Mate,
The ol' girl looks great! How does she run?
The ol' girl looks great! How does she run?
Some cars just look good..capturing another time..
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Some cars will just always look good. They exude a sense of an era. The Vanwall is by MRRC Pink Kar wheels at the front, BWA wheels on the rear Ninco tires on front and Carrera on back. The look is similar to one I saw a while ago in Motor. The Bug and Auto Union are Pink Kar, new Scaley motors and pick ups with a few mods to run well. Hope you get the same sense and feel from the photos that I do running these cars.
Good day, eh!
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Hi Ferrari 550
Some time back I bought a Bugatti from the Radtrax sale and on recieving it I decided to fit a 60's Scalex RX motor I had. I had rewound it and remagnetised it as it was burnt out. The motor fitted into the Bugatti with no extra work.
I then decided to give the front end a little bit of sideways roll to take the stiffness out of it by trimming the sides of the front axle mount in the body. This gave the front wheels about 5-7mm side rock. The car drives a dream, it has beautifully controlled drift and clean pull out of corners. The RX motor being quite heavy, is just right for most tracks.
As and when the new Scalex vintage F1's come out, I hope they are realistic from the point of track/ground clearance and don't have too powerful a motor in them. I think something like an NC1 is ample. I am sure, too, that the driver figures will be more suitable than those of the recent past. A simple trick like moving the drivers head makes all the difference to the presentation of a model.
The pictures below are of an A2M W196 I built up using an SCX RX41 motor with a 10z pinnion and a 27z contrate. It also drives very well and has no vices or bad habits. Being a resin body I expected it to drag its heels a bit but the SCX motor has plenty of low down grunt and pulls it very well. I also moved the drivers head for effect.
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Some time back I bought a Bugatti from the Radtrax sale and on recieving it I decided to fit a 60's Scalex RX motor I had. I had rewound it and remagnetised it as it was burnt out. The motor fitted into the Bugatti with no extra work.
I then decided to give the front end a little bit of sideways roll to take the stiffness out of it by trimming the sides of the front axle mount in the body. This gave the front wheels about 5-7mm side rock. The car drives a dream, it has beautifully controlled drift and clean pull out of corners. The RX motor being quite heavy, is just right for most tracks.
As and when the new Scalex vintage F1's come out, I hope they are realistic from the point of track/ground clearance and don't have too powerful a motor in them. I think something like an NC1 is ample. I am sure, too, that the driver figures will be more suitable than those of the recent past. A simple trick like moving the drivers head makes all the difference to the presentation of a model.
The pictures below are of an A2M W196 I built up using an SCX RX41 motor with a 10z pinnion and a 27z contrate. It also drives very well and has no vices or bad habits. Being a resin body I expected it to drag its heels a bit but the SCX motor has plenty of low down grunt and pulls it very well. I also moved the drivers head for effect.
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I love those atmospheric shots of yours ferrari1950 - I hope the punters are careful exiting the Cafe Bar after the odd bière
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The Merc looks beautiful too wixwacing
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The Merc looks beautiful too wixwacing
Wix..beautiful work! I have not yet worked a resin kit and look forward to it. I received an airbush kit for Christmas and can't wait to improve my paint detailing skills. Thanks teaboy they perform quite well, not a Scaley F1 but smooth and requiring more touch on the throtle. The motor in the Auto Union is a Scaley standard can about 3 years old but the Bug has a standard SCX RX41. What I do John is remove the HO type PinkKar motor and trim the bracket down to two arms to help position the new motor. Line everything up and epoxy! I have also modified the front ends with Scaley pickups as PinkKars idea of sort of draging wires and steering just is not effective. Both these motors give the cars much better performance on par with say a Ninco NC1( about 15,00 rpm.) I use a botton magnet (Scaley small F1 type) to stabalize things as my layout (The Autodrome) is a Scaley classic and a bit bumby in places(that prewar paving was rough)! Turisimo is right as the feel and pace of the race or drive is completely different than other cars. Both cars can't be described as slow but they get the job done at a more relaxed rate(cornering is slower and you need to adjust.) The Vanwall is standard MRRC but the change of wheels and tires have lead to dramatic improvements. The car is faster again than the other two but not up to todays standards. I need that new Scalextric Masser and Vanwall quick.
I run a couple of other 60's F1s I'll post later when I work out some more "moody atmosphric shots." John I used the shrink o later ray to reduce myself in size and when I stepped out of the bar the Bug ran over my toes!
Good day, eh!
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I run a couple of other 60's F1s I'll post later when I work out some more "moody atmosphric shots." John I used the shrink o later ray to reduce myself in size and when I stepped out of the bar the Bug ran over my toes!
Good day, eh!
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QUOTE (howmet tx @ 6 Jan 2004, 09:44 PM)Wonderful stuff! Anyone else got pictures of home-made monsters like these? Terrific.
O.K. - You asked for it - hope these Sony Imagstation files load - can't get Starphoto to respond to my password!
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The Alfa 12C is a FitzPatrick body, the 8C and the 375 are Mac Pinches - the BRM is a 1/24 very old Merit body with a new chassis done last year and the B/W shot is, as the label indicates, from 1961 - all 1/24 Merit-bodied cars. The bare chassis is for a Lancia -Ferrari - just to show how much you can stuff under one of the smaller 50's GP cars
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You must sign in to view this album! Man you need webspace - or you've to remember your password to show us these pictures!
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You must sign in to view this album! Man you need webspace - or you've to remember your password to show us these pictures!
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QUOTE (thomas @ 7 Jan 2004, 03:06 PM).Man you need webspace -
Only for you would I go to all this trouble: Just created a website:
http://mysite.verizon.net/compass - and - I'll try to load the pictures from there:
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If the pictures don't show up - go to the website and right click on a picture and choos "show"
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Nice looking cars.
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