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[mdiv]

Hey guys!  

I'll definitely send the Ford down.  Not sure she'll be fast, she's slow and rumbley on the hurricane.  But it's 100% vintage parts...only problem I see is I think it has a reddish orange jet flag for a guide shoe...any problem with that?

I'll work on the kellison...very busy with work and extracurricular activities but I have a month until registration deadline if I read that right....

 

Mikey

[Gator Bob]

Mikey!

 

I'll update the entry list(s) and welcome to the fun.

 

You almost got through tech with a SR20 motor that is 'not on the "approved list".

Since I'm the   I'll let you slide with that motor 'this time'... next time too.

 

Look here about the guide flag rule details and reasoning behind it.

http://slotblog.net/...xy/#entry581704

[SlotStox#53]

That narrow motor has given me an idea welcome to the fun/insanity Mikey !

[mdiv]

Bob,

 

Jet flag will stay on the car I have no other options.  Would just like to get a participation placard if that's cool....

 

Kellison.............maybe

 

Mikey 

[Gator Bob]

Mikey,

Jet flags are fine, just add screw type brushes too keep the 1967 look.

Black is preferred to be sure the timing lights get triggered but it is not mandatory. 

 

If you don't have any screw brushes/braids to install, just ask   

 

Yes, everyone who sends a period car gets a plaque. 

[Lone Wolf]

Mikey, good to see you in 

 

 

A little " nesium" to keep you guys motivated. Been doing some spring cleaning and forgot I had the rails on the top.

 

Whoever started them had them screwed together for strength when working them and to get duplicate patterns. I just unscrewed them after 40 plus years. You can still see the factory markings. 

 

Only one rail and a modded motor on the bottom one. Got these from a guy in FL that never finished it. Don't remember where the top rails came from. 

 

These things are super fragile. Gotta give credit to those that completed these back in the day.

 

Someday I'll get the cojones to attempt that top set, well maybe 

 

[SlotStox#53]

Omg ...vintage rail p0rn

Sweet nesium rails from back in the day Joe... you gotta bolt em together!

[Pitt Man]

Yes indeed, Joe, that be some ultra cool goodies you have there.

 

I finally got a brass drop arm fab'd for my Russkit/Tradeship rail.

 

It is surprising how short the Russkit rails actually are. In fact it's barely long enough to be a rail at 8 1/2".

 

I still need to mount the body, it's just sitting on the frame for this shot.

 

Here are a couple shots with the K&B re-pop by it's side.

 

My camera really distorted stuff in the second shot, things really aren't as crooked and bent as they appear.

 

 

[SlotStox#53]

Very nice drop arm for the Russkit rail Look good side by side. Certainly shaping up to be quite a field for this year's Proxy

[Gator Bob]

Great find Joe... the real deal in unobtainim

 

Bob, your cars are 'Ultra-Sano' I think we all love them, I know I do.  

Could you speak to the size and source of the sweet black button head hardware? 

Thanks Bob....

 

... Thanks all!

[Pitt Man]

Sure I can!!

 

All of the black hardware I used has come from various eBay vendors.

 

My favorites are albanycountyfasteners-ny and afh_fasteners.

 

Most of the hardware is 2-56, with a few 0-80's on the re-pop rail.

 

Ebay is also where I sourced the taps for these tiny jewels and it's also a great place to find Marklin wire.

 

Oh, and thanks for the kind words guys.

[Gator Bob]

Thanks Bob,

afh-fasteners has the black button head assortment but no black nuts to match.

 

Is 3/4 long is what you used for the rail to rail screws?  They offer lots of 25 on those. 

[Pitt Man]

Hey Bob,

 

I just got done removing screws and checking what I actually used, my old guy brain is gettin' fuzzy.

 

On the K&B re-pop, I used 4-40 x 5/16" long button heads. The front and rear cross bars were made from 5/16" K&N aluminum rod drilled and tapped for the short 4-40 screws. I found the old packaging for these screws and they are Patriot R/C parts #PHU8599 that I picked up at a hobby shop.

