1 Reply by ProfessorFate

(1 replies, posted in Modifications)

Hello Slot Car Racers & builders,                                                                                                   #1

   I started with an old Doug Haynes Resilient Resins McLaren M8A body made in the 1990's that I won at auction on e-bay in 2005 still in the NOS original bag. The body sat until 2022 when I scratch built the chassis for the Resin Mclaren M8A CAN-AM and then painted the body. This is how it looks like today.

  The car has some practice time so there is no driver installed. (The car ran very well at 7.461 seconds on Tom's track in Bend, Oregon in practice).

  If there are any questions, I will do my best to answer them. 

  Click on the address below to view the picture.

Jim

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2 Topic by ProfessorFate

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Hello slot car racers,

   I build slot car chassis from scratch, also known as "scratch built".  There are NO easy-to-follow instructions.  The body you are building the chassis for, are the instructions.  
  I try to build two chassis a month; some bodies will be unpainted as they are for someone who wants me to build a custom chassis. This is to show what can be done. If you have any questions, I will try to answer them as best as I can. I want the slot car hobby to live on.   
  In order to build a good chassis, you will need a good quality chassis jig, wire bender, wheel diameter blocks, 90-degree square, 80-watt solder iron, good quality solder (NOT the cheap crap), good clean brass & steel piano wire, sandpaper, a Dremel and some common hand tools (needle nose pliers, skewer/stick, ruler with 10th or mm increments & sharpie marker, your choice of tools). You will also NEED some patience, practice & imagination. 

Remember, it takes longer to do it fast and wrong than it does to build it slowly & correctly.  

Always use the best quality tools & parts to build the best quality items.
 
  I am not saying I am smarter than the next guy, because I am definitely not. It is that some people just do not know the difference between scratch built and a kit. i.e. (If you put together a Revell model kit - you did not scratch build the model) the same goes for scratch building a slot car chassis. This is Not a kit with instructions!

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Jim Mitchell

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3 Topic by ProfessorFate

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Hello fellow slot car racers,

  I have some New Old Stock 1/24 Champion Stamped steel 4" Turbo Flex chassis for sale part #420 at $21.00 each.
Let me know if you are interested and I can send pictures to your phone or e-mail.

  You can text or call me at 54one-5two7-93one4 if no answer, please leave message and I will call or text you back. Please leave something to do with slot cars in the message.

Thank you,

Jim

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4 Topic by ProfessorFate

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Hello fellow slot car racers,

  I have some New Old Stock 1/24 TSRF basic chassis kits for sale part #24003 at $35.00 each, and some factory hubs, motors, gears & other spar NOS parts for the 1/24 chassis.

  Let me know if you are interested and I can send pictures to your phone or e-mail.
To see the picture, you will need to sign in and click on the attachment to see the chassis.

54one 5two7nine3one4

Please leave message and add question about TSRF.

Thank you,

Jim

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5 Topic by ProfessorFate

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Hello fellow slot car racers,

  I have some New Old Stock 1/32 TSRF full chassis kits for sale part #32004 at $35.00 each, and some other spar NOS parts for the 1/32 chassis.

  Let me know if you are interested and I can send pictures to your phone or e-mail.
To see the picture, you will need to sign in and click on the attachment to see the chassis.

54one 5two7nine3one4

Please leave message and add question about TSRF.

Thank you,

Jim

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6 Reply by ProfessorFate

(1 replies, posted in Slot Talk)

Hello slot car racers,

  I build slot car chassis from scratch.    Also known as scratch built.
They are not from a chassis kit that is assembled, a chassis striped down and reassembled, or something cut from many chassis and soldered together as a Frankenstein chassis. 
  In order to build a good chassis, you will need a good quality jig, wire bender, wheel diameter blocks, 90-degree square, 80-watt solder iron, good clean metal your choice, Dremel and some common hand tools (needle nose pliers, skewer - stick, ruler & pen or pencell).
  Sign in and click on the attachment below.
 
  I am not saying I am smarter than the next guy, because I am definitely not. It is that some people just do not know the difference. i.e. (If I put together a Revell model kit - I did not scratch build it).

Jim Mitchell

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/JimMitchel_chassis.jpg

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7 Reply by ProfessorFate

(3 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)

Hello Bill,

What is a good day to swing by? Earley or late?

Thank you,
Jim -=Professor fate

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8 Reply by ProfessorFate

(1 replies, posted in Cars)

Hello Bill,

  Can you bring the Blue Groove bodies that I have ordered to Tom's and I can get you paid for them.

Thank you,

Jim

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9 Reply by ProfessorFate

(7 replies, posted in OSCAR)

Hello Bob & Bill,

Michael, Chris, Tom & Jim from Bend, OR will be attending the OSCAR Sports Car Race in April.

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10 Reply by ProfessorFate

(6 replies, posted in PASER)

Hello Bill,

I have a bunch of 1/24 front wheels with tires for womps if anyone is interested. They fit 1/8" axles.
They are $ 5.00 per pair.  To see the picture click on the JPG file, you will need to sign in on this slot car site.

Call or text 5 4 one - 5 two 7 - nine 3 one 4

Jim aka Professor Fate

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11 Reply by ProfessorFate

(14 replies, posted in Cars)

Hello Bill,

I will try to be at Bob's race. Can you also order one 1/24 CHEETAH RIVESIDE with the rest of the bodies.



