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Topic: Carrera Aston Martin Vanquish

I received my Carrera Aston Martin Vanquish cars today. This is the second set of cars I'm considering for IROC cars at Kimm's track in Eugene (Heidelberg Raceway). Rico had already warned me these things were not very good performers, so I wasn't very surprised when the first test car went into the first corner and promptly flopped over. Oh well, I figured the would probably require a little "tweaking"! The real question is; do they require more or less tweaking than the Jiada F1 cars? So, out came the screwdriver. After removing the interior/driver compartment and re-testing the car was MUCH faster, and the handling improved greatly! I would say these cars will require less modification than the Jiada F1s, but I will prepare both sets of cars and make the final determination after testing at Kimm's Heidelberg Raceway.  ----------------Bill

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Re: Carrera Aston Martin Vanquish

Been working on one of the Carrera Aston Martin Vanquish cars to be used as an IROC car. I've replaced the full interior with a thin piece of card stock (actually the backing from a Wynns sticker - thanks Rico these work great - perfect size!). These bodies sit very high on the chassis. I cut 1/16th of an inch off each of the body mounting posts, front and rear. To complete the lowering of the body, the front grill must be cut free from the chassis. I did this with a razor knife. This effectively lowered the body onto the chassis, without the need to enlarge the wheelwells (some grinding was necessary to the inside lips of the rear wheelwells for tire clearance). The bodies could be lowered even more, but it would require the radiusing of the wheelwells. Although 1/16" isn't much of a lowering job, it did seem to improve the cars handling even more. I'll be testing this car out tonight on a 1/32 wood routed non-magnetic track. More to follow.   ---------------Bill

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Re: Carrera Aston Martin Vanquish

Here's some photos of the Aston so far:

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/CarAM2.jpg

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/CarAM3.jpg

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/CarAM5.jpg

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Re: Carrera Aston Martin Vanquish

Thank you carlyse_09! It's great to have your interest! I like to post the projects I'm working on. The only real problem is I've been quite lazy lately and haven't gotten much done!!!  ---------------------Bill

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