 

The center crossbar was made from 1/4" K&N aluminum rod, drilled and tapped for the 2-56 x 1/4" screws. Originally, I intended for this smaller bar to be a body mount for a thin aluminum strip body panel.

 

The motor to frame screws were 2-56 x 1 5/16" pan head screws, cut down to about 1 1/8" long.

 

Albanycountyfasteners-ny on eBay have the black 2-56 nuts priced $5 for 25 shipped.

 

If you're going to use through frame cross bolts, just measure the frame width and add 1/8" for a thin washer and the nut.

 

Hope this helps

[Gator Bob]

Bob,

Are you kidding ...that helps Big Time.

 

I didn't think of tapping the alum. tubes, but now I am.  

Better than the sledgehammer approach   

 

ThANKs

 

.... could have a steam train If you'd just lay down your tracks

[mdiv]

The Ford Gasser now has a Cox guide flag...

 

[Gator Bob]

Nice Mikey !

 

A true 100 point vintage classic now. 

[Lone Wolf]

Cool but ineligible. Just thought I'd show another I just finished. This was a real mess when I got it. Roof glued on crooked, glue everywhere including windows etc. Really bad. The chassis is nice and was already under it. It has a Russkit "33" for power. As you can see, the front wheels go with the body as they should when it wheelies. A  pet peeve of mine when they don't.

 

The body was restored by my friend Lenny and he made an interior as well. I just got the repro decals off Ebay and applied them today.  I would just rate them as OK. Nothing else out there so they will have to do for now.

 

Incredibly, I found that roof windshield in a different slot lot from another seller. I was not sure what it was from but that distinctive color tipped me off. Enjoy 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gator Bob]

 It's beautiful Joe ... and with 36D power it is legal in in the wheelstander exhibition class if you would want to run it. 

 

Great save on a sweet ride

[JohnnySlotcar]

Need to shoe my 59 Vette Gasser. What tires are legal? IMWTK

[Gator Bob]

Hey Johnny !

 

Rear wheels and/or tires can be modern or vintage.

Any compound allowed. Builders can chose to mix and match wheels or put new rubber on vintage wheels.

Minimum Dia. of 1”.

 

Modern rears - inserts preferred if not CNC detailed (as shown below).

 

 

 

 

 

[JohnnySlotcar]

Super, have those ready!

[Pitt Man]

Hey gang,

 

I'm starting on the refurbish of Manta Ray's Willys dragster.

 

The motor magnet is practically dead so I'm trying something new.

 

I have some NASTY industrial magnets that were getting thrown out at work several years ago from our magnetic drive pump line.

 

These babies WILL make you bleed if mishandled. They look like cobalt to me.

 

I checked the magnet's orientation on the Ram 857 and a pair of the cobalts and carefully, with thick gloves, sandwiched the Ram between them.

 

I'll let this assembly cook a couple of days and see if the Ram picks up a good field.

 

Man, talk about cogging! The arm really snaps with these monsters in place.

 

I also have some that are even stronger, but I can't get them apart at the moment until I find my thick leather welding gloves.

 

If this works, I'll never need zapping services again.

 

[slotbaker]

Would be cool if it works.

[Pitt Man]

Hey guys,

 

I took my 2 rails to the strip today for another test-n-tune.

 

The attention they get is fantastic. Both times I've taken them to the track, I hear the question "What are those?" "They sure look cool"

 

I had geared the Pittman dragster up 2 teeth on the pinion, seems to be too big of a jump for it and slowed it down to mid 1.3's. The original pinion will be going back on.

 

The KTM powered Fiat, with the newly added Russkit rails, now behaves much better. It still had a tendency to pull a wheel stand mid track, but after wrapping some solder on the axle, whoo hooo. It do run good

 

It pulled several mid 1.0's. Here's a shot of it's best time. Knock, knock, knockin, on heavens door...

 

It won't be quite this fast at the proxy, this was ran at 16 volts with no body.

 

[hiline2]

Fantastic !!!