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[Rick]

WTG Rick, that thing is bueatimus.............Can't wait to see the Bazoo????s

[Prof. Fate]

Hi

One of my survivors from the early 60s is a 704, pan chassis 450 spyder version of the car. In the day, because it was BIG, bigger than the contemporary things we had like the Maserati 300s and the birdcage, we called it "le Monstre".

Grin.

Fate

[dc-65x]

I finished up my bazooms ........I mean Bazookas .........OK, exhaust pipes:



I used two 1/16" aluminum rods going into the "big thing" (expansion chamber or muffler??) which is a piece of 5/32" tube stuffed into a 3/16" tube. The bottom item in the picture is the finished gizmo:



The final side exhaust pipe is 1/8" tube with a little bend at the end. The black plastic sheet fits inside a cut-out in the side of the body and will be taped in place:



Those darn things took me a full Saturday to figure out and finish. Man, I'm old AND slow .

[Tex]

Man, those are COOL! It looks like you threw a little heat onto both ends to give it that "hot" patina, no?

[Jairus]

I think that is just a reflection Tex... but a lot of modelers do just that with Tamiya candy clears and an airbrush!

Nice clean work Rick... what do they look like mocked up in the body?

[Champion 507]

Rick,

This is one killer build. You got me wanting to do something with my one 6v. Kemtron.

And you tossed in some B-17 nose art too...yummy!

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Man, those are COOL! It looks like you threw a little heat onto both ends to give it that "hot" patina, no?

Hey Tex he just wired them to his Harley pipes for about 10 min at 70mph! BeUtiFuL dude!

[dc-65x]

Yup, Jairus is right. It's just a reflection on the highly polished aluminum. I hope the pipes will look good on the car...we'll see.

I made another doodad. It's a facsimile of a Monza or racing quick fill gas cap. The old magazines show making them by soldering together sheet metal screws and straight pins like so:



Here are the parts and my finished doodad. Please remember it's not supposed to look like an exact replica from a modern model kit or aftermarket aluminum part. It's what we did with what we had in the 60's and that's the look I'm going for with this car:



I also took some laps on my home track with the Mighty Kemtron:



So far, so good . It spun the German tires all the way down the straight. I tried some Paul from Canada Urethane tires and the car really hooked up. It has more punch AND brakes than my Pittman 705/706. It is geared a little lower at 4:1 so maybe that's the reason it's faster on my small home track. Can't wait to try her on Eddie's Blue King.....

[Alchemist]

Phenomenal build Rick!!! Really amazing work! It's always a pleasure to view your craftsmanship and builds.

Thank you for sharing.

Ernie

[Regis4446]

I learn a lot watching your pictures

Thank you

[dc-65x]

I learn a lot watching your pictures

Thank you

And I from you sir . Thank YOU.

In case you guys haven't seen Régis beautiful work. Here is a picture of one of his beauties (photos courtesy of Régis Baron) :





Do a search on Régis4446 to find all his beautiful cars.

Thank you too Ernie! I look forward to seeing you next time at Eddies .

[dc-65x]

Rodney emailed me pictures of his "Mighty Kemtron Challenge" car and it's a beauty. Here are the specs on his car:

Mighty Fury Mk 1 five-pole balanced motor.
Resin 1958 Ferrari body painted by the late Douglas Haynes
Mag frame chassis
K&B inserts with A.J.s rears and K&B fronts.

The motor is a new one on me... .... a Fury Mark 1 :



I'll get some more pictures of this motor when go to Eddie's next. I can see there are extra "spacers" between the end-plates and the lamination stack so the arm is probably longer that a KTM or Kemtron.

Here are the rest of his pics:













Nice car, Rodney!

[dc-65x]

Look on this link. It contains a picture of Shelby's Maserati 450S and looks like your body to me.

 
Thanks, Brad . And thanks, Marty, for all the picture links you PM'd me . Here's the picture Brad's talking about:



This looks close to me so I started to paint with a little help from MGD . The body is sanded inside with a Scotch-Brite pad and washed with lemon dish soap. The paints are Testors flat red and flat aluminum model paint:



A few sips later I have a big red body with a big mistake I won't notice until much later :



Anyhow, the more I looked at that massive expanse of red the more I didn't like it. I felt it needed some big white meat balls to break up all that red bodywork. So, to make ME happy I decided to go with a modern livery used by this rich guy:



I love this picture. I don't know how this guy got his money but he sure knows how to spend it . There he is balls to the wall at full tilt boogie in his 450S. Note the rear end squatting down, the front end lift and the heat discoloration on the pipes. Yup, this guy knows how to have a good time!

So, here's my little toy version of the cool rich guy’s big toy:



I wish I could detail paint like the modeling masters you see on the blog but I still haven't found a paint brush that doesn't shake . I wonder where they get them .







I like the bazooka pipes. I think they help make the big body not look so tall:



The driver is from a 1950s Strombecker 1/24 scale motorized model kit. He looks a little small to me but he's period "korrect".

See my big boo-boo? When I masked the window for painting I went on the wrong side of the window fasteners . What an ijiot!



I went around the outside of the window with some red R/C stripping tape instead of trying to repaint the inside of the body. I could see the red and silver paint bleeding together and ruining the body... oh well. 

I decided to leave the cockpit open like I've seen in the earliest slot car magazines. The driver is mounted to the body by a piece of 1/64" x 1/4" brass strip:



Time to get to Eddie's and see this baby "move".



Onward...

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Very beautiful! I want to know how it runs!

[vfr750]

I really like the way you've mounted the driver. I might just have to steal that idea. 

Cheers,

John

[dc-65x]

I want to see it run too, Barney. I'm worried I geared it a little "short" for the King... we'll see.

The driver mount works pretty good, John; give it a try .

[Pete L.]

Tremendous!!!

[Hworth08]

A real beaut!!

Mistake around the window fasteners? I just thought the fasteners were backing out when the car was at speed. Some 200 MPH tape!

[Regis4446]

 Great job, and thank you for the explanations.

[dc-65x]

Thank for all the suppor, guys. 

Very beautiful! I want to know how it runs!

Track Test Report:

The handling is very stable and fun to drive. It's smooth as glass.

It has more brakes than I can use. It's the first vintage car I can dial the brakes back on my controller.

But, it peaks out too early on the straight, as I feared. I believe I've geared it too short at 4.2:1.

The lap times were in the 8.3s on Eddie's blue King. That's only as fast as my Pittman 705/6 averages (I've had one balls to the wall lap of 7.89 with the 705/6).

If I keep the same total number of teeth (adding the spur and pinion together) I can mess with the gear ratio and not have to change the rear axle to motor spacing. So, I've gone from 4.2:1 to 3.5:1.

The Mighty Kemtron just HAS to be faster than my Pittman... I hope!

Onward...

[Tex]

Schweet!

[HarV Wallbanger III]

I'm sure, Rick, it will be at 3.5: 1!

[Jairus]

That is just beautiful, Rick! Another nice addition to the stable.

[Edo]

Captain, you should've made two of them!

[The Bugman]

The Mighty Kemtron just HAS to be faster than my Pittman... I hope!

Only on a drag strip with 36 volts will that Kemtron outrun a Pittman. Try a Pittman 65X (3 volt arm) motor next, if ya wanna "padlock motor" that hauls the mail.