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[FenderBender]

Trying to keep this thread alive .........

I decided to change the chassis of my Scaley Focus (doubts about this front wheel drive business I suppose) for an SCX one.

Well, first off it just fits - the wheelbase is fine, and you only need to trim sides and rear thus leaving only three screws to worry about.


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The body has to have the huge cockpit removed and then you need to provide new screw mounts - two at the front and one at the rear.
The front was no problem - two pieces of plastic tube superglued and bicarbed. For the rear I had to shape a small piece of carbon fibre
to provide a platform for the screw mount to sit on (it also served to fix the struts of the rear spoiler) and then the same idea with the plastic tube.

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Et voila! The car sits well (albeit the front wheel arches look too big now) and runs ... well ...... as any other SCX Focus!!
Just the driver to add!

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Having finished I realised that the NSR Clio also fits ... now there's a thought!

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[Lytle]

[Aston man]

Great photos Lytle! That last one looks real!

LOVE that Ken Block Focus. Must have been tricky to do? Looks perfect though

[Lytle]

Thanx, the Citroen was actually a little trickier as the decals didn't fit as well.
Working on a Block Fiesta right now, I'll post a pic when done.
Also did these recently;



SCX pro chassis on these dudes (maybe SCX will get the hint?)

[Drachenschorsch]

The Flyslot Punto S 2000 is a really nice car, but whereas the original car has 4wd, the 1:32 one only has rear wheel drive.
So I converted mine to 4wd, using two pulleys, a drive belt, an axle and a crown gear from a Spirit Peugeot 205.



The conversion was easy to do, I only had to remove a bit of plastic at the bottom of the chassis and at the right body mount. I didn´t add front bearings, but I´m optimistic that the stock front axle mounting will be up to the task, because the plastic of the chassis is quite hard, and there isn´t much stress from the drive belt.

[PeteN]

Nice work! I have converted several cars in this manor and it seems to work well. The Ninco belt drive cars do not use bushings on the front axle either. I see you have used the Spirit motor as well, they are quite potent!