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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....
by beaufrazier » Sat Oct 17, 2015 8:28 am
Love the foil idea Bill uses during soldering. I'm going to give that a try....Beau
by howie » Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:51 pm
Bill, can't wait to see your re-make of that chassis put to the test. It looks good!
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.
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!!
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!
by beaufrazier » Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:59 pm
Great job Blake!!! Looking forward to racing with you again this season....Beau
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.
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.
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.
by beaufrazier » Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:48 pm
This should be an awesome build. Love the new Mustang.
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....
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.
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!
by beaufrazier » Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:05 pm
EXCELLENT JOB!!!! Looks like one bad ass Modified. The decals are cooooooool.....Beau
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.
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.
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!
by wb0s » Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:39 am
Howie, Is that a Bob Beater???
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.
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.
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
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