Thank you,

Jim

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12 Reply by ProfessorFate

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Hello Bill,

Looks correct. Thank you, for getting all the bodies together.

Jim

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13 Reply by ProfessorFate

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Hello Bill,

  Please order the bodies below.  All the bodies listed, are on the Blue Groove site. The way they word the body.  ( Blue Groove should number them ) Some bodies are listed the same. but they are worded differently for some of the bodies. ( width, molded interior, demotions )

1-1966 GT 500 MUSTANG
1-KING COBRA LOLA VINTAGE
1-LOTUS 40 BODY
2-MCLAREN M8-D VINTAGE  WIDTH 80MM front & rear
1-CHAPARREAL 2F

You said that you have set aside the bodies listed below.

1 only Porsche 908 V3 Lola  WIDTH 78MM no interior no driver
1 only 1966 GT40 MKII  (80MM WIDTH)
1 only Ferrari 312P Vintage (WIDTH 80MM - like the red one you painted)

Thank you,

Jim Mitchell

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14 Reply by ProfessorFate

(14 replies, posted in Cars)

Hello Bill,

I would like to order the bodies listed below;

1-1966 GT 500 MUSTANG
1-KING COBRA LOLA VINTAGE
1-LOTUS 40 BODY
2-MCLAREN M8-D VINTAGE
1-CHAPARREAL 2F

Thank you,

Jim Mitchell

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15 Reply by ProfessorFate

(6 replies, posted in Cars)

Hello Bill,

I will get the three bodies that you have. I will start a list of bodies to be ordered.

Thank you,

Jim Mitchell

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16 Reply by ProfessorFate

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Hello Bill,

  Do you have any of the bodies listed?

2- PORSCHE 908 V3 LOLA
1- 1966 GT40 MKII
2- FERRARI 312P Vintage
1- MCLAREN M12 LOLA

Thank you,

Jim Mitchell

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17 Reply by ProfessorFate

(15 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)

Hello bill,

   Thank you, for setting them aside.  As soon as I can get over there I will pick them up.


Jim

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18 Reply by ProfessorFate

(15 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)

Bill,

I would also like:

the 2 Elf 6 wheels
Fly GT40 Playboy
White / Blue Ford GT (no numbers, with wing)
Ferrari 250LM

Parts bin:
Cobra Daytona
White / Blue MRRC Cobra
Green Mirage (looks like GT 40, no numbers)
#2 Grand Sport Corvette

Thank you,

Jim

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19 Reply by ProfessorFate

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Hello Bill,

IF you still have the red sloter #4 Ferrari 312p Can Am in the case I will get that one also.

Thank you,

Jim

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20 Reply by ProfessorFate

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Hello Bill,

I will get the Lola & GT40 that you have. Thank you,

Jim

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21 Reply by ProfessorFate

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Hello Bill,

  If you still have the #1 blue/red Ford GT40, the red/white Lola T70 Spider & the #65 Chaparral 2G with the wing, I will buy the two cars.

Thank you,

Jim

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22 Reply by ProfessorFate

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Yes,

   I am still building custom chassis. I am not building any NASCAR at this time, because the market is flooded with them. Maybe someday I will build a NASCAR chassis again.

I am currently building CAN-AM hard body chassis & the lighter brass wire 4" CAN-AM chassis.

The new slot car shop/building is currently taking up a lot of my time.

Jim

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23 Topic by ProfessorFate

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Hello Slot Car Racers, Collectors and Restorers,
  I am selling 1/24 slot car parts from 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000 - 2024.
  I am selling 1/32 slot car parts from 60's, 70's, 90's, 2000 - 2012.
  I am also selling HO slot car parts from 60's 70's 80's 90's.

    Some of the parts that are available; chassis, motors all kinds, motor / axle - mounts / brackets, guide flags, drop arms, braid, wire, gears all kinds, tires, wheels, axle bushings, axles, slot car tools, interiors, driver heads / bodies, body clips, nuts / bolts, controllers, track power supplies, track sections, Lexan bodies, butyrate bodies, Resin bodies, Drag car bodies, guide tongues, Brass & Aluminum chassis parts, slot car kits, decals, chassis kits, axle spacers, motor cans, motor bushings, track scenery ( buildings ) and a whole lot more. NEW, USED & NEW OLD STOCK.

     Here are some of the slot car parts manufactures that I am selling - AFX, AJ's Alpha, AMT, American Line, Amrac, Associated, Atlas, Aurora, Auto Hobbies, Buzco, Cartrix, Champion, Checkered Flag, Classic, Cobra, Cox, Difalco, Dubro, Dynamic, Fast Ones, Fly, Garvic, K&B, Kal Kar, Kemtron, Life Like, MDC, MPC, MRRC, Mila Miglia, Monogram, Mura, Ninco, Pactra, Premier, R-GEO, Rannalli, Revell, Russkit, Simco,  Scalextric, Spacific Gears, Speedway, Sonic, Strombecker, TSRF, Tamiya, Tradeship, Tyco, Ulrich, Veco, Weldun, Wilson, Wizzard And other makers.

    If it was made, I may have it. I have been racing slot cars since 1964, also scratch building Angle Winder & Inline Brass / wire chassis since 2016.

    You can text or call me at 54one-5two7-93one4 if no answer, please leave message and I will call you back. Please leave something to do with slot cars in the message. 

Thank you,

Jim

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