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[Alchemist]

Hi Rick,

 

The Gold color base makes for a gorgeous Hue of Green!

 

Excellent color choice Rick!

 

Thank you.

 

Ernie

[Mark Onofri]

https://youtu.be/ARg...ngO15nJP_aFQgXI
A fellow racer sent me this yesterday.

[dc-65x]

I started fixating on the body and finally realized I hadn't added lead wires and guide to the rolling chassis. Here's the finished roller all ready for the body:

 

 

 

Vintage Champion lead wires and a good old JET flag:

 

 

Fass 45T spur and 9T pinion:

 

 

Looks like a 7/8 scale Pro car with BIG tires.   

 

 

The body is also finished and coming up next.........

[mickey thumbs]

[Pablo]

I love everything about it, especially the front wheel assemblies. 100% realism and no doubt will improve the handling, not hinder it.

 

Having the forward elephant ear hanging forward and low instead of conflicting with the body is pure genius.

 

         

[Jay Guard]

Since Pablo brought up the subject of the awesome Elephant Ear heat sinks, and hoping not to be Captain Obvious....

 

Black surfaces are way better at both absorbing and emitting thermal radiation than plain metal surfaces.  For example, in sunlight, a black object will heat up faster and to a higher temperature than the same object in plain metal because it absorbs more light energy. Conversely, in a cool environment, it will also radiate that heat away more effectively than plain metal, especially when the plain metal is shiny.

 

Of course in this case the intent may be to look neat rather than to obtain the maximum heat transfer rate, so as always in Rick's amazing builds this has been accomplished in spades.

 

However as an engineer it's just a little pet peeve of mine.   Now back to the regularly scheduled program.  

[Bill from NH]

Those heat sinks were made in the '70s by Russ Boyington a machinist at Pratt Whitney Aircraft in Hartford, CT. I believe it was REHCO that had a batch of them & was selling them the past ten years or so. In the '70s the raw aluminum did an effective job dissipating heat from the arms. Ones made from sheet copper dissipated the heat even better. In the late 70s, some companies began anodizing aluminum heat sinks various colors, not so much for improved heat dissipation but to protect them from corrosive soldering acids. During the 70s, most CT area C-can motors were soldered in rather than using a screw & bracket.

[dc-65x]

Thanks Mike   

 

Those forward facing heat sinks are pretty cool Pablo. As Bill said these particular ones were from Boyington:

 

 

I have some others, Parma for sure. 

 

Parma also made these black versions Jay:

 

 

Bill, sometimes I start thinking about the next project and forget what I need to do on my current one.       

I always like to tin the motor can for a solder on motor mount:

 

 

I wait to solder the brace to the rear axle tube until I have the motor locked down tight with the 2 screws and the gear mesh adjusted.

 

I'll get it installed and post a picture before I put the body on.   

[dc-65x]

 Now the roller is really finished with the addition of a soldered in motor mount:

 

 

 

[Tex]

dood, such works of art.... jewels!

[dc-65x]

Thanks Richard    

 

Finally the Matich is altogether in one lump:

 

 

 

 

 

My beloved zoomies 

 

 

The view my little driver hopes to show the competition:

 

 

This was a fun project to build. The looks and size of a scale car...........

 

 

...........and the mechanicals of a Pro car:

 

 

I'll post some comparison photos of the scale and low and wide handling body version next..........

[Jencar17]

Selten so etwas Schönes gesehen!     

 

( Seldom seen something so beautiful )

[Jens Scale Racing]

What an outstanding Matich SR3 ! Grats, Rick!

[Regis4446]

The magician strikes again, well done Rick everything is magnificent

[SpeedyNH]

wow.

[Brian Czeiner]

Your work is top shelf as always.  Have you considered a summary thread of them all side by side or perhaps positioned as if racing on a track? Something like this?

 

[dc-65x]

Thanks everyone for your much appreciated support.   

 

Brian, I've built 3 of 6 scale light weight versions of Lancer's Super Competition Can Am cars listed in the top of this Lancer ad:

 

 

The scale light weight versions I'm building now are listed in the bottom of the ad. I still have the Chaparral 2G, McLaren M6 and the Ferrari Can Am to build. I'd like to picture those 6 together when they are all done.

 

In the mean time here are all my cars when I first moved waiting to go into the display cabinets:

 

 

For this current project, here is a comparison between Lancer's Super Competition low and wide handling body version of the Matich with my new scale light weight car on the right:

 

 

 

 

I'm really liking these scale early Can Am cars.   

[Mark Onofri]

Jay,it's been proven that in the case of cast iron radiators, white paint will transfer heat to cold more efficiently/effectively than any other colour. Regardless if it's been applied over any other colour(s). Black is the best colour for absorbing heat. Keep in mind that temperature is always seeking equilibrium.

[Jay Guard]

MarK: Nope, better check your sources.  I will admit that the difference between the colors is slight, but from a purely technical standpoint matte black will win.