[Makem]

And don’t forget wheel inserts or wheels with integral wheel hub designs.

Wood Eye

[Graham]

And don’t forget wheel inserts or wheels with integral wheel hub designs.

Wood Eye

And I should have said solid wheel inserts, not coloured in paper ones ( I must check that in the rules) as we had one car recently with paper ones.

[Brumos RSR]

The Cuda is close to done I’m considering swapping out the rear window with the hopes of dropping the CG  just a little more.  10x21 rear tires are taller than my Porsche 904 tires!! Fronts are also 21mm tall.  This of course creates an extremely high ride height at 2mm as it was built for the US TA Proxy where there  is a 1.5mm of tire showing between the wheel and top center of the fender. 

At 59mm wide at the rea and 58mm wide at the front it’s better than the Thunderslot Shelby at 59mm rear and 55mm at the front.  It’s 40mm at its highest point versus 38.5mm for the Mustang so hopefully the front width makes up for the difference and potentially a rear and side window change. The weight is down from 103grams to 94grams, I will need to find 5 more grams for better handling, braking and acceleration.  The goal is for it to handle somewhat like a big Thunderslot Can Am car.

Looks absolutely fabulous    you will  need all round glazing to avoid penalties, but of course you can use lightweight replacements. I guess the body is a repainted Scalex, and with a B&W chassis ?

All glass is in place as delivered from SCX.  I have lightweight replacement but I usually only use it where potentially needed.  No B &W chassis on this one as the CG Slotcars 3D chassis kit, Richard Mack chassis and Olifer offer great alternatives.

[Makem]

My new toy
Much better than a Hudy for truing rubber tyres much gentler.

[Makem]

That last post will not have made any sense, I was trying to add a video, but the site wouldn't take it.

My new toy is a CG tyre truer and a Reciprocator attachment.

Much gentler for truing rubber tyres that have a tendency to melt, and you can true wheels/tyres that are an interference fit on an axle.

Have resorted to a photo.

I hadn't come across this before, but I am sure others will have.

Gerry

[BAracer]

Nice set up.

(And just for the record, you can true tyres gently with a Hudy if you are gentle with the controls)

[Makem]

(And just for the record, you can true tyres gently with a Hudy if you are gentle with the controls)

Some tyres yes, but no matter how gentle you are (I use the Knob Job) some rubber tyres just don't like even the finest grade HUdy cylinder.

Gerry

[BAracer]

There is probably a whole thread there...but even Greg's World Wide Chat participants struggled to come up with any simple guidance with regards to tyre truing.


And just for the record, I haven't even started looking at my probable GT Sports car entries yet!

[Kevan]

Although this should really be in a new thread because it'll never get found again as it's in a car build thread and don't know why you decided to post it here but I've recently been using my Hudy at 2V and under 1.9A for soft tyres and 3.5V@ 2A for original Ultragrips.

[Makem]

 don't know why you decided to post it here


Good question I suppose I could move it elsewhere


Gerry