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[Jaak]

1/32 Thingie Proxy 2015

 
Rules: under construction
 
Body Style: 1/32 Thingie bodies.
When in doubt please ask if body is allowed.
 
Max chassis width: 64mm / 2.51969 Inch
 
Minimal Ground clearance: 1.5mm / 0.0590551 Inch
 
Inline - AngleWinder - Sidewinder. anything goes.
 
No of the shelf components except:
Gears, Wheels, Tires, Axles, Bearings, Guide,  Guide tongue, Lead wire, Braid, Motor and Motor bracket.
 
Tires:
Slot It tires, no Silicone's allowed.
No substances are allowed to be used to enhance the tires.
 
 
Chassis must be made out off: Piano wire and Brass.

 
Anything that is not mentioned here is not allowed, if uncertain please ask.

Important Factor:
The cars will drive on Wood and Plastic tracks.
 

 
 
 
Spec motor to be decided 

[Dennis David]

I have a question regarding tire prep. How is that defined?

[Jaak]

Hey Dennis good question, It means no substances are allowed to be used to enhance the tires, Truing is no problem.

I edited and clarified it a bit better

[macman]

Jakk... Lets please keep it 1/24 scale, there are simply many many more bodys available, & the cars are MUCH easier to drive!!!

Also, Slot-It tires are not generally available in the states, so just specify no silicones...

[Jaak]

Hi Ben,

The reason I chose 1/32 is because they can be raced at any track.
I want to setup a Proxy that can show the clubs here in France what can be made by scratch building and am trying to raise interest.
Even the 1/32 is not set in stone as the tracks here in France and Switzerland can accommodate 1/24 but my preference would be 1/32 as it something different.
The cars would need to be able to properly run on both Wood and Plastic tracks.

There is a huge amount of 1/32 bodies available so I do not think that should be an issue.

The tire rule is as the rest a suggestion and open for debate.

At the moment I have the possibility to set up races in Switzerland France and the UK but before I really look at what and where I need to know how many are interested.

[Don Weaver]

I'm interested.  When are you thinking about having this?

 

Don Weaver

[Jaak]

Hi Don very happy to hear that,

I am thinking about setting it up for 2015 no rush.
Want to iron out any wrinkles and see how many clubs/tracks are interested.

There will be four trophies one for No 1 2 and 3 and one for Concourse.

The Concourse will be have the same points as a race so in effect count as one round.
Will setup 3 polls one here one on SF and one on BookFace where real names will have to be left (pm etc) to be sure not double votes will be counted.

First I am seeing how many are interested and to finalize the rules.
Only things still under discussion are Wheels and Spec motor.

I want to narrow down all variable so that the best builds will have the biggest chance.
Not the cars with the best tires or biggest motor budget/knowledge.

It should be a builders proxy...one can have one be build or build themselves.

[Jaak]

All rules are not set in stone but where meant as an example.

I would like to hear all interested peoples preference and see if we can find a middle ground we can agree on.


If we can find and agree on a sponge tire that will not leave any residue and that works on different surfaces then I would vote Sponge.
Either way the Slot it tires are out and tire choice is officially undecided.

Please let me know any suggestions and preferences.

[Charley]

Could the body defination be clairified please? I would consider entering. Also, the motor defined a little better.

[Jaak]

Hi Charles,


Any 1/32 Thingie body will be allowed, the motor choice and tire choice is still undecided.
The bodies that are allowed are made by Raymond F, Mike Z, John D, Gene A, etc, or any 1/32 Thingie body that one can acquire,
if you are looking for a specific body please let me know and I can try to source you one.

Since this is a very big list I would be typing for a while to get all the names mentioned, hence the reason I said if one is uncertain please ask.

Would be great to have you on-board.

Here is a small list±
http://slotblog.net/...who-makes-what/


 

[Pablo]

I'm very interested for sure.  Count me in.

Pablo

[Jaak]

Excellent Pablo glad to hear that.

