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[Bill from NH]

Love to find some 1/32 "jalopy" bodies! Keep going!!

Tim, they're not exactly 1/32 scale, but Parma still produces the former Champion Legend bodies that fit womp type chassis. There is 5 or 6 different coupes & sedans. Some look better than others.

[Duffy]

Hope to secure the Jet Flag post with a thin Duffy Classic replica weight, if it fits under the axle. I think it will but we shall see.

The word on the street is, Duffy is notoriously hard to get stuff out of--temperamental, forgetful and flakey. I don't like to speak ill of folks, but from what I hear I'd steer clear of the guy. Just a heads-up, yknow.

[Pablo]

Is that how you feel today, Duffmaster ?

Funny how one develops a "feel" for a build.....this little chassis, for example, I didn't car what the solder joints looked like, I just want the car to work well. Function over form. I do, however, have high hopes for the body paint.

Stay tuned, Duffy, because this one will be special

[Duffy]

Well, I know for a fact, he may come across all Liberal and inclusive, but down deep he's secretly a lifelong anti-Semant. You can't trust guys like that.

[Pablo]

Just like Maury Povich on TV : "You ARE the Father" ....... You are NOT the Father"
"It FITS"......"It does NOT FIT" In fact, it will NOT fit. The screw method only took me about an hour to perfect.

Now, where is that doggone Slot-It allen wrench ?

IRRA fronts have been trimmed to .720 to provide >.032 rear clearance. Kelly front wheel assembly has been soldered home to provide .032 clearance.

[Pablo]

[Duffy]

Wow.
Pablo, I do not believe you have room left in that chassis for it to even roll forward in the slot. Before you spend any more work on what may be a heartbreaker, I suggest you give it a tentative push. You know--just in case.
Duffy

[Tim Neja]

Looks nice---but isn't it wired backwards?? Positive should be on the right side of the pick up?
T

[Pablo]

Hi Tim,
MiniBrute/Bullit motors are timed pretty neutral. Some spin slightly faster one way and others the other way.
It is wired correctly.
Thanks for checking, though

[Pablo]

I managed to put pans on the car, but it was not without price. Tony P. once said "Nothing is easy for pablo" Today that was true again...... The 45 year old body was never intended for a chassis like this. There is not enough room on the skirts to mount using pin tubes. I made it work anyway, but it involved a lot of extra work. One of the tubes actually had to be ground down for clearance.



Once I thought everything was OK to harpoon the holes then paint, the body was flopping up when pinned. So, I had to belt sand 20 thou from each side of the pans to alleviate that. If I push the pins in all the way, it still flops up, so I'll have to deal with that. Since the holes had such a narrow window of opportunity for the holes, I had to add some Lexan to one of the mounting areas, using double sided wing body tape, and a little Krazy Glue.



Soooo, after 2 nights of fighting, I think I am ready to paint this little bugger. No telling how the extra Lexan area will look. I hope it will be OK.

One question: do HO scratchbuilders us miniature soldering irons?

[Duffy]

I managed to put pans on the car, but it was not without price...No telling how the extra Lexan area will look. I hope it will be OK.

Just call 'em "Skirts"...



Duffy

[Bill from NH]

[One question: do HO scratchbuilders us miniature soldering irons?

Isn't that what mini & micro torches are for?

[Pablo]

Bill, you crack me up A minitorch would flame out the entire project in one sweeping motion of the torch
As soon as this little bugger is done, I'm back to my 1/24 vintage world as fast as possible hehhehehehe
Stand by for more pics. The "skirt" did not cooperate very well during the paint phase, but I'm trying to mitigate the damage
Don't try this (customizing a pan floppy chassis for a .98 cent Shark body) at home, kiddies, it ain't as easy as it looks LOL

[Pablo]

The camera makes the color look orange. It's actually a nice bright red, Pactra acrylic, backed up with Faskolors white.

[Bill from NH]

Pablo, it certainly looks bright red on my computer screen.

[Pablo]

Good, Bill. Now my biggest problem is the Lexan strip did not survive the painting process well.
I removed it, and now I am left with a strip of confused body along the "skirt".
Tomorrow, I will overcome, and adapt.

[Tim Neja]

Looking good---you'll find a way!!!

[Pablo]

Thanks Tim !!!

[Pete L.]

Paul,

Looks Super !!!

[Pablo]

Thought of a lot of ways to fix the glitch in the one pin hole area being too short. Finally decided to modify a ninja star and 2 part clear epoxy it to the skirt. Worked pretty well. 2 coats of red and 2 coats of white touch up paint, now she dries for a night and should be ready to go tomorrow.

[Pablo]

I misspoke; the fronts are JK, not Kelly, flexi type wheels.

I was unable to make the body repair work, so I'm just going to mount this one with some filament tape as a temp measure so I can track test it on 21 Jan. If it runs good, I'll paint a new body for it.

Anyway, it's ready to be tested. Driver looks a little like a pudgy PdL, what do you think ?









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[Pablo]

The poor tiny neglected '37 Chevy Coupe Legend car was just gathering dust on the infield of The Dungeon track.

I oiled 'er up and took 'er for a spin. 4 year old flat spotted tires had no traction, and one of the pans wasn't tilting.

But she still ran like a scalded ape, so back to The Wolcott Ranch for a cleaning, tune up, and improvements.

 

WD-40 freed up the frozen pan hinges.

I slipped a pair of .050 Koford pin tubes on the .032 bite bars to reduce pan tilt and droop. Before:

After:

 

Cleaning and a coat of Mop n Glow freshened up the Shark body.

She needed more grip, so I made wider new rear wheels with a pair of inserts to fancy her up.

She's ready to return to The Dungeon