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[chrisguyw]

Progress has been slow to say the least. The chassis is a couple of days away from being finished, but, the body is finished!!
 
No knocking the "incorrect" bits on the car... the kit was incomplete, so I did take the liberty of making a few bits, and as a kid (like most of us) I did swap out some bits here and there so I am comfortable with what has been done.  
 
I will post the finished chassis shots in a couple of days... when finished.
 
Cheers... and Happy New Year.
 
Chris Walker
 
The colour is Tamiya "Champagne" gold, and although it is a fantasy livery, it looks somewhat suitable for a 1965/66 USRRC/CanAm car.
 
It was an overcast day... the colour is a shade lighter than it appears.
 

 
I have made a small aluminum rear lip spoiler... debating whether to stick it on or not
 

 
The gauges actually turned out to be quite realistic, despite this crummy pic.
 

 
The wheels are not original... they are Russkit 1 piece cast aluminum... gorgeous, and very cool. 
 

 
The unfinished chassis... a few wire braces, a brass front axle tube, and an AMT 36D, courtesy Mr. Havlicek.
 
I will post a finished chassis shot when done.
 

[dc-65x]

Beautiful car, Chris.
 
I'm a wheel freak so "I gots to know"... are those Russkit Lola wheels or ???

[chrisguyw]

They are... and I have another two sets... and... you ain't gettin 'em!! 
 
Cheers,

Chris Walker

[don.siegel]

Darn... 
 
Another beauty. Chris. Is that a real livery or your own? 
 
Don

[Alchemist]

Absolutely superb, Chris.
 
The color of the body is very nice and refreshing to see.
 
So "outre" - I like it!
 
Thanks for sharing.
 
Ernie

[Isaac S.]

Very nice. Quite pretty. 

[Pablo]

Ultra-SANO     

[chrisguyw]

Is that a real livery or your own?

 
A complete fantasy livery Don... I have done a couple of cars in this "champagne" gold, and quite liked them... besides I have too many Red or Blue T70s.
 
To be honest, I got the Champagne gold inspiration from a privateer McLaren M12 that was run in the '69-69 Can-Am series and was sponsored by the "Great West Champagne" company.

[chrisguyw]

This is the finished chassis...........

 

Cheers

Chris Walker

 

[Isaac S.]

That is going to be a rockin' car. Do you know what the wind was? 

 

It does look like you have enough axle bracing. 

[chrisguyw]

That is going to be a rockin' car. Do you know what the wind was? 

 

It does look like you have enough axle bracing. 

 

It is wound 70 x 30...quite tame, but, more than enough for the chassis/relatively hard tires (urethanes),  and, for the moderately sized club tracks it runs on.

 

There is only one rear axle brace added (.055 wire) , the aluminum motor bracket is the stock AMT motor mount, and being rather thin and flimsy it does nothing in terms of beefing up the motor box area.

 

Cheers

Chris Walker

[Jairus]

Beautiful car!
Nice build and I like the wheels.... Can I have a set?

[Arne Saknussem]

Beautiful.

[Steve Deiters]

Correct me if I'm wrong. 

 

I think these chassis had "shaker plates" that were located between the slotted tabs.  If they would have had hinges we would have referred to them as "bat wings" in the vernacular of the era.  I think in 1:1 cars they would refer to it as "unsprung weight".  

 

I had the Hussien version of this kit.  Great fun, but pretty heavy even back in those days.

[don.siegel]

They were just called sliding weights Steve, and they were supposed to improve weight transfer. Didn't seem to catch on...

 

Don 

[chrisguyw]

Correct me if I'm wrong. 

 

I think these chassis had "shaker plates" that were located between the slotted tabs.  If they would have had hinges we would have referred to them as "bat wings" in the vernacular of the era.  I think in 1:1 cars they would refer to it as "unsprung weight".  

 

I had the Hussien version of this kit.  Great fun, but pretty heavy even back in those days.

 

You are correct Steve, and as Don points out above , relatively useless, I never did end up using them on any AMT chassis............they don't weight enough to make any difference, and, the car is plenty "beefy" as is.

 

Cheers

Chris Walker