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Rob
Glad you like the cars, I really enjoy doing re-liveries it makes up for being a naff racer sometimes
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. The Jaguar decals were home made and I did the Taxi livery because I "supported" Tomy Drissi when watching the TransAm on TV. A good series that somehow folded up! Decal producing is something I've been inspired to do since joining slotforum and each livery I do is generally better than the last lot. I only use the clear backed decal sheet at the moment so they need to go down on a light body. I see it as an extension of the kit making I've been doing for years.
Nick
Glad you like the cars, I really enjoy doing re-liveries it makes up for being a naff racer sometimes
Nick
Hello
My proxy NASCAR series racer for the series being organised by "Da Vols" on th Slot Car Illustrated website.
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It would be nice to give it a test by racing it tomorrow (10 May) as a sort of " by invitation" entry
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More pictures on my blog.
My proxy NASCAR series racer for the series being organised by "Da Vols" on th Slot Car Illustrated website.
It would be nice to give it a test by racing it tomorrow (10 May) as a sort of " by invitation" entry
More pictures on my blog.
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What have you done, Nick?
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I admit am a bit of a livery purist when it comes to NASCAR, but turning Johnny Benson's beautiful Pontiac into something resembling a discarded cigarette packet has to be wrong! Generally I am an awed admirer of your reliveries, but not this time.
I wonder what reception it will receive in the US.
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I admit am a bit of a livery purist when it comes to NASCAR, but turning Johnny Benson's beautiful Pontiac into something resembling a discarded cigarette packet has to be wrong! Generally I am an awed admirer of your reliveries, but not this time.
I wonder what reception it will receive in the US.
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I've been having a DHL moment myself..................
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Peter
I'm hoping the weather is going to improve this week so that I can finish off your "Lotus". Its looking a nice shade of green at the moment but I'm still waiting on the weather to do the yellow stripe. I probably will be able to put some roundals and numbers on it as well.
Nick
I'm hoping the weather is going to improve this week so that I can finish off your "Lotus". Its looking a nice shade of green at the moment but I'm still waiting on the weather to do the yellow stripe. I probably will be able to put some roundals and numbers on it as well.
Nick
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That looks great, Nick!
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I look forward to racing it.
Peter.
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Thanks Nick. I am delighted with the result. I have now perfomed a bit of surgery on it, which I hoped would make it more competetive. The aims were to lower the centre of gravity, improve the handling, and lower the gear ratio to improve acceleration and braking.
Using nothing more than a sharp Stanley knife, I removed the magnet mounting area, and a bit more, from the chassis (I never run with manets). I then extended the motor mounting holes downwards, again using the Stanley knife. The method here is not to cut, but to shave bits of plastic away using a scraping motion. I kept doing this a little at a time, checking regularly by inserting the motor, until the underside of the motor sat flush with the chassis, then a Slot-it 9 tooth sidewinder pinion was fitted and the motor was glued in using Araldite Rapid. Finally, I fitted a Ninco Prorace sprung guide, which, being darker in colour than the standard Ninco sprung guide, has no problem recording laps and making lane changes on SSD tracks (Scalextric recommend black guides only). Here are a couple of pictures of the result:
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Initial tests on my Scalextric Digital layout showed a huge performance boost over the standard car. The previous fastest lap for a March 83G was 9.2 seconds, but the modified car recorded an astonishing 8.5 seconds, equalling the times set by my Ortmann-shod Slot-it Porsches!
I can't wait to try it at Manor Farm!
Peter
Using nothing more than a sharp Stanley knife, I removed the magnet mounting area, and a bit more, from the chassis (I never run with manets). I then extended the motor mounting holes downwards, again using the Stanley knife. The method here is not to cut, but to shave bits of plastic away using a scraping motion. I kept doing this a little at a time, checking regularly by inserting the motor, until the underside of the motor sat flush with the chassis, then a Slot-it 9 tooth sidewinder pinion was fitted and the motor was glued in using Araldite Rapid. Finally, I fitted a Ninco Prorace sprung guide, which, being darker in colour than the standard Ninco sprung guide, has no problem recording laps and making lane changes on SSD tracks (Scalextric recommend black guides only). Here are a couple of pictures of the result:
Initial tests on my Scalextric Digital layout showed a huge performance boost over the standard car. The previous fastest lap for a March 83G was 9.2 seconds, but the modified car recorded an astonishing 8.5 seconds, equalling the times set by my Ortmann-shod Slot-it Porsches!
I can't wait to try it at Manor Farm!
Peter
Peter
I'm impressed with your mods to the Revell March 83G chassis and its something I want to do with my "Red Lobster" version. When these cars came out there was quite a bit of chat on the forums about affecting a change of gearing and someone came up was an anglewinder solution. I like your version as it lowers the weight. Well done
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Nick
I'm impressed with your mods to the Revell March 83G chassis and its something I want to do with my "Red Lobster" version. When these cars came out there was quite a bit of chat on the forums about affecting a change of gearing and someone came up was an anglewinder solution. I like your version as it lowers the weight. Well done
Nick
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Managed to get myself a SRS2 Mazda which was white and blue. As you can see its now done in the "Camel" yellow colours. I hope it will be competitive when I race it this Thursday (30 Aug).
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More photos will follow soon on my blog.
Nick
Managed to get myself a SRS2 Mazda which was white and blue. As you can see its now done in the "Camel" yellow colours. I hope it will be competitive when I race it this Thursday (30 Aug).
More photos will follow soon on my blog.
Nick
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