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RE: Whats on your bench ... - Kevan - 23rd-May-23

On my bench last night, an unobsoletion...

Take one dusty unused-for-a-few-years Peugeot 406 Coupe Silhouette, add one dusty unused-for-a-few-years repurposed Eurosport chassis of unknown age, reposition the axles, add brass side pans:

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This chassis used to live under a Betta & Classic Mustang Gr5 bodyshell (we banned vacforms 2 years ago), it has a NSR Shark 22 armature in a SlotIt can and was the quickest 'Saloon' type car I've ever driven.

The wheelbase only needed tweaking less than 1mm and it's brought two items out of retirement.

It's not finished, I don't like the front wheels and it needs an interior but will be track tested on Thurs.

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RE: Whats on your bench ... - munter - 24th-May-23

That’ll work

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RE: Whats on your bench ... - Makem - 24th-May-23

In various stages of completion: Left to Right

Surtees TS16 - Matchbox kit bought half assembled and half painted (with a blunt stick) off Ebay for couple of quid. JS Chassis, Pendle 16k slimline motor.

1950 Nash Ambassador - NASCAR Pace Car - Resin body, bought in job lot from EBay, awful, looked like it may have been moulded from a 3D Print. Ridge lines all over, Sanded forever, 5 coats of primer 3 coats of paint, one coat lacquer and it still looks awful. PP Chassis and SRP motor

1931 Alfa Monza - Body is fibre glass bought as a pair (with the Bugatti, next) off Ebay, PP Chassis SRP 20k motor.

Bugatti Type 35B - Bought as a pair with Alfa (Above), PP Chssis and SRP motor.

Next up not started yet:

Seat Ibiza, only have Scalextric body at present.

Pendle / PP full kit of Scarab F1, not started.

Gerry

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RE: Whats on your bench ... - Kevan - 24th-May-23

(24th-May-23, 07:25 PM)munter Wrote:  That’ll work

Oh heck aye 

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RE: Whats on your bench ... - 964rh - 31st-May-23

Thought I'd share what I'm working on/with at the minute

All of the cars, apart from the Boxster, are last weeks festival purchases (most chosen by my 3 year old!!), some were bargains (costs below)

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Left to right - 

Scalextric Ferrari F430 (£8) - Just needed a service and new tyres - Chosen because it's red Daddy!!
Carrera Camaro (£12) - again, only needed a service and tyres. My first Carrera car, seems built like a brick outhouse!
SCX 4wd Subaru (£8) - Service, tyres, lights needed fettling to get working, Gears replaced. Not convinced on the 4WD system so may convert to rwd
Scalextric JCW BMW Mini Cooper (£5) - Bare shell only so new everything added to make complete from parts in stock
Scalextric Boxster - Shell only but above 3 year old wanted a green one to go with his Red, White and Blue cars so full strip down, paint, chassis, motor etc
SCX Aston DBR9 (£20) - most expensive car from the festival. Service, new tyres and front lights are kaput so waiting on parts to replace the board with 2 x 3mm leds. 
Scalextric Porsche GT1 (£4) - Was a shed of a shell but after a good scrub and a coat of gloss looks great - Service, tyres, bulb replace and a spoiler. 

None of the cars will be desirable but I quite like that I can bring life back to some old sheds for the price of a new car

All apart from Aston are for my little boy to play with/destroy, quite like that I can bring life back to some old sheds for the price of a new car

Still have the Aston, Porsche and Boxster to finish off when parts arrive then I 'may' give buying cars a rest. 

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RE: Whats on your bench ... - mickey thumbs - 9th-Jun-23

Slot.it white kit, decals from Pattos.

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I feel like I used 1ml of Micro-Sol on the roundel on the front fender, but the compound curves are causing stubborn wrinkles. If I use much more Imay melt the decal away completely!?

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RE: Whats on your bench ... - KensRedZed - 9th-Jun-23

I recently bought a truck in a bucket. It came with the chassis and body taken apart. The rear axle, crown, wheels, and tires were missing. No body screws either.

Since I am not a fan of tobacco liveries (to each his own). I saw an opportunity to make a change. This is what I started with.

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I recently painted a few HO bodies while at the cottage. This truck got fully disassembled, stripped, and a new coat of paint.

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I like the idea of a "Mountain Dew" livery. The colour looks delicious.

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The plan is to install new axles, Slot.It gears, aluminum wheels, and urethane tires. My first club race-truck.

Cheers,
Ken

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RE: Whats on your bench ... - BAracer - 10th-Jun-23

Just spent an hour in my cool garage keeping out of the sun and catching up on projects that are starting to pile up! 

It's just an assembly process for me with this Porsche, but here is the test fit of the main components on a car I intend to enter in the GT Proxy next year...

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It's a £5 body (MRRC?) bought at a Worthing Digital race meeting, an Olifer chassis hand delivered by Mr Olifer at DiSCA Le Mans earlier this year, and my favourite Staffs black BBS hubs. All good so far, in that they all fit together snugly. There is an overlong grub screw on a rear hub that rubs on the chassis, but that's a simple fix.

Here's hoping I don't fall in love with the car and not want to enter it...must remember it's only a £5 body!

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RE: Whats on your bench ... - Kevan - 10th-Jun-23

(10th-Jun-23, 02:24 PM)BARacer Wrote:  Just spent an hour in my cool garage keeping out of the sun and catching up on projects that are starting to pile up! 

It's just an assembly process for me with this Porsche, but here is the test fit of the main components on a car I intend to enter in the GT Proxy next year...





It's a £5 body (MRRC?) bought at a Worthing Digital race meeting, an Olifer chassis hand delivered by Mr Olifer at DiSCA Le Mans earlier this year, and my favourite Staffs black BBS hubs. All good so far, in that they all fit together snugly. There is an overlong grub screw on a rear hub that rubs on the chassis, but that's a simple fix.

Here's hoping I don't fall in love with the car and not want to enter it...must remember it's only a £5 body!

One to look forward to driving then 

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RE: Whats on your bench ... - Anthony B - 12th-Jun-23

OOOPppph that is a great car for 5 quid!!!!

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