racing and I will more than likely take them out. The chassis is a nice handling unit ( at least on the Rapid Raceway track ) and takes very little tweaking to get the handling right.
howie
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by beaufrazier » Sun Oct 25, 2015 5:25 pm
Looking good Bob! Those who are now running the new chassis found that adding a little weight at the front on either side of the axle upright is about the only tuning needed . The final weight that works is 5.50-6.0 oz. Give that a try for a starting point.
by racerbob9 » Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:32 pm
I finally got going on my Beau Can-Am. Beau did a beautiful job with the chassis! Thanks Beau. Still needs some detail work, but finally............
by howie » Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:21 pm
Beautiful Can-Am Bill. If it runs as good as it looks, your competitors are in trouble! Also, Ted's GT-3 is looking good, I agree with Beau, this is going to be a fun new class.
by wb0s » Sat Oct 17, 2015 1:33 pm
I finally got my Can Am car done and ready for the race today. I sure hope it works OK....
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