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[SlotStox#53]

Those Weldun crown gears are beautiful works of art ! Only ever seen these rare beasts on the bay once...rare indeed...

 

Great to hear the initial handling report is good Rick, remember reading some of your earlier R&C builds mentioning the tipping over..

[dc-65x]

Painted at last!

 

 

 

It's mucho sparkly     :

 

 

This will be the last one for the Proxy Event

[SlotStox#53]

You weren't kidding about the mucho sparkly !!!! That color really suits the GT body

What tape do you use to mask the shells Rick? Got some crisp sharp lines there .

[dc-65x]

Hi Paul,

 

I use 3M Scotch Brand #5480 Teflon tape. It's crazy expensive so I use it sparingly!  Cut in thin strips it will conform to curves amazingly. For example, the Ford GT rear window. I used one piece of tape to go across the bottom and curve around each side. For the headlight covers, I used a large piece and cut around the outline of the cover with an knife. You can see through the tape to find the body lines.

[SlotStox#53]

Awesome , thanks Rick

No wonder you use it sparingly, it is fairly expensive! Worth it though for some crisp lines & no paint bleed.

[dc-65x]

FINISHED!

 

My cars are finally done for the event.

 

Anywho, it's supposed to look kinda sorta like this car:

 

 

 

Apparently it didn't have a number in the rear meat ball for at least one race:

 

 

Here's the brave little driver and a little instrument binnacle:

 

 

Ready to rumble............

 

 

............the might 36D "What If" class racer is ready to show this to all comers:

 

 

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SlotStox#53]

Really came out great Rick

Certainly looks ready to rumble !!

[Jairus]

More green?
Green is the new red then.  Beautiful car Rick, hope it goes as well as it looks.

[Regis4446]

  Very nice work again
It is a pleasure to see

[don.siegel]

Superb car Rick, and I'm sure it's going to be a good runner. What's it weigh? 

 

Don 

[CoastalAngler1]

Inspirational... ...   WOW!

[dc-65x]

Thanks guys

 

Superb car Rick, and I'm sure it's going to be a good runner. What's it weigh? 

 

Don 

 

It weighs 162 grams Don......so it should really "hug the road".

[SlotStox#53]

And eliminate the competition

[dc-65x]

Several of my heavier unorthodox cars seem to work well on today's tracks. I'm really looking forward to seeing all the different cars run.

 

I'm going to keep the "unorthodox cars" in a separate classification (the "What If" class) from the "real" R&C cars.

[don.siegel]

Yep, should be very interesting. 

 

I probably mentioned this before, but since starting vintage racing I've noticed that heavier cars seem to work better as a general rule. Haven't seen many lightweights be very effective; this may be due to our no-goop rules, the shorter, flatter twistier tracks in Europe, banning of spongies, more scale tire size, or other reasons, but it's been a pretty clear trend. And unfortunately, the few jaildoor type frames I've tried haven't been very successful, but that may just reflect my lack of tuning skills! 

 

Don 

[Marty N]

I get shivers looking at builds like this. NICE.

[Champion 507]

I'm shivering, too, Marty!