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[Edo]

More! Ve Vant More! 8)

Ok Dokk
but then no mo':

the 32 cars (soon to be 33) of the Proxy Thingie race:



Tomorrow is the big day as the 2nd leg of the proxy will start early afternoon after some more caring of the cars.
The track has had 2 more power taps installed, now 7 alltogether:



P6 is sucking out the cars from the curve and hurling them down the straight into the banked curve where you just let the gas go for an instant, then give it full again and then, only then, you brake with all you've got just as you exit the bank!
P7 sustains the power so you can actually accelerate as you go deep into the curve, something you could not do with most of the high draw Amps motors because of the rail resistence.
Here's the new 3-15V 40 Amps power supply:



And here my best friends working hard while I dilly dally with the camera and give directions:



And here is the Tree of Death (again!)!



Race results when we feel like, since your interest on this thread is vanishing...

[TSR]

Beautiful Edo... keep up the Good Work!

[Horsepower]

What do ya mean, losing interest? Edo, I can't type and drool at the same time! :shock: :drool:
That Howmet is a pretty amazing guy! I wish he would join the forum.

[tjsguns]

VERY nice Edo!! You are such a tease!! You have my interest PEAKED!!
MANY PICS PULEEZE!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Edo]

Tom
please look here!



What's happening?
Is the paint going to come off?
Shall I stop the Thingie race (too late anyway)?
Shall I send the Trantula back?
Tell me what to do!
E.
PS Those are Ortmann's on Arodyn's.
PS 2 This car is a capricious primadonna (and fast!)!

[tjsguns]

Edo,
You MUST know me better than that by now! Paint chipping off a body is the LAST reason I'd EVER stop running a slot car!! She may be a "Capricious Primadonna" but I am not!! :twisted: Run her till she drops!!! Victory or DEATH!! :twisted: :twisted:

[TSR]

I can tell you right now what is happening:
1/ the body is original butyrate and the paint is Parma Faskolor, and that won't stick to butyrate.
2/ the body is a PETG replica and hardly anything will stick to it.

[tjsguns]

No Time....Thats what these "toys" r all about & I think we ALL loose sight of that too often....RUN THE PIXX outta them !! :twisted: :twisted: Thats the REAL FUN here
Dokk, The body is an original...member how Pablo said she STUNK when he wuz workin on the frame? The Fascolor wuz what I used and it seemed to work ok. Whadda ya suggest for these old "stinkey" bodies?? Can I use Fascolor on the Shinoda repops?
:? :? :roll: Edo, wheres the results and pics????Its been a whole day already!!

[Edo]

A few pictures of the cars and the winners:

1/32 cars:



and the winners:



The Ferrari Betta (new entry) is the silent killer, a car to watch out for. Still the Doublecross had a easy win on the Carrera.

1/24 Classic (yes, there is a mistake in the pic: the Monza should be in the "Fast and Scratchbuilt" cat):



and the winners:



Easy win for the Renegade on his turf and the Cucs, also very much at ease on a track where extreme speed was not important.

1/24 Fast & Scratchbuilt cars:



And the winners:



Pocket Rocket was the surprise of the day: everybody loved the secure feeling given by the Dynamic chassis with custom built brass pans and Ortmann's on vintage magnesium Mila Miglia hubs.

In few instances, great cars suffered because of their closeness to difficult cars that just did not want to stay on the track thus being thrown out by them and loosing precious laps.
Trantula had a problem at the guide which was fixed temporarely so it could continue the race. She acted like the primadonna that she is: fast, capricious and unfaithful. Hopefully on the Copenhagen King track she will be very much at home!
The Shinodas had plenty of problems:
Don's red Zot decided to stop for no reason in the middle of the race and started again after being looked over, loosing laps.
The anglewinder Mongoose had a "tired" motor and the Shrike was doing great (Champion 601 motor) but unfortunately one of the wires to the guide broke stopping the car for quite a few laps until it was repaired. The beloved Shinodas were very much glued to the track and easy to drive.
A bloody revenge is coming very soon, I am telling you (and I deeply apologize to Endbelldrive for the assembly, this will not happen again)!!!

Kind regards
Edo

[tjsguns]

:cry: :cry: VERY good job Edo!! Kudos for putting all of this together!! I knew the "Tranny" would not behave on a plastic track. She is barely civil on a big wood commercial track. She should be better on the king......(if you can figure out how to fix her guide) :twisted: :twisted: Would a different type of guide help? I can send you one if you need it.

[Edo]

: ...Would a different type of guide help? I can send you one if you need it.

Thanks Tom, but we will study Pablo's instructions which he kindly sent me and then we will act.
Now how would you like your Trantula to run here?



Practically done, as we have plane tickets for April 22-23 in Copenhagen, where Swissracer and me will take "our" cars personally there to race!
What a life!
:mrgreen:

E.

[endbelldrive]

Huzzah, this proxy stuff is a lot of fun. Glad to hear that the Mongoose and Shrike handled well. Not to worry, Edo. Do you have a replacement motor for the anglewinder? You can scavenge the springs and post sleeves for another motor. You'll be an expert at assembling and tuning these old wire and brass chassis before this thing is over.

[Edo]

Bob
I ain't doing that soldering job by myself! But it will be done and revenge will be taken
Thanks again for your trust!
Kind regards
Edo

[Edo]

Hi, Bill,
Pablo is teaching us on how the hell we can fix the Trantula guide since he made the chassis and slipped it inside the closed body.
Kind regards
Edo

[Edo]

Hi Guys
here is Endbell's Shrike assembled:



Motor is a Champion 601, Abslot soft Ultrathane tires on Arodyn's vintage Russkit hubs remakes front and rear:



The cars was doing very well in the proxy, just would not deslot even if you tried. Unfortunately one of the old original wires to the guide snapped and it took me precious laps until I fixed it. From now on the hell with those original old wires when I race, in fact you can see cute but quite thick 1/32 Ninco Pro Race wires on it (we try to do with what we have here below the Alps, so do not get all worked up and cry scandal, eh!)
Kind regards
Edo

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[Pablo]

PS: When you need lessons for soldering in motors, don't contact Pablo. He's not called minitorch99 for nothing!

Actually, I recently attended the Cheater school of advanced soldering techniques. I am using a vintage gun for armatures, Hakko 455 for race cars, minitorch and Weller iron for scratchbuilt frames. Plus I have an Ungar as a backup. I use 5 different types of solder and 3 different kinds of flux. No problemo. Fire is cool! :twisted:

[rdmac]

...I use 5 different types of solder and 3 different kinds of flux...

I've been using 60/40 Kester, Nokorode paste flux, Hakko 456 on everything. :mrgreen:
I must be a simpleton.

[TSR]

Vintage frames were mostly built with vintage guns & 60/40 solder.

I always used an Ungar 1000-degree iron (that eventually broke down after 36 years of use) and Stabrite solder and acid. I own a Weller gun purchased in 1970. I have as yet to use it.

[Pablo]

I also have silver solder in a paste form, with flux. Works great for guide tongues.