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Started by Flatout , Apr 05 2012 07:00 PM

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#1 Flatout

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Posted 05 April 2012 - 07:00 PM

Jarius panted this body for me over a year ago. I was going to use it for a different project, but... projects > time = JW body cut to fit this chassis. I kind of felt bad cutting the body so much to fit this chassis, but maybe he'll be kind enough to spray a few more for me in the future! :)

Anyways, I drafted this chassis, and then squirted it out on the ol' hydrajet at work. Wanted to make a vintage style dragster with a Pittman motor. It's VW Beetle bodied, with a suicide front axle, a blown V8, and headers blowing out the front fender wells. This is what I came up with:

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Wire up the guide, wheels on the wheelie bar, mount the body, and she's done.

Here's a parting shot with it and the ol' Dynamic Delivery in my display case, as well as a couple other cars:

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Posted 05 April 2012 - 07:04 PM

Love it! Great Fun!
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 07:26 PM

Repop VW body was thin and brittle :( learned my lesson, and will send JW a NOS Dubro from my stash next time!

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Posted 05 April 2012 - 08:24 PM

Very cool! Ask the manager at the track to turn up the power to 36 volts and shred some rubber like they did in the old days :) That chassis is great. Can you make other parts if you have the specs? Can you make parts from magnesium stock ? Would love to see the K&B or Russkit chassis remade. Could you make a copy from an actual chassis?

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Posted 06 April 2012 - 08:04 AM

Nice looking chassis,really has a classic feeling to it.

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Posted 06 April 2012 - 12:14 PM

Very cool! Ask the manager at the track to turn up the power to 36 volts and shred some rubber like they did in the old days :) That chassis is great. Can you make other parts if you have the specs? Can you make parts from magnesium stock ? Would love to see the K&B or Russkit chassis remade. Could you make a copy from an actual chassis?


I can cut about anything on the hydrajet at work, it's just a matter of finding time too. Another guy at the shop normally runs the machine, I'm too busy with the design work. Sometimes it takes a couple test cuts to get it dialed in, the machine is huge and better at cutting larger parts for 1:1 cars. I make it work for me though.
It's pretty easy to copy a chassis. measure it, draft it out, convert the dxf to cnc, and make a test cut. FInding the time is the hard part!
I've never cut magnesium, but I'm sure there's a feed rate setting for it in my hydrajet software.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 01:48 PM

thats AWESOME!!! love it.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 02:01 PM

TOOOOOOO COOOOOL !,,,,Awsome
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 09:04 PM

Looks awesome nice job!!!
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Posted 17 April 2012 - 12:14 PM

Awesome stuff! The Dynamic Bus is C@@L , is that Hasegawa based?

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 12:41 AM

Thanks everyone! I just sit around and think up this stuff, but too busy doing 1:1 cars/renderings for customers to get many of my slot and R/C projects completed. :(

The bus body on the ol' Dynamic Delivery is from a re-release of the Revell "California Roller" VW bus-
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I had a couple in my stash of VW stuff and thought it would be cool to use. And since I will apparently never ever ever ever find an "International" VW BUS....
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....I figured I'd give one of the CA Roller's the slot treatment.
Looking back, I wish I had sanded off the rear fender flares, but too late now!

DD thread in case you missed it: http://slotblog.net/...van-resurfaces/

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Posted 18 April 2012 - 01:09 PM

There was a guy named Mark Adams who re-popped the K&B chassis a few years back and sold them on Ebay...I have a couple with Pittmans and also a couple with Kemtrons. Never have found a 36v strip yet, however! They are still a lot of fun, however.

That Bug is fantastic. Let's see some 12v ETs on that thing!
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Posted 25 June 2014 - 08:16 PM

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NICE !!!  :good:  :good:  

 

Serious "Rods and RailsTM" contenders.

 

:clapping: Mr. Flatout, sir ....we want these chassis ..... Please.


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Posted 25 June 2014 - 09:47 PM

Thanks for waking this thread up Bob :good: That Bug is awesome :D Love the Dynamic Delivery Bus too :D

Seriously C00l work Flatout !

That International VW Bus body is very neat ...never seen one before.
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Posted 04 July 2014 - 09:54 AM

Sweet!!
She's real fine, my 409!!!

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Posted 04 July 2014 - 05:14 PM

That is just stinkin to Wild and fantastic !


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Posted 05 July 2014 - 10:47 AM

Can we say sweet????


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Posted 05 July 2014 - 12:58 PM

AWESOME!! wish I had a water jet in my garage. Stay tuned, I have something coming soon......

 

Jeff, what do you use to convert dxf to g code? Bob cad?.... thanks..


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Posted 05 July 2014 - 01:51 PM

There was a guy named Mark Adams who re-popped the K&B chassis a few years back.....

David,
Do you remember what he used to get for them?

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Posted 05 July 2014 - 02:12 PM

W-O-W!!! I LOVE IT!!!


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Posted 05 July 2014 - 10:10 PM

Sounds like we may have some drag chassis coming soon. .ish....? :D

Still can't get over how Rad this Bug looks !
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