[JMay]

New for this week is two more Scalex GT chassis’, the Nissan 350Z and Aston Martin DBR9. The Nissan is AW with FC130, (can drive) the Aston in AW boxer and FC130. Both can be provided with spoilers on request as shown for an additional £1 or supplied separately.
 
 
Details Nissan 350Z
This chassis has a rear bridge part so that the twin rear posts can be ‘bridged’ to a single post to enable the body to rock. This will also be available with a IL boxer or FC130 option.
 
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Details Aston Martin DBR9
The Aston chassis requires the original interior to be ditched in favour of a tray vac form, and will also have IL options as per the Nissan.
Rear spoiler is a slightly taller version of the one on the loaner car, but suspect this has been broken off and repaired several times already. (3d printed on L/H shell Scalex on R/H).

   

   

   

Cheers JMay

[JMay]

Latest in the Scalextric Formula Juniors is the Cooper shown below.
 
     
 
Chassis uses the FF50 slimline motor and Slot It 1mm offset cog to get the right stance. The upper body shell will need some light fettling to allow the cog to rotate freely as this cog is substantially larger than the FJ original. Not shown fitted but supplied with the chassis kit is the replacement blade guide (see the Lotus FJ post) which replaces the Scalex pin moulding and a rear motor holding clamp.
 
     

Available now at the usual £6 complete with PETG guide for the steering unit to replace the pin.

Note: The FJ BRM is also available but due to the ‘boat tail’ this will need the original FJ cog and pinion to be used, as despite several tries cannot get a Slot it cog to fit without severe compromises in the rear axle centre being so out of position the car has a ‘dragster’ look to it. 

Cheers 
            JMay.

[JMay]

On the CAD at the moment and printed in prototype form is  a dusted off design exercise from last year for a generic F1 1980s bodyshell and chassis. Given the interest in the forthcoming NSR F1 decided to give this a tweak and run some off for trials. 

Specification is JS flexi chassis with integral pod for the boxer range of motors, complete with driver and rear wing as shown. Still playing with the cockpit and driver as this is too small but hoping to have this ready soon. Regular updates are on the FB page.

   

and the dirty bits.

   

Cheers
          JMay.

[JMay]

Scalex Aston Martin Vantage. 3d printed chassis below is AW boxer, other options will be AW FC130, IL Boxer and a SW. We can also offer the rear spoiler 3d printed as well (shown in pics).

   

   

Rear diffuser is artistic licence as copying the original will be a P.I.A let alone trying to get it to print smoothly so I freelanced it. Option is always there to cut this off and use the original chassis end.

Interior will have to either be removed and replaced with a shallow vac form or substantial mods needed to allow the motor and chassis options to fit plus the side white grill mouldings will have to be removed from the original chassis and glued to the shell. 

Price is £6 for the chassis and £1 for the spoiler. 

Cheers
          Jmay

[JMay]

This week’s update is a peek at the CAD screen for forthcoming release of a new CAN AM body shell. Currently we have one generic 70s LMP/Can AM shell which is offered with a range of chassis’ (AW, IL).

   
 
Joining it soon is a loose interpretation of the Shadow DN4 as below. Given various constraints of time, available data and software limitations it is not meant to be an accurate copy but a homage to the overall shape and style of the car from the period. Have also taken some liberties i.e. front intake such that the shell is more suitable for slot racing (in this case enabling the guide to come forward).
 
   

The car will come with a rear wing, driver, intake trumpets and will be offered with a range of chassis’ AW & IL and hoping to have this ready for sale in early January.

So far have one trial print as below, to check how best to print the shell.
 
   

Thanks go to Nimrod 444 from Slotforum for sending me an STL of the DN4 to base my design on.

Cheers
               JMay

[JMay]

Some thing a bit different for us, below is a customer request for a modern replacement for the VIP guide, that will take braid, plus to be available in both plastic and wood track versions.

   


2nd pic is the final iteration of the guide after some processing tweaks to the design. The wood guide is 16.5mm wide with a blade length of 23mm, depth 7.5mm. The Plastic guide is 14mm wide, blade length 18mm and guide depth 6.5mm. Both guides use the original VIP shoe blade to locate and have the wire holes running through fore and aft for connection to the braids.

Check the FB page for updates, we are hoping to have this ready for sale in January. 

   

Cheers
           J May.

[JMay]

In the 1st post amongst the cars & chassis' displayed is the 'Mayterham 7' body shell and chassis kit as below. This was the 1st production shell we produced and dates back over a year now. 

   

Sitting in the wings has been several updates that I wanted to play with as below.

Narrow track version (matches the Scalex 7)

   

This has a new nose cone and bicycle arches back and front, bonnet line has been lowered and it now matches the Scalex 7 for track width.

Revised printing process 

   

This is a revision to change the front nosecone and front arches and critically to print the arches integral to the body to avoid having to align and glue these on. Now there is only the rear valence which includes the ends of the arches to glue, so 5 parts down to 1. 

Here is the test car painted up ready for some severe track testing at GT Raceways in Essex.

   

All the updates and availability is posted on the FB page.

Cheers
            JMay

[JMay]

The Shadow DN4  (homage, in the  style of) is finished and is now ready for sale with a IL Boxer chassis. Further chassis options are planned using AW with the S Can and boxer motors, (see the FB page for updates).

 Below is the body shell straight from the printer printed in translucent PLA which has no pigment and hence I believe will be better for painting. Future orders will use this material for the shells, chassis' will continue in black PLA. Note the body shell will require trimming to remove all the printer supports as shown around the rear and arches.

   

Included in the kit with the body, is the chassis, engine intake trumpets a wing and a driver mounted on a plate to fill the aperture.
Available via the FB page or IM myself via the Slot Racer system.


Cheers       
            JMay

[JMay]

At the cheap and cheerful end of the Scalex range is the crash resistant cars like the LMP below. There was a request via the FB page about this car so I created a chassis re-using the original running gear apart from the guide system. 

   

   

 Chassis shown is for the S Can (FC130) motor with an integral inline pod configuration mounted on torsion arms, also available is a boxer/flat 6 version and a special with a DPR hatch (S Can IL). The original rear wing clips into the chassis using the same points as the original, and if required the original guide can be used if the guide holder is bored out to suit. 

Available now.

Cheers
              JMay

[JMay]

Following on from the DN4 is a homage to the 917-10. Lurking in a drawer in the loft was an old Matchbox 917-10 that I had bought back in the 70s which was converted to run on a RikoRocket brass chassis. The shell is rather tatty, the chassis long since migrated to another shell, but enough left to aid design as follows.
 
   

Above is the 2nd trial print after some trimming and assembly (rear wing & driver). Gradually adding more detail to the design and refining the print to alleviate process issues i.e. 1st print the wing assembly snapped as too thin. Some profile compromises made due to print and software limitations but the overall dimensions are correct for wheelbase etc.
Will be ready for sale by mid February.
 
Cheers
            JMay.