[Gordon Steadman]

Incredible selection Gordon, and wow, so clever...

I love your Old Yeller ll.   Superb.  I was lucky enough to meet the current "custodian ", Mr Ernie Nagamatsu, at the Goodwood Revival a few years back.  We chatted for like 20 minutes,  and he  even asked my Dad and myself to sign his racing book, which was full of stories/comments and good luck messages from Drivers, mechanics and supporters.  Such a lovely guy. 

I can make a resin bodyshell look nice, but my talents fall massively short of your skill and craftsmanship.   

Oh to be so clever.......

Thanks for your excessive praise. I can't help comparing my talent with the likes of Marlon (ex Shadowfax) and the like. I'm not quite in their league.

However, Old Yeller still annoys me. At Bordo for the hot rods meeting, it was marked down hugely in the concours as it 'was just a sports car'. It was nothing of the sort of course but a proper backyard special built by one man. It did well in the racing but no silverware. Good thing it's the racing that really matters to me ( I came second overall between both scales) but I thought I'd captured the spirit of it pretty well.

Don Siegel has it now as it was his idea to make it in the first place. I kind of miss it but I still have the pics

[Gpa113]

Old Yeller ll was most definitely a Hot Rod 

A right old selection of bits and pieces,  amalgamated into a brutally quick, if somewhat eratic handling car.
And as you say, built by one man, who even drove it to the races...

Great looking model

[Tibbs]

In the spirit of increasing the forum's content, I thought I'd present a basic tutorial for making your own slot car bodies

Those that have seen this before, please forgive me.

1....select the wood.

2. Attack it with something big and heavy.

3. Attack it again with something a bit smaller but sharp.

4. Keep hacking it with some proper old school hand tools, none of this modern powered rubbish.


5. Have a coffee break.
6. Compare constantly with drawings, and whittle away with scalpel and chisels.




7. Rub it down a bit and spray it.


8. That's all there is to it. Go for it

Bloody nora, thats unreal carved out of solid wood. Brilliant

[Gordon Steadman]

Back at the beginning of the year, I sent three of my wooden cars to a guy in the UK so he could make moulds for me (sorry John, it's a long way to New Zealand)

They weren't really up to commercial standards as they were just about the first attempts when I returned to slots. However, considering what he was sent, I reckon he's done a very good job.

I've got two of each car - just in case I mess one up! - and the moulds as well.
           
Should one perhaps have a model one wants to reproduce, such as, one might suggest, possibly, maybe a small van or something of the sort eh Jason?

It may be worth investigating further

[42redcat]

Would you consider making any more copies of the resin shells? I’d love one of the Bristols!
Mike

[JasonB]

Back at the beginning of the year, I sent three of my wooden cars to a guy in the UK so he could make moulds for me (sorry John, it's a long way to New Zealand)

They weren't really up to commercial standards as they were just about the first attempts when I returned to slots. However, considering what he was sent, I reckon he's done a very good job.

I've got two of each car - just in case I mess one up! - and the moulds as well.

Should one perhaps have a model one wants to reproduce, such as, one might suggest, possibly, maybe a small van or something of the sort eh Jason?

It may be worth investigating further

It just so happens that I have a small van that needs casting.

Perhaps you could PM me a link or some contact details, please?

[Gordon Steadman]

Would you consider making any more copies of the resin shells? I’d love one of the Bristols!
Mike

Hi Mike,

One of the reasons I sent them to the UK was because I don't have the equipment or really, the inclination, to get into resin casting. At 75, I'm supposed to be winding down on silly things like toy cars and just sitting in the garden with a beer (probably red wine) and a book.

This why I have just made two trips to the local dump with the contents of a couple of walls I've demolished in our new house!! Just all the downstairs ceilings, a new main bathroom and decoration throughout and then the beer and wine beckons. The bedrooms, en-suite and the kitchen are done, thankfully. A couple of years should do it.

I relied on my nephew to forward the package as the resin man didn't want to post to France. He was sent it on the 14th February. I got it today!!

So....basically, if you know someone in France who does casting, I'm quite happy to send the mould to them. Not sure when I'm going to get time to turn them into slot cars. Must contact Phil Smith for some more Pitmann 156Bs. They suit my track here better than most motors.

[Gordon Steadman]

Back at the beginning of the year, I sent three of my wooden cars to a guy in the UK so he could make moulds for me (sorry John, it's a long way to New Zealand)

They weren't really up to commercial standards as they were just about the first attempts when I returned to slots. However, considering what he was sent, I reckon he's done a very good job.

I've got two of each car - just in case I mess one up! - and the moulds as well.

Should one perhaps have a model one wants to reproduce, such as, one might suggest, possibly, maybe a small van or something of the sort eh Jason?

It may be worth investigating further

It just so happens that I have a small van that needs casting.

Perhaps you could PM me a link or some contact details, please?

Sent

[JasonB]

Thanks Gordon.

[42redcat]

Would you consider making any more copies of the resin shells? I’d love one of the Bristols!
Mike

Hi Mike,

One of the reasons I sent them to the UK was because I don't have the equipment or really, the inclination, to get into resin casting. At 75, I'm supposed to be winding down on silly things like toy cars and just sitting in the garden with a beer (probably red wine) and a book.

This why I have just made two trips to the local dump with the contents of a couple of walls I've demolished in our new house!! Just all the downstairs ceilings, a new main bathroom and decoration throughout and then the beer and wine beckons. The bedrooms, en-suite and the kitchen are done, thankfully. A couple of years should do it.

I relied on my nephew to forward the package as the resin man didn't want to post to France. He was sent it on the 14th February. I got it today!!

So....basically, if you know someone in France who does casting, I'm quite happy to send the mould to them. Not sure when I'm going to get time to turn them into slot cars. Must contact Phil Smith for some more Pitmann 156Bs. They suit my track here better than most motors.

Gordon - That makes all-too-much sense I have to agree. I’ve basically given up trying to sell anything outside U.K. on the auction site because of the post-Brexit postage chaos. Thanks anyway for your reply. Maybe it’s time I learned to carve my own shells!
Mike