Will be checking venues soon, I got a couple here in France and Switzerland.
Ranging from:
Carrera Evelution 1/24 (Plastic-France)
Ninco    (Plastic-France and Another in Switzerland)                         
Scalextric Sport (Plastic - France)
Fleischmann  (Plastic - Switzerland)
Routed wood Braided BLST Matt paint finish(Best lane digital - France)
Routed wood Braided Gloss paint finish (Switzerland)
Routed wood Copper taped Matt paint finish. (France)

I also spoke with Steve Kempson about possible UK rounds and he is willing to host some rounds there.


There will be Trophies for the top 3 and one for the concourse winner for the other entries there will be a reminder of their participation.(undecided on Medal or Box Plaque)

The shipment cost will be as low as possible, I intend to personally take these cars to the tracks that have expressed interest in running a round, and ship them to the UK and from the UK to the US to run a few rounds there if possible.

[Jairus]

Sounds like fun!  No promises... but if things slow down for me, I might be able to put a car together.
Regardless, I will be watching things progress with interest Jaak.

[SlotStox#53]

Sounds a cool idea for a Proxy  Jaak Interested observer with possibility of entering

 

Should be interesting with running the cars both on wooden and the plastic tracks. Could really level the field with car design/gears and motors.

 

Will you be making it a motor that can run on the plastic tracks in particular, say NSR,Ninco etc ? Or do the plastic tracks concerned have powerful enough supplies to power the Falcons, Demons etc?

 

Slot it tires do work well powered by the 1/32 motors ( having raced the 1/32 plastic cars with slot it tires on a wooden routed track for a couple of years) but with the way the tires fit on the wheels it almost certainly means slot it or similar 1/32 manufacturers wheels?

 

Any ideas yet on gears etc?

[Jaak]

Hope you guys will both join  

The motor is undecided but the tracks have at least 5 amp power sources separately powering each lane.

Thinking of something like the TSRF or Falcon 7 motor or similar.

Gears will be wide open for inline I would suggest around 8T pinion and 28T Crown but this also depends a bit on the motor and what other tracks will be hosting a round.


For the tires I am trying to find one that fits many type of wheels, most likely Paul Cage or Supertires.
Who knows they might even be persuaded to Sponsor the tires for the entries.
(You would still have to source a pair for testing etc,)

 

[macman]

Since you are going to be running on limited power tracks, possibly the JK Hawk 25 being used in the Round Britan Whiz... How has that motor been working???

[Paul Jurczyszyn]

Are parma 1/32 Mac retro bodys ok to use for proxy?
Paul J.

[Jaak]

Hey Ben,


I think that is possibly a very good idea.
Will wait until the next round has been run to see if there are any problems, up to now all of them have been going great.
It seems to be a good spec motor.

Hi Paul,

I am very sorry to say they are not allowed as they are based on an actual  1:1 car. (or are suppose to represent one)


Jaak

[Jaak]

Here is a good example of some of the bodies allowed.

Please let me know if you are having trouble to source one or more as I can probably help with that.

http://slotblog.net/...who-makes-what/

[Jaak]

Guys I have bad news.. 
Since I am moving to Brasil in January I am not able to set this proxy up.

It is very unexpected and totally unplanned but it is where live is taking me and my family.

[Jairus]

Moving to a new hemisphere huh?  Good luck.
You speak the language?

[Jaak]

Thanks J,

I speak a little Portuguese, was just getting the hang of French.

Next to that I speak Dutch German and ofcourse English....not learning as fast as I use to do though.

Hope that someone else will take on a 2015 Thingie proxy, when the dust settles I might have contacts in Brasil.

 

[Bill from NH]

Jaak, on a positive note, Brazil is not a country without slot car racing. They have commercial raceways, manufacturers, & a number of good slot car racers.

[Jaak]

Yeah that seems to be true.

Hope there is activity around where I will live else I will start it myself.

[Charley]

Jakk,

Could you please post some pictures of possible bodies and chassis? The only 1/32 racing I do here in the states are the Ninco and SlotIt cars. I am very interested in this type of racing.

Thanks,

Charley

Marietta,Ga.

USA