[GRAH1]

Nice work Howmet,re the period motor if you can find an endbelldrive 16d of the time I can rewind you an armature 60x 32 would be about right ,might not be as fast as the parma but ,the smell of those ptfe endbells

 

[GRAH1]

If I look hard enough I might find a rikochet mk 1 ,they had good mags I used to wind them a lot ,give me a few days to search through the boxes at the back of my shed you never know whats lurking there.

 

[GRAH1]

Nice chassis fergy

Re the x frame thing they did cross over I built one using flat spring steel out of windscreen wiper blades but it seemed a bit too flexy .I later tried connecting the left side of the chassis to the right front wheel and vice versa ,but that was way back when I used to keep the front wheels on the deck.I dont think it really worked but it looked cool at the time

 

[GRAH1]

You got it thats why I tried the other way still didnt work though.I later tried mounting an inline motor on a pivoting cradle to keep the rear wheels and guide in contact with the track , similar to todays flexy board but with out the springing ,Its quite bad to visualise but it did work well breaking the accrington lap record on its first outing (a record which had stood unchallenged for over 12 months)
Unforunatly I didnt keep it but I have enough spares to replicate it one day including the Marcos mantis bodyshell

 

[GRAH1]

Chris delete this bit of the url -...w=*2B68401C7A29
and add.jpg when you paste into the image tag and it will work

Ill edit one for you they look too good not to show

 

[GRAH1]

QUOTE Chris delete this bit of the url -...w=*2B68401C7A29
and add.jpg
QUOTE not .jpeg

Isnt that what I wrote?

 

[GRAH1]

120 TURNS OF 36 SWG will liven that 13uo up a bit and that will keep with the scratch building theme alturnativly a pair of mags from an old fox and 70 turns of 34swg will make it a rocket
Mole grips are an english device for handling small underground rodents
(a self locking wrench really)

 

[GRAH1]

QUOTE I'm alway amazed at how two "english" speaking countries can have such dissimilar names for things...
You say tomato and I say tomato

(doesnt work when written?)

 

[GRAH1]

Chris it is from Charlie Fitzpatrick at south port I'll email you with the address

 

[GRAH1]

An iso fulcrum side winder ! theres a blast from the past .have you use 1/8 rod or tube for the rails .
It looks great

 

[GRAH1]

Exelent Jon almost makes me want to build F1s again