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So recently I've been buying some Scalextric cars. Not done that for a while.....
I bought the lovely Surtees McLaren M7C.
Took it apart (yes tricky). I gave it a nice Slot.it drivetrain, Policar rear wheels and tyres and off I went or so I thought.
Exiting at some speed from the first curve I remembered why I stopped buying these a while ago! THAT guide!!!
So I got to thinking that somebody on here MUST have sorted this a long time ago and lo and behold there is a nice conversion thread. However it requires buying bits of brass tube, various drill sizes AND most of all it requires non reversible intervention.
So I thought lets see if I can make something to convert directly.
I came up with this:
Of course at the first iteration it was abit loose but this second iteration works perfectly. Sits all snug (just push fits) and works with the Slot.it range of guides (as well as any others that have the same diameter posts.
It does need a longer than supplied screw...
Now the BUG. Scaley, for reasons only known to themselves have a different angle of guide bridge on each and every car (or maybe they have 'sets' of guide bridge angles - not really sure. So I have made a conversion piece that so far fits the Lotus 49, Mclaren M7C and Tyrrell 001/002. It will probably fit hundreds of others but as I don't have any others I don't know yet....
Anyone interested if I supply these??????
Cheers
Andi
I bought the lovely Surtees McLaren M7C.
Took it apart (yes tricky). I gave it a nice Slot.it drivetrain, Policar rear wheels and tyres and off I went or so I thought.
Exiting at some speed from the first curve I remembered why I stopped buying these a while ago! THAT guide!!!
So I got to thinking that somebody on here MUST have sorted this a long time ago and lo and behold there is a nice conversion thread. However it requires buying bits of brass tube, various drill sizes AND most of all it requires non reversible intervention.
So I thought lets see if I can make something to convert directly.
I came up with this:







Of course at the first iteration it was abit loose but this second iteration works perfectly. Sits all snug (just push fits) and works with the Slot.it range of guides (as well as any others that have the same diameter posts.
It does need a longer than supplied screw...
Now the BUG. Scaley, for reasons only known to themselves have a different angle of guide bridge on each and every car (or maybe they have 'sets' of guide bridge angles - not really sure. So I have made a conversion piece that so far fits the Lotus 49, Mclaren M7C and Tyrrell 001/002. It will probably fit hundreds of others but as I don't have any others I don't know yet....
Anyone interested if I supply these??????
Cheers
Andi
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