QUOTE (andre acker @ 31 Jan 2012, 05:44)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I decided to modify a Scalex Brabham bt44 after looking at the beautiful examples showed here.
It seems that the 1/1 car had a 2413 mm wheelbase, which means 75.40 mm in our 1/32 money.
According to Tamiya designs, the car was 1992 mm wide at rear (from the external side of the left wheel to the external side of the right wheel).
That means 62.25 mm in 1/32.
I will build a narrow chassis with piano wire and use a mild motor.
Now, the wheels and tires.
I think that 20 mm (diam.) x 14.5 mm (wide) tires on 11 mm wheels at the rear will be ok.
At the front, 16 mm (diam.) x 8.5 mm (wide) tires on 11 mm wheels.
As I normally run on a "wood track", I can make the sponge tires.
But for a "plastic track" or for these events on wood tracks, where sponge tires are not allowed, which wheels and tires do I have to use to have
good results ?
Are there rubber or silicone (if allowed) tires with similar sizes ?
NSR ? Slot-it ? Ortmann ? Any other maker ?
Are there 11 mm (diam) wheels where to use such tires ?
I have no idea about what to use.
Many thanks for your help !
André Acker. Before worrying about the wheels and tyres You should have chosen a different model of the BT44. I have been having a revival weekend of my 6os and 70s F1 cars and was thinking what a joke the Scalextric Brabham BT44 C120 series of cars really are. Placing the UK version alongside the French C122 which has a wheelbase of 77mm compared to the British version 62.5mm, I would have to say that if anyone was planning to do a remodeling exercise of the BT44, the Scalextric C120 series of bodies would be the last place to start. If it has to be a Scaley rework then choose the French C122 as the obvious donor before wasting time amd money on the shockingly out of scale C120 range. Did Andre ever build his project I wonder.
