Hi Jaak
Glad to see you in the fray!!
I will be sending my cars from the ISP43 we just ran at Peter's and my Track. Let me tell you about the car that won and got the fast time at Peter's track. Peter has posted pictures of the chassis that you can look up if you wish. Peter's car won the over all championship! but that's another story!
It is a wire and brass chassis that Marty Stanley showed how to build on SCI. ( FT Slotter ) slightly modified.
I put in a 050 motor obtained from Kihm at Slotcar Express. I call it a V12. I don't know what the rpm rating is on it and Kihm has no more available. In chatting to him it may be similar to the D-slot " fast " motor you can get for the d-slot. You should be able to get one in France as Europe gets 1/43 stuff way before we can in Canada.
There are four left in the states as I ordered the last 5 from Chuck at ASCW. Whoever sells D-Slots in Europe should have access.
The gearing is 8/34, brass pinion and aluminum crown, from Ranch Design 3/32" (.085 ) axle at the rear and 1/16" axle for the front
Tires are a little special. I got 1/32 scale foam tires from Lee Gilbert http://home.earthlink.net/~speedshop/ They are the .0.40 "rims. The foam is already gluded on. Trued them to .60" and rounded the edges. Then I coated them with Smooth-on's liquid urathane, Reo flex 30. ( Foam tires do not grip on Peter's track ) I gave them 5 coats by rolling the tires thought a small puddle of the mix and letting it cure for a couple of hours then rolliing them throught a newly mixed puddle of the stuff and so on for the five coats. It turns out five coats was not enough as the urathane wore off at my leg of the series but it was enough for Peter's leg. The Reoflex has an unusual mix ratio so you will need a Jeweler's scale to get the ratio right. That is good as you can mix small amounts and not waste so much for each coat. The scales are around $ 30.00 off the internet. After letting the last coat cure for 24 hours I trued them lightly one last time.
Tires and rim final size is 0.60" diameter and 0.468" width.
Total car width is 1.98". Just under Peter's 2.00" maximum or 50.80 mm max.
The other car I sent had a flat sheet brass chassis and a resin cast body that was very heavy. The motor was the same as what is being added to the chassis Peter is giving as a prize. This motor burnt up during Peter's leg. My thoughts are the car was too heavy for the motor or the gearing was too tall, pulling a large amount of amps on acceleration and heating the motor. On Peter's car the combination of that style of motor with His very light printed chassis made his car scarry fast.
Hope ths helps a little.
Cheers Ted
Glad to see you in the fray!!
I will be sending my cars from the ISP43 we just ran at Peter's and my Track. Let me tell you about the car that won and got the fast time at Peter's track. Peter has posted pictures of the chassis that you can look up if you wish. Peter's car won the over all championship! but that's another story!
It is a wire and brass chassis that Marty Stanley showed how to build on SCI. ( FT Slotter ) slightly modified.
I put in a 050 motor obtained from Kihm at Slotcar Express. I call it a V12. I don't know what the rpm rating is on it and Kihm has no more available. In chatting to him it may be similar to the D-slot " fast " motor you can get for the d-slot. You should be able to get one in France as Europe gets 1/43 stuff way before we can in Canada.
There are four left in the states as I ordered the last 5 from Chuck at ASCW. Whoever sells D-Slots in Europe should have access.
The gearing is 8/34, brass pinion and aluminum crown, from Ranch Design 3/32" (.085 ) axle at the rear and 1/16" axle for the front
Tires are a little special. I got 1/32 scale foam tires from Lee Gilbert http://home.earthlink.net/~speedshop/ They are the .0.40 "rims. The foam is already gluded on. Trued them to .60" and rounded the edges. Then I coated them with Smooth-on's liquid urathane, Reo flex 30. ( Foam tires do not grip on Peter's track ) I gave them 5 coats by rolling the tires thought a small puddle of the mix and letting it cure for a couple of hours then rolliing them throught a newly mixed puddle of the stuff and so on for the five coats. It turns out five coats was not enough as the urathane wore off at my leg of the series but it was enough for Peter's leg. The Reoflex has an unusual mix ratio so you will need a Jeweler's scale to get the ratio right. That is good as you can mix small amounts and not waste so much for each coat. The scales are around $ 30.00 off the internet. After letting the last coat cure for 24 hours I trued them lightly one last time.
Tires and rim final size is 0.60" diameter and 0.468" width.
Total car width is 1.98". Just under Peter's 2.00" maximum or 50.80 mm max.
The other car I sent had a flat sheet brass chassis and a resin cast body that was very heavy. The motor was the same as what is being added to the chassis Peter is giving as a prize. This motor burnt up during Peter's leg. My thoughts are the car was too heavy for the motor or the gearing was too tall, pulling a large amount of amps on acceleration and heating the motor. On Peter's car the combination of that style of motor with His very light printed chassis made his car scarry fast.
Hope ths helps a little.
Cheers Ted
